Vehicle classification used to describe early

There are many ways in which motor vehicles maybe classified into convenient groups for recognition.Much depends on such factors as the manufacturer,the make of the car, the series and the body typeor style. Distinctive groups of passenger vehiclebodies include the following:
 1 Small-bodied mass-produced vehicles
 2 Medium-bodied mass-produced vehicles
 3 Large-bodied mass-produced vehicles
 4 Modified mass-produced bodywork to give astandard production model a more distinctiveappearance
 5 Specially built vehicles using the major compo-nents of mass-produced models
 6 High-quality coach-built limousines (hand made)
 7 Sports and GT bodywork (mass-produced)
 8 Specially coach-built sports cars (hand made).
 Styling forms include the following:
 Saloon The most popular style for passengervehicles is the two-door or four-door saloon. It hasa fully enclosed, fixed-roof body for four or morepeople. This body style also has a separate luggageor boot compartment .
 Hatchback This body style is identified by itscharacteristics sloping rear tailgate, which is classedas one of the three or five doors. With the rear seatsdown there is no division between the passenger andluggage compartments and this increases the luggagecarrying capacity of the vehicle .
 Estate This type of vehicle is styled so that theroof extends to the rear to give more luggagespace, especially when the rear seats are lowered.
 Sports coupé and coupé A sports coupé is atwo-seater sports car with a fixed roof and a high-performance engine. A coupé is a two-door, fixed-roof, high-performance vehicle with similar stylingbut with two extra seats at the rear, and is some-times referred to as a ‘2-plus-2’ .
 Convertible or cabriolet This can have either twoor four doors. It has a soft-top folding roof (hood)and wind-up windows, together with fully enclosedor open bodywork .
 Sports This is a two-seater vehicle with a high-performance engine and a folding or removableroof (hood) .
 Limousine This vehicle is characterized by itsextended length, a high roofline to allow betterheadroom for seating five passengers comfortablybehind the driver, a high-quality finish and luxuri-ous interiors .