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Where did the type names come from?

biko · 2013-02-05 11:40:40

Ok, so after some whiskey recently the discussion started about car shapes and names, specifically Saloon, Hatchback and Estate, but also Kombi (German for estate/wagon) Where do these names come from? Why for instance call a car a saloon? The only one that makes some sort of sense is hatchback, since the back is a door.

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Ok, so after some whiskey recently the discussion started about car shapes and names, specifically Saloon, Hatchback and Estate, but also Kombi (German for estate/wagon)

Where do these names come from? Why for instance call a car a saloon?
The only one that makes some sort of sense is hatchback, since the back is a door.

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Saloon and Sedan are a derivative of the Latin word for chair IIRC.

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#3 05-02-2013 1:26pm

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Estates used to be called Shooting brakes, a name recently used by Jaguar for their new estate.
The name comes from what they used to be used to do, carry around a party of shooters.

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