Car body styles

A convertible or cabriolet () is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place. The methods of retracting and storing the roof vary across eras and manufacturers.

A limousine ( or ), or limo () for short, is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver compartment and the passenger compartment which can be operated mechanically by hand or by a button electronically. A luxury sedan with a very long wheelbase and driven by a professional driver is called a stretch limousine.

passenger car in a three-box configuration

A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk. Hatchbacks may feature fold-down second-row seating, where the interior can be reconfigured to prioritize passenger or cargo volume.

auto body-style with its roof extended rearward (like in SUVs, hatchbacks, and minivans)

thumb|Audi TT coupé

A hearse () is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.

open two-seat car

A fastback is an automotive styling feature, defined by the rear of the car having a single slope from the roof to the tail.

off-road vehicle

style of open automobile, popular in the early 20th century

thumb|right|250px|1965 Rambler Marlin, a pillarless hardtop

type of car body

automotive body style

car body style

aspect of motor vehicle design

thumb|250px|Ferrari 250#250 GT Berlinetta_SWB|Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta SWB

thumb|1973 Toyota Celica, one of the world's first "liftbacks", in this case a [[fastback-styled hatchback]]

type of completely open bodywork of an automobile, with or without a hood and without windows, generally 2 or 4 seats

car configuration with two rear seats rather than three, for a total of four seats

antique car body style, and the name of a 1964 concept car

thumb|Barchetta near the Ponte Umbertino Barchetta () is an Italian word commonly translated into English as "little boat". The term originally referred to a small skiff used for recreational purposes. It is also applied to some items of clothing, as well as being used in automobile styling, where it describes a class of open-top, two-seat sports cars.

cargo vehicle based on passenger car chassis

motor car classification

car body

car with a retractable textile roof

coachwork type

horse-drawn vehicle in which the passengers are seated face to face on two benches perpendicular to the long axis of the car

type of SUV with a sloping roofline

Form of pickup truck

design of a vehicle that places the cab farther to the front than usual

bodywork produced in the first half of the 20th century with a passenger compartment in the shape of a closed horse-drawn coupe and an uncovered driver's compartment or just equipped with a folding hood and a windshield