Burning MP3 CDs to be used on my car's MP3 Radio

I am looking for an official answer from Apple stating that the songs and audiobooks that I have purchased cannot be burned as an MP3 CD (except for the ones in the "plus" format).
The files are generally speaking rather expensive, but I have decided to choose iTunes as prefered platform a while back as it seemed extremely portable to me. Now it does not seem so anymore, and I want to either find an answer to my issue, or take a decision on how to continue.
Thank you for your time.

I am looking for an official answer from Apple stating that the songs and audiobooks that I have purchased cannot be burned as an MP3 CD
Good enough for you?
iTunes: Music purchased from iTunes Store cannot be burned to MP3 format CD
"Songs purchased from the iTunes Store are in AAC Protected format. You cannot convert them to other formats, including MP3. You can, however, back them up to a data CD or DVD, or you can burn them to an audio CD."

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