Is this right? The Boot is the truck or is it the cabriolet's top? The Bonnet is the hood over the engine. But is that true for a rear engined one? A RagTop is the sunroof model. Or as the Americans call ; a convertible. I'm confused.
Nomenclature Help? Boot, bonnet and ?
Dec 02, 2011
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Boot(Eng) = Trunk(Us) This describes the storage space not the cover/lid. Bonnet(Eng) = Hood(Us) Describes the front engine or boot/trunk cover. On a rear engined car the proper term would be 'engine cover'. Ragtop = Convertible or Cabriolet, not sure which is which there.…
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Boot(Eng) = Trunk(Us) This describes the storage space not the cover/lid. Bonnet(Eng) = Hood(Us) Describes the front engine or boot/trunk cover.
On a rear engined car the proper term would be 'engine cover'.
Ragtop = Convertible or Cabriolet, not sure which is which there. Sunroof = Sunroof.
The large cloth sunroof Beetle is referred falsely to as a Cabriocoach. A Cabriocoach would have the cloth section going all the way down passed the rear window.
Wing(Eng) = Fender(Us). Tyre(Eng) = Tire(Us). etc. etc.
J.
You are the Man! That should be in a FAQ.
ENG = we call the engine cover on a beetle, the "Deck Lid"
Eng = Rag top, we call a cut out in the roof, coverred in a sliding cloth cover.
The Cabriolet top, we call a "soft Top "
And where in the world did you ever come up with Lorrie for Truck? :)
"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
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Jerry
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