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Whose car is it?

A: Kuruma wa dare no desu ka?

B: Dare no kuruma desu ka?

I'm just a beginner but I'm sure these two expressions mean the same thing.

viz. Whose car is it?

I feel that A is more colloquial than B, would I be right?

Version A is how I would have translated the expression.

How would you have translated it?

Is there a more of a nuanced different between these two versions?
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What is the difference between these 2 expressions?
Since some context has been omitted, we will assume that the car being
referenced is directly before the speaker and listener, making 'this' the
relevant adjective for purposes of translation.

Also omitted is the noun (kuruma) following 'no' in the first sentence and the
topic in the second sentence. While this is completely natural, especially in
spoken Japanese, when formulating a 'complete sentence' and when translating,
what is omitted should still be considered.

A. **(Kono) kuruma wa dare no (kuruma) desu ka?** (This) Car is whose (car)?  
B. **(Kore wa / Kono kuruma wa) Dare no kuruma desu ka?** (This / This car is)
Whose car?

If we look at both _'completed'_ sentences above we can see that they are
saying the exact same thing, namely: **Kono kuruma wa dare no kuruma desu
ka?** What has been omitted for the sake of brevity, naturalness, politeness,
or personal preference is what makes them different. I wouldn't say that there
is any real difference in nuance.

B seems far more casual/colloquial to me, for it contains the necessary
elements for comprehension while being more compact/brief.

I would translate either as 'Whose car is this?'.
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I think there are some nuances here. They are hard to translate into English.

Kuruma wa dare no desu ka? That car - whose is it? By putting 'kuruma' at the
front of the sentence I am emphasising it. I would use this if there were a
number of vehicles in front of us and I wanted to ask specifically about the
car rather than the bicycle or the bus.

Dare no kuruma desu ka? Who does that car belong to? Perhaps we've already
been talking about the car or perhaps it's the only vehicle in front of us.
What I want to know about is the person who it belongs to.
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