European figures about return of competition vehicles (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
estate cars
'vehicles' is the definition.
(estate car is a kind of vehicle)
'european figures about return of competition' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'ca' (circa) and 'ca' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'staters' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for estate cars that I've seen is " Vehicles".)