Exactly what is meant by "Sedan".?

Question

I know it means 4-door. But why the word Sedan? Is it meant for a fancier/bigger vehicle?

Answer 1

In today's sales terms, a sedan ia a 4-door vehicle.

In actuality, a sedan is a 2-door or a 4-door that has a front seat and a back seat with at least 2 seats in the front and at least 2 in the back.

A sedan is also a chair sitting on two poles that is carried by four people, one on each end of each pole. It probably where the word originates from for cars

A coupe was the designation that meant a car with only two doors that was similar yet smaller than the sedan it was similar to.

The use of both sedan and coupe today comes from the French. There is a city called Sedan in France, but my research couldn't tell me if and how it might be related to automobiles.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

se·dan –noun 1. an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.

This may be the dictionary def. but typically a sedan is an enclosed 4-door car, a coupe is an enlosed 2 door with a smaller back seat (not necessarily full-sized like a sedan). As someone else explained a hatchback is again different as is a stationwagon/sports wagon or (for the old-timers out there) a shooting-brake. Then there are the cars with varying types of an open roof.

Answer 3

Sedan 4 door car with a trunk (boot)
Coupe 2 door car with or without a hatchback
Hatchback sometimes called 3 or 5 door cars depending on the number of passenger doors
Stationwagon or saloon.. boxy looking family car often found to be used by single guys as mini motorhome :-)

Answer 4

A 'sedan' is a car with either two or four doors that is not a hatchback or wagon that has an actual pillar behind the front set of doors.

A 'hardtop' is a car with either two or four doors that is not a hatchback or wagon, and does not have a pillar behind the first set of doors.

A 'coupe' is a two door car and can be either a 'sedan' or a 'hardtop'.

You can have combinations of these such as 'hardtop coupe', which would also be known as a two-door hardtop.

Hope this helps to clarify.

Answer 5

Sedan – 4 Door with a back boot.

Answer 6

Sedan is a car with 4 doors and has nothing to do with the appointments in the vehicle (luxury, horsepower, etc.). Although it is not indicative of the size of the vehicle, they generally are larger than their coupe (2 door) cousins, if there is one.

Answer 7

The term comes from "sedan chair" a term from 17th century Europe to describe those litters with four poles you see people carrying royalty around in Shakespearean style movies.

The word itself is an English version of the Italian for chair "sede."

A saloon and a sedan are by definition the same thing but the fromer is oftern used to describe more upscale automobiles.

Answer 8

Sedan does not necessarily mean four door, but it's more telling of a standard size/featured car. It's too big to be considered a compact/economy model, but it's not luxurious and roomy enough to be considered luxury.

It's a catchall for all the cars that dont' find the eco, sport, luxury, car categories.

Answer 9

Sedan is a 3-box car i.e. Engine + 2 passenger rows + boot.
A long sedan (typically luxurious) is called a Saloon.

These are Americanisms for which there are no apparent reasons (For e.g. 'Car' comes from 'carriage' which was horse drawn)

Answer 10

Means the car has 4 doors & a seperate trunk as opposed to a hatchback or station wagon, where the trunk is part of the cabin.