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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Oldsmobile_1903_Curved_Dash_Auto_on_London_to_Brighton_Veteran_Car_Run_2009.jpg/450px-Oldsmobile_1903_Curved_Dash_Auto_on_London_to_Brighton_Veteran_Car_Run_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Oldsmobile_1903_Curved_Dash_Auto_on_London_to_Brighton_Veteran_Car_Run_2009.jpg/600px-Oldsmobile_1903_Curved_Dash_Auto_on_London_to_Brighton_Veteran_Car_Run_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2352" data-file-height="2023" /></a><figcaption>1903 <a href="/wiki/Oldsmobile_Curved_Dash" title="Oldsmobile Curved Dash">Oldsmobile Curved Dash</a> on the 2009 <a href="/wiki/London_to_Brighton_Veteran_Car_Run" title="London to Brighton Veteran Car Run">London to Brighton Veteran Car Run</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>runabout</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Car_body_style" title="Car body style">car body style</a> popular in the 1910s, based on the horse-drawn <a href="/wiki/Runabout_(carriage)" title="Runabout 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It was a light, basic style with no windshield, top, or doors and a single row of seats. Runabouts eventually became indistinguishable from <a href="/wiki/Roadster_(automobile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadster (automobile)">roadsters</a> and the term fell out of use in the United States. The approach has evolved into the modern "<a href="/wiki/City_car" class="mw-redirect" title="City car">city car</a>". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Runabout_(car)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Runabout_(carriage)" title="Runabout (carriage)">Runabout (carriage)</a></div> <p>Runabouts originated as a type of <a href="/wiki/Horse_and_buggy" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse and buggy">horse and carriage</a> body. </p><p>In 1881, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rufus_Meade_Stivers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rufus Meade Stivers (page does not exist)">Rufus Meade Stivers</a> produced runabout bodies using a patent held by Joseph Tilton.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stivers, a blacksmith and wheelwright, produced the runabouts in his carriage manufactory on East 31st Street, Manhattan, established in 1851.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House,_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House%2C_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg/220px-Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House%2C_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House%2C_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg/330px-Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House%2C_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House%2C_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg/440px-Sidebar_Runabout_Carriage_House%2C_Fosterfields_New_Jersey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>A horse-drawn runabout owned by <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Rose_Foster" title="Caroline Rose Foster">Caroline Foster</a>, on display in <a href="/wiki/Fosterfields" title="Fosterfields">Fosterfields Living Historical Farm</a></figcaption></figure><p> According to <i>The Carriage Journal</i>,</p><blockquote><p>The special feature of the runabout was that the body was hung low by using <a href="/wiki/Crank_(mechanism)#Crank_axle" title="Crank (mechanism)">cranked axles</a>, and the side-bars were attached to legs at the top of the crank. The original runabout was made without a top, and, besides hanging low which made for steadiness, it was roomy and comfortable.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p>Stivers patented the "runabout" name and threatened to sue other manufacturers for infringement. However, buggies titled "runabout" were produced by other manufacturers and soon applied to many different shapes without regard to the original meaning.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_and_history">Description and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Runabout_(car)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The runabout was a light, inexpensive, open car<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with basic bodywork and no windshield, top, or doors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most runabouts had just a single row of seats, providing seating for two passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913258_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913258-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some also had a <a href="/wiki/Rumble_seat" title="Rumble seat">rumble seat</a> at the rear to provide optional seating for one or two more passengers;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913258_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913258-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> those without rumble seats may have had a trunk platform, a box, or a fuel tank instead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913258_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913258-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They differed from <a href="/wiki/Buggy_(automobile)" title="Buggy (automobile)">buggies</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_wheeler" title="High wheeler">high wheelers</a> mainly by having smaller wheels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early runabouts had their engines under the body toward the <a href="/wiki/Mid-engine_design" title="Mid-engine design">middle of the chassis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This sometimes made maintenance difficult, as on the <a href="/wiki/Oldsmobile_Curved_Dash" title="Oldsmobile Curved Dash">Oldsmobile Curved Dash</a> where the body had to be removed in order to access the engine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Western_Tool_Works_(automobile_company)" title="Western Tool Works (automobile company)">Gale runabout</a> dealt with this problem by hinging the body at the rear of the car such that it could be tilted to access the engine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgano197186_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgano197186-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some later runabouts had the engine in what became the conventional position at the front of the car.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg/220px-1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg/330px-1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg/440px-1907_cadillac_model_k_autoworld_brussels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>1907 <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Runabout_and_Tonneau" title="Cadillac Runabout and Tonneau">Cadillac Model K</a> at <a href="/wiki/AutoWorld_(museum)" class="mw-redirect" title="AutoWorld (museum)">AutoWorld</a> in Brussels</figcaption></figure> <p>Runabouts were popular in North America from the late 19th century to about 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were designed for light use over short distances.