Alandaulet, also known as alandaulette, is acar body style where the rear passengers are covered by aconvertible top.[1][2][3] Often the driver is separated from the rear passengers by a division,[4] as with alimousine.
During the first half of the 20th century, taxicabs were often landaulets, with models such as theAustin 12/4 and theChecker Model G and earlyChecker Model A being a common sight in larger cities.
Around the middle of the 20th century landaulets were built for public figures such as heads of state to use for formal processions or parades when they wished to be more visible to large crowds. Open cars are now less frequently used, due to security concerns.
The car body style is derived from the horse-drawncarriage of similar style that was a cut-down (coupé) version of alandau.
InBritish English, the termlandaulet is used specifically for horse-drawn carriages, andlandaulette is used when referring to motor vehicles.[5]
Like many other car body styles landaulets continued from horse-drawncarriages toautomobiles.[6][3][7] The condition of the driver's section may range from having no weather protection at all, as was often the case with early landaulets,[6][8][dubious –discuss] to being fully enclosed.[9]
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New landaulet cars became rare in the 1930s
After WWII landaulets were unfashionable and built only as parade cars for heads of state.Pope John XXIII,Pope Paul VI, andPope Benedict XVI used landaulets based onMercedes-Benz automobiles but after 1970 seemed to generally prefer modified military or commercial vehicles for the same job. Landaulet cars give occupants no protection from assassins.
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In 2011, aLexus LS 600h L landaulet was created for use at thewedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock.[10] The car was used to transport the couple on the day of their wedding, and afterwards put on display at theOceanographic Museum inMonaco.[10]
ThePeugeot 607 Paladine is a one-off landaulet version of thePeugeot 607. It was built as aconcept car and presented in March 2000 at theGeneva Motor Show. The car was first used seven years later byNicolas Sarkozy for hisinauguration aspresident of France in May 2007.
TheMaybach division ofDaimler AG showed aMaybach 62 S landaulet concept car at the Middle East International Auto Show in November 2007.[11] They added the landaulet to their 2009 model line.[12]
Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet was introduced as the first SUV under the sub-brand nameMercedes-Maybach at theGeneva Motor Show in March 2017 with production limited to 99 units.[13]
Duchatelet
Landaulet (or landaulette). A closed car, the rear portion of which could be opened in fine weather.
Daimler added the Maybach Landaulet – an open-top version of its Maybach 62 S – to its lineup for 2009.
Maybach has revealed the Landaulet Study, an exclusive one-off based on the Maybach 62 S that revives the classic landaulet theme, with a soft top for the passengers compartment.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)The motor landaulet was essentially an enclosed sedan or coupe with a folding top at the extreme rear quarter, over the rear seat.
Landaulet—a closed car with folding top, seats for three or more inside, and driver's seat outside.
landaulet,n. an automobile having a convertible top for the back seat, with the front seat either roofed or open.
