Buggy (automobile)

For other vehicles known as "buggy", see Buggy.

Buggy
Volkswagen Country Buggy, a military buggy
Overview
ManufacturerMany
Body and chassis
Body styleLightweight
RelatedHorse and buggy

Buggy is generally used to refer to any lightweight automobile with off-road capabilities and sparse bodywork. Most are built either as a kit car or from scratch.

History

The word buggy was originally used in England to describe a lightweight two-wheeled carriage for one person,[1]: 121  and later in America to describe a common 4-wheeled carriage.[2]: 25  The term was extended to lightweight automobiles as they became popular.[3][4] As automobiles became increasingly sophisticated, the term briefly dropped out of use before being revived to describe more specialised off-road vehicles.[5][6][7]

Types

The U.S. Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle from Apollo 15 on the Moon in 1971

See also

References

  1. ^ Felton, William (1996) [1796]. A Treatise on Carriages (Reprint of both volumes). Astragal Press. ISBN 1879335700. OL 21753408M. (Original Vol I, Original Vol II)
  2. ^ Smith, D.J.M. (1988). A Dictionary of Horse Drawn Vehicles. J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0851314686. OL 11597864M.
  3. ^ "Advantages of the automobile buggy". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines. July 1909. p. 72. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  4. ^ "untitled". Logansport (Indiana) Daily Reporter. 4 December 1901. p. 3. He is catapulted through space by the explosion of a 'gasoline buggy'.
  5. ^ "Amphibian 'Marsh buggy' used to hunt oil". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines. April 1937. p. 529. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Jungle Buggy packs a load". Popular Science. May 1948. p. 122. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  7. ^ Hunn, Max (October 1954). "Swamp-buggy Steeplechase". Popular Mechanics. p. 137. Retrieved 14 August 2013.