The nicknamePullman coach was used in some European cities for the first long (four-axle)electric tramcars whose appearance resembled the Pullman railway cars and that were usually more comfortable than their predecessors. Such coaches (Russian:пульмановский вагон,romanized: pul'manovsky vagon) ran inKyiv from 1907[1][2] and inOdessa from 1912.[3]
In the 1920s, tramcars nicknamedPullmanwagen in German ran in Leipzig, Cologne, Frankfurt and Zürich.[4]
Mercedes-Benz 600 "Pullman" limousine, carrying US President Carter in Liberia, 1978
In someWestern European countries in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, some especially luxuriousmotor coaches were sometimes referred to asAuto-Pullmans.[specify]