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The open trunk in the rear of a Porsche Boxster Early automobiles had provision for mounting an external trunk as on a 1931 Ford Model A, in addition to the rumble seat.. The trunk (American English) or boot (British and Australian English) of a car is the vehicle's main storage or cargo compartment, often a hatch at the rear of the vehicle.
÷1910 Buick side-entrance tonneau without tonneau cover 1903 Sunbeam rear-entrance tonneau. A tonneau was originally an open rear passenger compartment, rounded like a barrel, [1] on an automobile and, by extension, a body style incorporating such a compartment. The word is French, meaning 'cask' or barrel, cf. “tun”. [2]
A rumble seat (American English), dicky (dickie/dickey) seat (British English), also called a mother-in-law seat, [1] is an upholstered exterior seat which folded into the rear of a coach, carriage, or early motorcar. Depending on its configuration, it provided exposed seating for one or two passengers.
A coach has doors in its sides and a front and a back seat inside. The driver has a raised seat in front of the carriage to allow better vision. It is often called a box, box seat, or coach box. There are many types of coaches depending on the vehicle's purpose.
Boot: Any of several box-like parts of a carriage used for storage of small items. A boot may be found under the coachman's seat, under the passenger's seat, or behind the body of the carriage between the rear wheels. This led to the use of the term boot in British English for the main storage compartment of an automobile. [32]: 32 [34]: 184
Anti-submarine seating is a safety feature that may be more important for the front seats than the rear seats. [8] A child safety seat or child restraint system is a restraint which is secured to the seat of an automobile equipped with safety harnesses or seat belts, to hold a child in the event of a crash. All 50 states require child seats ...
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A club coupe is a two-door car with a larger rear-seat passenger area, [2] compared with the smaller rear-seat area in a 2+2 body style. Thus, club coupes resemble coupes as both have two doors, but feature a full-width rear seat that is accessible by tilting forward the backs of the front seats. [42]