Car body style
Automobiles' body styles are variable.
Current styles
;Buggy: Lightweight off-road vehicle with sparse bodywork.;Convertible / cabriolet :
;Coupé
;Flower car
;Hatchback / liftback
;Hearse / funeral coach :
;Kombi :
;Limousine:
;Microvan:
The smallest size of minivan/MPV.
;Minivan / multi-purpose vehicle / people carrier / people mover :
;Panel van / car-derived van / sedan delivery :
;Pickup truck / pickup :
;Roadster:
;Sedan / saloon
;Shooting-brake:
;Station wagon / estate car
;Targa top:
;Ute / coupe utility :
Historic styles
;Baquet : Has two rows of raised seats, similar to horse-dawn carriages; usually did not have front doors, a roof or a windshield. The baquet style was produced in the early 1900s in Europe. Also a marketing term used on cars built in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.
;Barchetta : Italian two-seat sports car with either an open top or convertible roof. The term was originally used for lightweight open-top racing cars of the late 1940s through the 1950s. Since the 1950s, the name barchetta has been revived on several occasions, mostly for cars with convertible roofs that are not specifically intended for racing.
;Berlinetta : Italian sports coupé, typically with two seats but also including 2+2 cars. The original meaning for berlinetta in Italian is “little saloon”.
;Cabrio coach : A retractable textile roof, similar to a convertible/cabriolet. The difference is that where a convertible often has the B-pillar, C-pillar and other bodywork removed, the cabrio-coach retains all bodywork to the top of the door frames and just replaces the roof skin with a retractable fabric panel.
;Coupe de ville / Sedanca de ville / town car : An external or open-topped driver's position and an enclosed compartment for passengers. Produced from 1908 to 1939. Although the different terms may have once had specific meanings for certain car manufacturers or countries, the terms are often used interchangeably.
Some coupe de villes have the passengers separated from the driver in a fully enclosed compartment, while others have a canopy for the passengers and no partition between the driver and the passengers.
;Hardtop : Any car with a rigid roof. However, the term is usually used for pillarless hardtops, which are cars without a B-pillar that are often styled to give the appearance of a convertible. Popular in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
;Landaulet: A car where the rear passengers are covered by a convertible top. Often the driver is separated from the rear passengers with a partition, as per a limousine.
;Personal luxury car: American luxury coupés and convertibles produced from 1952–2007. The cars prioritised comfort, styling and a high level of interior features.
;Phaeton : An open-roof automobile without any fixed weather protection, which was popular from the 1900s until the 1930s.