Tonneau (automotive type)
A tonneau is an open passenger structure on an automobile from the beginning of the 20th century and, in a broader sense, also an automobile type that supports such a structure. The barrel-shaped rounding of the rear seat backrests, whose shape describes the French word for barrel or container, are typical . The passengers in the back seats faced each other slightly. Most of the tonneau superstructures were firmly attached to the car, but some could also be removed, e.g. B. the Crestmobile . Early tonneaus had a rear center door for boarding, but in conjunction with a longer wheelbase, tonneaus with one or two side doors also came up. Peerless built the first tonneau with side entry , and other manufacturers soon followed suit. This led to the development of the more modern sedans , with Cadillac producing the first car with a closed, four-door body in 1910.
In English
In English-speaking countries , the term tonneau or tonneau cover since the Second World War, in addition to cover a loading area behind the front seats, for example. B. with a pickup . This cover can be made of canvas or hard plastic.
Leather or synthetic leather covers for the front passenger seat in roadsters , as in the MGB , are also called tonneau in English.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfred Prokesch: Knaur's great book about the car . Droemer Knaur Verlag Schoeller & Co., Ascona 1980, ISBN 3-85886-089-1 .