articulated lorry vs car carrier

articulated lorry

noun
  • A tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it; in American English referred to as semi-trailer truck or 18-wheeler. 

car carrier

noun
  • A special semi-trailer for transporting automobiles. 

  • A special ship that transports cars in a garage with ambient control and ventilation. 

  • A special railroad car for transporting automobiles. 

How often have the words articulated lorry and car carrier occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )