Buggy | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Many |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | Lightweight |
Related | Horse 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.
Originally used to describe very lightweight horse-drawn vehicles for one or two persons,[1] the term was extended to lightweight automobiles as they became popular.[2][3] As automobiles became increasingly sophisticated, the term briefly dropped out of use before being revived to describe more specialised off-road vehicles.[4][5][6]