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Show WHICH IS WHICH Few men outsido of the automobile industry can boast of the ability to identify each of the various types of cars that are seen on the street every day. It would require a school course to be-Ask be-Ask tho average person the difference between the coupe and the couplet or.betwen th touring car and the salon touring car. He prohably could not tell you. Six 'or eight years ago the limited number of types were easily picke out and named, but there are too many now. To aid in the education of the public in this matter and to standardize the types for the convenience con-venience of the dealers and manufacturers, as wel las for the buyers, the Nomenclature Division of Automobilo Engineers has settled upon definitions defini-tions for each type as follows: Roadster An open car seating two or three. It may have additional seats on running boards or in rear deck. Couplet Seats two or three. It has a folding top and full-height doors with disappearing panels of glass. Coupe An inside operated, enclosed car seating seat-ing two or three. A fourth seat facing backward is sometimes added. Convertible Coupe A roadster provided with a .detachable coupe top. Clover Leaf An open car seating three or four. The rear seat is close to the divided front seat and entrance is only through doors in front of .the front seat. Tourinfl Car An open car seating four or more with direct entrance to tonneau. ( Salon Touring Car A touring car with passage between front seats, with or without separate entrance en-trance to front seats. Convertible Touring Car A touring car with folding top and disappearing or removable glass sides. Sedan A closed car seating four or more all in one compartment. Convertible Sedan A salon car provided with a detachable sedan top. Open Sedan A sedan so constructed that the sides can be removed or stowed so as to leave the space entirely clear from the glass front to the back. Limousine A closed car seating three to five inside, with driver's seat outside, covered with a roof. Open Limousine A touring car with permanent perma-nent standing top and disappearing or removable glass sides. Berline A limousine having the driver's seat entirely inclosed. Brougham A limousine with no roof over the driver's seat. Landaulet A closed car with folding top, seats for three or more inside and driver's seat outside. New Haven Chronicle. |