Body style termonology?

Touring Station Wagon Estate car

Cabriolet convertible soft-top

sedan saloon

coupé 2 door hardtop sports

roadster sports car old style hot rod (32 Ford)

Sir Hugh of Bognor

Touring and Station Wagon is a good guess. Salon (not saloon, saloon is a bar) is the 4-door, which is the Sedan in the states. Cabriolet is a convertible, coupe is a 2-door, sedan and salon is a 4-door, and touring is a station wagon.

In the US, the Touring (wagon) has now become a "Sports Wagon"

Not quite, Jeff. A sedan with a boot and bonnet is a "saloon". With a hood and trunk, it is a sedan. But a salon is something else entirely!

Tom K.

That reminds me of a joke that only works if spoken and even then only with Merkin pronunciation.

Why does a chicken coop only have two doors?

Because it if had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.

This is getting a little more complicated than I thought it would.

Is there an automotive difference between "Saloon" and "Salon" or is there a regional usage of both terms that mean the same thing?

Thanks, G.S.

Saloon = Sedan (type of car) or Bar

NO

A SEDAN is either a portable chair that one is carried on and thus is transposed to the US version of a mode of transport "SEDAN" or in the UK terminology "SALOON".

A SALON on the other hand is most commonly referred to as in "Hair Salon" meaning a hairdresser's shop or establishment or as someone else mentioned "a gathering" where women flock together to moan and chatter about nothing whilst having their hair cut, dyed, styled etc.

A man, on the other hand, simply has a "hair cut" and moans about some sport or other instead of talking some sense - but then it's the only time we get isn't - it? like sitting on the lavatory reading the paper or the latest magazine........

Hugh

correct

Perhaps they should be called "talking shops"?

My hairdresser (or should I say barber) was a one time Manchester City FC season ticket holder. The last couple of seasons have largely been spent with my winding him up about how precious few MCFC goals he will have seen for his money and that if he did want to see goals and silverware without travelling to London then he really ought to support another Manchester club. This season however the boot has been on the other foot...

Neither is a UK term. 'Touring' was sort of invented by BMW. A tourer is a convertible non sports car with usually more than two seats - rather like a 3 Series.

A station wagon in the UK is called an estate car. Which the lord of the estate might well send to meet a train. ;-)

For additional confusion, you could throw 'shooting brake' into the mix. I'm pretty sure that there isn't a US equivalent for that.

Shooting brake? Is that for the gang bangers engaged in drive-by shootings?

Not much used these days.

Quite a good description of what they are here - to save my fingers. ;-)