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Show WlDTDRClR STYLES TYPES DEFINED What is the difference between a coupe and a coupelet, a touring car and a salon touriiig car? Here it is, with other body types and distinctions distinc-tions officially determined recently by the nomenclature division of the Society of Automobile Engineers: Roadster An open car seating two or three. It may have additional seats on running boards or in rear deck. Coupelet Seats two or three". It has a folding top and full-height doors with disappearing panels of glass. Coupe An inside operated, inclosed car seating 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. Touring 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 to front seats. Convertible Touring Car A touring car with folding top and disappear-ing disappear-ing or removable glass sides. Sedan A closed car seating four or more all in one compartment. Convertible Sedan a salon touring car provided with a detachable sedan lop. Open Sedan A sedan so construct-ed construct-ed that the sides can be removed or stowed so as to leave t the space entirely en-tirely clear from the glass front to the back. Limousine A louring car seating three to five inside, with driver's seat outside, covered with a roof. Open Limousine A touring car with permanent standing top and disappearing dis-appearing or removable glass sides. Berllne A limousine having the driver's seat entirely inclosed. Brougham A limousine with no roof over the driver's seat. Landaulel A closed car with folding fold-ing top, seats for three or more inside and driver's seat outside. |