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Fundamental to various older designs such as the Citroën 2CV sometimes an option on modern cars. Cabrio coach or Semi-convertible A form of car roof, where a retractable textile cover amounts to a large sunroof. The terms are usually (but not exclusively) used in Europe to describe what is referred to in North America as a sport utility vehicle or SUV (see below). Styles in current use 4x4 or 4WD ("four-by-four" or "four-wheel drive") A four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously. Sedan, known as a Saloon in British English.There are several common car body styles: Non-structural body panels have been made of wood, steel, aluminum, fiberglass and several more exotic materials. There have also been various hybrids, for example the Volkswagen Beetle had a chassis, consisting of the floor pan, door sills and central tunnel, but this chassis relied on the stiffening provided by the bodywork, a technique sometimes called semi-monocoque construction.

Less common types include tube frame and space frame designs used for high-performance cars. Steel monocoque construction is now the most common form of car bodywork, although aluminum and carbon fiber may also be used. Although there is no separate complete frame or chassis, many monocoque/unibody designs now often include subframes. It provides support to all the mechanical components, as well as protection for the vehicle occupants.

Monocoque, or unibody construction, in which the "chassis" is part of, and integrated with the metal body.

This form of body-on-frame construction is still common for commercial vehicles.

A steel chassis or ladder frame replaced the wooden frame.

Wooden-framed motor vehicles remain in production to this day, with many of the cars made by the Morgan Motor Company still having wooden structures underlying their bodywork.

The first automobiles were designs adapted in large part from horse-drawn carriages, and had body-on-frame construction with a wooden frame and wooden or metal body panels.

There are three main types of automotive bodywork: In vehicles with a separate frame or chassis, the term bodywork is normally applied to only the non-structural panels, including doors and other movable panels, but it may also be used more generally to include the structural components which support the mechanical components. In automotive engineering, the bodywork of an automobile is the structure which protects: