Runabout (car)

The Runabout, sometimes referred to as motor - buggy or car - buggy was a popular in the early years of the 20th century automotive form. It was small, inexpensive, open cars. Most runabouts had just a bench that could seat two passengers. Sometimes were often removable and surcharge, additional structures available to take more passengers can:

• Additional rear bench with seat forward direction
• Additional rear bench with seat rearward direction ( " Dos -à -dos " )
• Tonneau construction with side access
• Tonneau structure with rear entry, wherein the inner door having a seating surface and can be used as a seat in the closed state was
• Folding seat in the bulkhead for vehicles of the first generation with the middle or at the rear motor attached. The front bodywork finish could be open, the lid to the seat back and the front part of the foot rest was

In the period of early vintage, almost half of all car models and the majority of the total cars produced belonged to this building type. After the First World War he was, especially in the U.S., are increasingly used as an alternative term for Roadster.

The concept of the English language met the old-timers interested in as part of the name of car models.

The 1964 GM Runabout was a three-wheeled concept car presented at the Futurama II, a part of the Great Exhibition of 1964/65 in New York.

Examples

• Pierce Motorette Fore - Seat Runabout, 1903 ( conceptcarz )
• Baker Runabout
• Cadillac runabout
• Packard Single Six Runabout
• Columbia runabout
• Packard Speedster
• Daihatsu Charade Runabout ( 3-door version of the first generation (1977 - 1983) )

Other body styles of the pioneer days ( range )

• Dos -à- dos
• Speedster
• Surrey
• Tonneau, Tonneau Toy
• Touring
• Phaeton
• Brougham