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913325_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913325-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the mid-1910s, they became almost indistinguishable from <a href="/wiki/Roadster_(automobile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadster (automobile)">roadsters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913257,_258_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913257,_258-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable examples of runabouts include the Oldsmobile Curved Dash mentioned earlier, which was the first <a href="/wiki/Mass_production" title="Mass production">mass-produced</a> car,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Runabout_and_Tonneau" title="Cadillac Runabout and Tonneau">Cadillac runabout</a>, which won the <a href="/wiki/Dewar_Trophy" title="Dewar Trophy">Dewar Trophy</a> for 1908 by demonstrating its use of <a href="/wiki/Interchangeable_parts" title="Interchangeable parts">interchangeable parts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPosthumus197748_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPosthumus197748-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Runabout_(car)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1964 GM Runabout was a <a href="/wiki/Three-wheeler" title="Three-wheeler">three wheel</a> <a href="/wiki/Concept_car" title="Concept car">concept car</a> first exhibited at <a href="/wiki/Futurama_(New_York_World%27s_Fair)" title="Futurama (New York World's Fair)">Futurama II</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair" title="1964 New York World's Fair">1964 New York World's Fair</a>. The car was designed specifically for housewives and had detachable <a href="/wiki/Shopping_cart" title="Shopping cart">shopping carts</a> built into it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1993[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidJ6oNkrcpi7cCpgPA238_238]_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1993[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidJ6oNkrcpi7cCpgPA238_238]-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "runabout" is still in use in the UK, denoting a small car used for short journeys.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndersonCrozierGilmourGrandison2006750_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndersonCrozierGilmourGrandison2006750-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Runabout_(car)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/s/stivers/stivers.htm">"R.M. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-06-29</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.coachbuilt.com&rft.atitle=R.M.+Stivers%2C+Rufus+Meade+Stivers%2C+R.M.+Stivers+Carriage+and+Automobile+Co.%2C+Lozier%2C+Stivers+Carriage+Mfg.+Co.+-+Coachbult.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coachbuilt.com%2Fbui%2Fs%2Fstivers%2Fstivers.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARunabout+%28car%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRyder1981" class="citation book cs1">Ryder, Thomas (1981-03-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RJc9DwAAQBAJ&dq=%E2%80%9CRunabout%E2%80%9D+r+Rufus+M.+Stivers.&pg=PA187"><i>The Carriage Journal: Vol 18 No 4 Spring 1981</i></a>. Carriage Assoc. of America.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Carriage+Journal%3A+Vol+18+No+4+Spring+1981&rft.pub=Carriage+Assoc.+of+America&rft.date=1981-03-01&rft.aulast=Ryder&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRJc9DwAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%25E2%2580%259CRunabout%25E2%2580%259D%2Br%2BRufus%2BM.%2BStivers.%26pg%3DPA187&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARunabout+%28car%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation patent"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US437263A/en">US437263A</a>, "Joseph tilton", issued 1890-09-30</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Apatent&rft.number=US437263A&rft.cc=&rft.title=Joseph+tilton&rft.date=1890-09-30"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaajanen2003116_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHaajanen2003">Haajanen 2003</a>, p. 116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgano1971216_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGeorgano1971">Georgano 1971</a>, p. 216.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913258-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913258_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913258_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913258_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFClough1913">Clough 1913</a>, p. 258.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESedgwick197226_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSedgwick1972">Sedgwick 1972</a>, p. 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgano197186-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgano197186_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGeorgano1971">Georgano 1971</a>, p. 86.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913325-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913325_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFClough1913">Clough 1913</a>, p. 325.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEClough1913257,_258-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClough1913257,_258_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFClough1913">Clough 1913</a>, pp. 257, 258.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPosthumus197748-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPosthumus197748_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPosthumus1977">Posthumus 1977</a>, p. 48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1993[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidJ6oNkrcpi7cCpgPA238_238]-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1993[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidJ6oNkrcpi7cCpgPA238_238]_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith1993">Smith 1993</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=J6oNkrcpi7cC&pg=PA238">238</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndersonCrozierGilmourGrandison2006750-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndersonCrozierGilmourGrandison2006750_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAndersonCrozierGilmourGrandison2006">Anderson et al. 2006</a>, p. 750.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Runabout_(car)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAndersonCrozierGilmourGrandison2006" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Anderson, Sandra; Crozier, Justin; Gilmour, Lorna; Grandison, Alice; McKeown, Cormac; Stibbs, Anne; Summers, Elspeth, eds. 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