# What's the name of this old-fashioned style of luxury car?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-old-fashioned-style-of-luxury-car/424679 "2007-10-31T05:10:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-old-fashioned-style-of-luxury-car/424679/1 "2007-10-31T05:10:42Z")

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The kind where a chauffeur drove from an open seat while the passengers were in an enclosed cab?

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**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-old-fashioned-style-of-luxury-car/424679/2 "2007-10-31T05:28:15Z")

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I thought it was “town car”, but all I can find to support my belief is [this](http://www.chalkhillmedia.org/Museum/historic_automotive_terms.htm) site.

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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-old-fashioned-style-of-luxury-car/424679/3 "2007-10-31T05:38:02Z")

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Town car, or salon car.