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After 1912, American use of the term began to be most closely associated with the "triple phaeton" body configurations that had room for three rows of seats, whether all three were installed or not. This also led to the term "phaeton" becoming similar to, and eventually interchangeable with, the term "touring car". [7] [8]
The spider phaeton, of American origin and made for gentlemen drivers, [4] was a high and lightly constructed carriage with a covered seat in front and a footman's seat behind. [5] Fashionable phaetons used at horse shows included the Stanhope , typically having a high seat and closed back, [ 6 ] and the Tilbury , a two-wheeled carriage with an ...
The Phaeton was conceived by Ferdinand Piëch, then chairman of Volkswagen Group, [10] who wanted a car that would surpass the German prestige market leaders, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, in part as a response to Mercedes' and BMW's decision to compete in Europe directly with Volkswagen by introducing the A-Class and BMW 3 Series Compact.
Phaeton body, a style of open carriage or automobile; Phaeton (carriage), a horse-drawn sporty open carriage Volkswagen Phaeton, a full-size luxury automobile built by Volkswagen until 2016
Outside car: another name for jaunting car; Phaeton: a light-weight horse-drawn open carriage (usually with two seats); or an early-nineteenth-century sports car; A mid-19th-century engraving of a Phaeton, from a carriage builder's catalog. Post chaise: A fast carriage for traveling post in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Police in Hartford, Connecticut, are searching for the suspect who opened fire at a 12-year-old who threw a snowball at a car. Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 7:15 p.m ...
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“We don’t need them for the cars. We don’t need them for lumber. We don’t need them for anything.” The president added: “As a state, it’s different. As a state, it’s much different ...