page_title: Landaulet (car)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Landaulet (car) / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Verkehrsmuseum Dresden Kutsche Landaulet um 1900 IV
context_page_description: A landaulet, also known as a landaulette, is a car body style where the rear passengers are covered by a convertible top. Often the driver is separated from the rear passengers by a division, as with a limousine.
  During the first half of the 20th century, taxicabs were often landaulets, with models such as the Austin 12/4 and the Checker Model G and early Checker Model A being a common sight in larger cities.
  Around the middle of the 20th century landaulets were built for public figures such as heads of state to use for formal processions or parades when they wished to be more visible to large crowds. Open cars are no longer used for fear of terrorist attack.
context_section_description: The car body style is derived from the horse-drawn carriage of similar style that was a cut-down (coupé) version of a landau.
  In British English, the term landaulet is used specifically for horse-drawn carriages, and landaulette is used when referring to motor vehicles.
  Like many other car body styles landaulets continued from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles. The condition of the driver's section may range from having no weather protection at all, as was often the case with early landaulets, to being fully enclosed.
caption: A landaulet carriage with its roof closed
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