Vis-à-vis (carriage)

A Vis -à-vis is a car with opposing benches. This seating arrangement, there is in carriages, wagons and early automobiles. The term comes from the French and literally means " face to face ". In German-speaking countries, the term was also used for " opposite ".

The Vis -à -vis carriage is very similar to the seating arrangement a landau, but you can not as weatherproof as a close Landauer them. The roof of a Vis -à-vis only offers protection against light rain or strong sun. The Vis -à -Vis was thus more of a summer car for gentlemen. The absence of the doors and the heavy roof structures, however, it was correspondingly lighter and thus more suitable for long distances or ride faster than the comparable from the convenience ago Landauer.

In automobiles, this body shape was rarely used after 1902 as more and more car manufacturers went over to the front motor. Four -seater cars had then organized the body style tonneau. This gives the Double Phaeton developed.