Vehicle acquired by Swedish motor company missing a beetle (6)
I believe the answer is:
scarab
'a beetle' is the definition.
(I know that scarab is a type of dung beetle)
'vehicle acquired by swedish motor company missing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'vehicle' could be 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle) and 'car' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sab' 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?
(Other definitions for scarab that I've seen before include "Beetle revered by ancient Egyptians" , "Dung beetle - ancient Egyptian cut gem" , "Beetle revered in ancient Egypt" , "Holy beetle" , "Ancient Egyptian symbol" .)