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Classification of Car by Body Style
Classification of Car by Body Style
Classification of Car by Body Style
Session 3
Session Speaker
Mr. Mithun S. K.
1. Basic Definitions
2. Different types of Car Body Style
3. Development and History Behind Different Body Style
1. In the history of the motor car there has been some specific the
names used to describe various types of body styles, built by coach
builders from different countries
2. The following terms relate to the vehicles produced during the
period 1895 to 1915
Phaeton
1950 Reyonnah
1959 PTV
REVA
Renault 4
Lancia Delta
Vauxhall Astra
Fiat Tipo
Volkswagen Golf
Peugeot-206-sedan
Ford-4-door-verve-concept
Audi-roadjet-concept
The SAE defines such a vehicle as any two-door model with rear
accommodation greater than or equal to 33 cubic feet (0.934 m³) in
volume (includes legroom, shoulder room, and headroom)
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Liftbacks
Audi A5
Cadillac 62 convertible
• Then in the late '60s convertible sales started to slip. They fell from a
high of close to six percent of the market in the '60s, to about one
percent in the early '70s.
• 1970s Oil crisis; need for higher fuel economy and lower emission
100 kg
Body style similar to a sedan but with an extended rear cargo area.
Station wagons are based on sedan platform, having the main
interior area extended to the near-vertical rear window.
A hatchback car would not enjoy the full height of the passenger
cabin all the way to the back
Rear glass of a hatchback being sloped further from vertical, and the
hatch tending not to reach fully to the rear bumper, as it commonly
would in a station wagon.
Station wagons also have side windows over the cargo area, whereas
some hatchbacks have thick C pillars and no cargo area windows.
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History of Station Wagon
Star (1923)
Ford Model A
• The distance travelled were short, so the window and side weather
protection were not considered to be expensive
• 1930s the era of Woodies
• Glass side windows did not become common until 1930
Ford-S-Max
Powerful Engine
High Safety features
SUV