page_title: Berlin (carriage)
section_title: Automobile
hierarchical_section_title: Berlin (carriage) / Automobile
caption_attribution_description: car with 1994 cc 4-cylinder pair cast L-head engine, made in Belgium by Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre; side view
context_page_description: A Berlin carriage was a type of covered four-wheeled travelling carriage with two interior seats. Initially noted for using two chassis rails and having the body suspended from the rails by leather straps, the term continued in use for enclosed formal carriages with two seats after the suspension system changed from leather straps to steel springs.
context_section_description: The berline body style initially carried over from the carriage to the automobile with the chauffeur in the open at the front and an enclosure behind with two seats facing each other. As with the coupé and the brougham, the term evolved with the deletion of the outside driver and the movement of the controls into the enclosure, along with the turning of the front seat to face forward. The term "berline" is now the French term for the saloon or sedan.
caption: 1908 FN 2000 berline
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