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Undercarriage scratched in luxury car, being lower (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limousin

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'lower' is the definition.
(I know that Limousin is a type of lower)

'undercarriage scratched in luxury car' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
'car' could be 'limo' (limo is a kind of car) and 'limo' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'us' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'being' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for limousin that I've seen before include "French district" , "Cow" , "Kind of stock" , "French breed of cattle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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