page_title: Landau (automobile)
section_title: Simulated convertible
hierarchical_section_title: Landau (automobile) / Simulated convertible
caption_attribution_description: 1957 Chrysler Windsor
context_page_description: Landau, when used in referencing an automobile, generally means a simulated convertible.
  The Nash Rambler Landau is a cabrio coach introduced in 1950.
  A landau bar is an ornamental feature located on a car's rear quarter panel, mostly used on hearses.
context_section_description: In the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the United States, "landau" became associated with cars where the fixed (eg metal) roof and rear quarter panels were covered with fabric or leather and fitted with S-shaped side landau bars, to make it appear like a convertible roof.
  The term landau fell into disuse from the mid-1940s until the late-1950s. Again it was used to describe fixed-roof cars styled to resemble convertibles, this time using vinyl roofs. Some of these vehicles were called "landaus" by their manufacturers, and many were fitted with landau bars on the rear quarters (faux cabriolet).
  Some used the term "Town Landau" such as for one of the 1967 models in the Ford Thunderbird line. This generally meant a wider rear pillar with no rear quarter windows, or a partial vinyl roof that was applied only over the rear seat area (and is thus reminiscent of a town car).
caption: 1957 Chrysler Windsor two-door hardtop with white "landau-type" roof
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