Sedan
A four-door passenger car with a separate enclosed boot behind the cabin; the classic three-box body style.
A sedan, also known as a "saloon" or "notchback", is a body style with three clearly separated volumes: engine bay, cabin and a separate enclosed boot with its own lid. The rear window and the boot lid open independently of each other; that distinguishes the sedan from a hatchback, where rear window and tailgate form one unit.
The sedan is still one of the most widespread body styles worldwide, but in Europe its share has fallen in favour of hatchbacks, estates and SUVs. Examples are the Tesla Model 3, BMW 3 Series, Volkswagen Passat (Limousine) and Mercedes-Benz C-Class saloon.
A sedan offers an enclosed boot that better shields sounds and smells from the cabin, but loads less flexibly than a hatchback or estate because the opening is smaller and the bench pass-through is usually more limited. The label on the spec sheet is factual, not qualitative.
See also: Hatchback, Estate (station wagon), Boot volume (VDA)
Source: Body-style typology (trade literature, Wikipedia Sedan (automobile)); reference date 2026-05-21
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