Phaeton body Phaeton body A phaeton is a style of open automobile without any fixed weather protection, which was popular from the 1900s until the 1930s. It is an automotive equivalent of the horse-drawn fast, lightweight phaeton carriage. A popular style in the USA from the mid–1920s and continuing into the first half of the 1930s was the dual cowl phaeton, with a cowl separating the rear passengers from the driver and front passenger. Phaetons fell from favour when closed cars and convertible body styles became widely available during the 1930s. Eventually, the term "phaeton" became so widely and loosely applied that
Barouche distinguished from a barouche by having fold-down occasional seating for the rear-facing passengers, instead of permanent front seats. In Quebec, Canada, "calèche" refers to a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle with or without a folding top and with a driver's seat on the splashboard. In the Philippines, the "kalesa" is a one-horse descendant of Spanish Colonial calashes, and is a common sight in older cities such as Manila and Vigan. A barouche was an expensive four-wheeled, shallow vehicle used in the 19th century with two double seats inside, arranged "vis-à-vis", so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the