Tāmen zài gāosù gōnglù páng de qìchēlǚguǎn guò le yī yè.
They spent the night at a motel next to the highway.
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汽车旅馆 is a calque of English 'motor hotel'. The category is strongly associated with American road-trip imagery - in China itself, highway 服务区 hotels and 快捷酒店 fill the same niche more than classic motel formats.
