Car about to be acquired by fellow Caribbean islander (9)
I believe the answer is:
dominican
'caribbean islander' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'car about to be acquired by fellow' is the wordplay.
'car' becomes 'mini' (Mini Cooper).
'about' becomes 'ca' (short for circa).
'to be acquired' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are acquired by another word).
'by fellow' becomes 'don' (both can mean an academic. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'mini'+'ca'='minica'
'minica' going inside 'don' is 'DOMINICAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dominican that I've seen before include "Caribbean islander" , "person in the WI" , "Republican" , "Black Friar" , "Brother" .)