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Variations in moveable, removable and transparent roof panels continued. The Ford Lincoln X-100 concept car [8] of 1953 revisited the Sedanca style for a non-chauffeured vehicle as it had a retractable transparent targa top which inspired later fixed moonroof panels on 1954 production vehicles. In 1961 Triumph launched the TR4 with a removable ...
Many early closed cars, such as the 1933 Pontiac Economy Eight had front and rear vent windows called "ventiplanes" and were installed on all GM products that year. It has hinges and a latch, so it can be opened for additional ventilation. 1933 was the first year all GM vehicles were installed with optional vent windows which were initially called "No Draft Individually Controlled Ventilation ...
Ford used dual-side facing seats which faced each other. Some such as the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser had a forward-facing third row, an arrangement also common in SUVs such as the Chevrolet Suburban. Most minivans have 3 rows of seating. Third row seats may be fixed, removable, or designed to fold into the floor, or against the walls.
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 is folded into the rear of a coach, carriage, or early motorcar. Depending on its configuration, it provided exposed seating for one or two passengers.
The Silhouette was available with seating for seven, with the five lightweight (34 lb (15 kg)) rear seats being individually reconfigurable and removable. In 1994, built-in child seats were added to the option list, which provided the ability to switch two of the rear seats between adult and child seating with the pull of a seat-mounted tab.
Minivan (sometimes called simply a van) is a car classification for vehicles designed to transport passengers in the rear seating row(s), with reconfigurable seats in two or three rows [citation needed]. The equivalent classification in Europe is MPV (multi-purpose vehicle), people carrier, [2] or M-segment. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Mohs SafariKar – doors slide outward from the body on four linear rods mounted behind the front row of seats providing egress from both the front and rear of the car when opened. [11] Peel Manxcar – suicide rear-hinged doors that open until it touches the body of the car; Smart Crossblade – minimal "sword-like" door
The car could seat eight when equipped with a rear-facing third-row seat, which was available as an option through 1965. When the third seat was ordered, the cars were fitted with special "Captive-Air" (puncture-resistant) tires, as the additional seat took up the space required for a spare tire and wheel.