page_title: Car body style
section_title: Current styles
hierarchical_section_title: Car body style / Current styles
caption_attribution_description: VW T6 Multivan
context_page_description: Automobiles' body styles are variable.
context_section_description: Buggy
  Lightweight off-road vehicle with sparse bodywork.
  Convertible / cabriolet
  Has a retractable or removeable roof. A convertible allows an open-air driving experience, with the ability to provide a roof when required. Most convertible roofs are either a folding textile soft-top or a retractable metal roof. Convertibles with a metal roof are sometimes called 'retractable hardtop', 'coupé convertible' or 'coupé cabriolet'.
  Coupé
  Has a sloping rear roofline and generally two doors (although several four-door cars have also been marketed as coupés). Coupés are generally considered more sporty than their sedan counterparts.
  Flower car
  In US used in the funeral industry to carry flowers for burial services. Typically a coupe-style, forward-passenger compartment with an open well in the rear.
  Hatchback / liftback
  Small utilitarian car with a two-box design and a hatch-type rear door that is hinged at the roof and opens upwards. The term "hatchback" can also refer to that type of rear door, which is also used on several sports cars, SUVs and large luxury cars.
  Hearse / funeral coach
  The modification of a passenger car to provide a long cargo area for carrying a coffin or casket. Hearses often have large glass panels for viewing the coffin.
  Kombi
  An abbreviation of the German word "Kombinationswagen" (combination car), the German name for station wagon or van. However, in some countries, Kombi is used to refer to a Volkswagen Type 2 (Microbus).
  Limousine
  A luxury vehicle driven by a chauffeur with a partition between the driver's compartment and the passenger's compartment. In German, the term simply means a sedan.
  Microvan
   
  The smallest size of minivan/MPV.
  Minivan / multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) / people carrier / people mover
  Vehicle designed to transport passengers in the rear seating row(s) with reconfigurable seats in two or three rows. Typically has a combined passenger and cargo area, a high roof, a flat floor, a sliding door for rear passengers and high H-point seating. In Europe, some small minivans have been marketed as 'leisure activity vehicles'.
  Panel van / car-derived van / sedan delivery
  A cargo vehicle based upon passenger car chassis, and typically has one row of seats with no side windows at the rear. Panel vans are smaller than panel trucks and cargo vans, both of which are built on a truck chassis.
  Panel truck
  A pickup truck that has a fully enclosed truck topper in it's back, giving it a van-like appearance.
  Pickup truck / pickup
  A light-duty, open-bed truck. In South Africa, a pickup truck is called a "bakkie".
  Roadster
  An open two-seat car with emphasis on sporting appearance or character. Initially an American term for a two-seat car with no weather protection, usage has spread internationally and has evolved to include two-seat convertibles.
  Sedan / saloon
  A fixed-roof car in a three-box design with separate compartments for engine, passenger, and cargo. Sedans can have 2 or 4-doors. A sedan is called a "berlina" in Spanish and Italian, or a "berline" in French.
  Shooting-brake
  Initially a vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game; later used to describe custom-built wagons by high-end coachbuilders, subsequently synonymous with station wagon / estate car; and in contemporary usage a three or five-door wagons combining features of a station wagon and a coupé.
  Station wagon / estate car
  Has a two-box design, a large cargo area and a rear tailgate that is hinged to open for access to the cargo area. The body style is similar to a hatchback car, however station wagons are longer and are more likely to have the roofline extended to the rear of the car (resulting in a vertical rear surface to the car) to maximize the cargo space. In French, a station wagon is called a "break".
  Examples of station wagons:
  Mazda6 Sport Wagon
  Jaguar XF Sportbrake
  Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
  Targa top
  A semi-convertible style used on some sports cars, featuring a fully removable hard top roof panel which leaves the A and B pillars in place on the car body.
  Ute / coupe utility
  Based on a passenger sedan c
caption: Modern Volkswagen Type 2
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