A sedan — also saloon — is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo.Sedan's first recorded use as a name for an automobile body was in 1912. The name comes from a 17th century development of a litter, the sedan chair, a one-person enclosed box with windows carried by porters.
Variations of the sedan style of body include: close-coupled sedan, club sedan, convertible sedan, fastback sedan, hardtop sedan, notchback sedan and sedanet/sedanette.