Steer left in the German car (7)

I believe the answer is:

daimler

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'car' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'steer left in the german' is the wordplay.
'steer' becomes 'aim' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the german' becomes 'der' ('the' in German).
'aim'+'l'='aiml'
'aiml' put into 'der' is 'DAIMLER'.

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(Other definitions for daimler that I've seen before include "A milder form of a posh car" , "German car pioneer, lead rim (anag.)" , "Make of car" , "Car manufacturer" , "Red Liam has a swanky car" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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