LANDAU prestige
Sep 10, 2021
3 minutes
BY GERALD PERSCHBACHER LL.D.
They started as functional devices, then became status symbols, and later were accent pieces. The “they” are landau bars, the long, slightly S-shaped bars that have graced a small percentage of automobiles probably every year of production, in one form or another.
The word “landau” was popularized among carriage builders. The word sounded fancy and elegant, and the nomenclature often was applied to carriages that had a collapsible top. The bars used to swing the collapsible top
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