What car model manufactured today has the most body styles?

"J-Tenno" (amg) 12/20/2013 at 10:08 • Filed to: body style, ford, oppo questions

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I stumbled upon Ford Model A Wikipedia page and when I took a look at the different body styles, I was amazed. It has 34 different body styles. I'd have trouble choosing.

I'd take a Business Coupe since it probably means it's for important people.

Ford Model A Deluxe Tudor, a name miles better than BMW 428i xDrive.

And here's the complete list of all the body styles available:

Convertible Sedan (A-400)
Business Coupe
Coupe
Deluxe Coupe
Sport CoupeStandard Coupe
Deluxe Coupe
Standard Fordor Sedan - Murray
Standard Fordor Sedan - Briggs
Deluxe Fordor Sedan - Murray
Deluxe Fordor Sedan - BriggsLeatherback Fordor Sedan
Standard Fordor Sedan – Slant windshield
Mail Truck
Panel Truck
Phaeton 2-door
Phaeton 4-door
Deluxe Service Pickup
Roadster Pickup
Cabriolet
Pickup
Deluxe Pickup
Standard Roadster
Deluxe Roadster
Sport Roadster
Station Wagon
Taxi Cab
Town Car
Town Car Delivery
Standard Tudor Sedan
Deluxe Tudor Sedan
Victoria
Wood Panel Delivery

And this brings me to the title of the post:

What car model manufactured today has the most body styles? Post some pictures too!

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:13

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Most full size trucks have 3 cab configurations, 2 bed length options plus chassis cab, and 4 load range options, and 2 or 4WD.

RW53104 > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:14

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General Motors? Ford? Chrysler/Fiat? Except instead of offering similar body styles of the same car, they give each body style a whole new name and identity.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 12/20/2013 at 10:16

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And dually/not dually. Possibly 5th wheel trailer hook up too?

McMike > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:16

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What about Mini?

Mini

Convertible

Clubman

Coupe

Speedster thing

What about VW?

Golf 2 door

Golf 4 door

Jetta

Jetta Wagon

That's only four or five - I'm sure the trucks route Demon-Xanth suggested will have more.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:18

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911? Mustang? I can't think of a model that has a lot of variants, but if you rephrase the question as chassis/platform instead then things get interesting.

RazoE > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/20/2013 at 10:19

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911 would definitely be the answer.

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 12/20/2013 at 10:21

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I'd count dually/non-dually as a body style variation, probably and at least some load range changes definitely (with significantly different paneling), but in most cases I wouldn't count 2wd/4wd, as there's usually a look difference but not really much beyond flares for body style.

duurtlang > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:23

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Golf. 3d hatch, 5d hatch, wagon, convertible, Golf Plus (soon to be replaced), CrossGolf (Golf Plus given the Volvo XC70 versus V70 treatment). That's 6.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/20/2013 at 10:24

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Considering that the OP's list included a number of variations which were only trim levels themselves...

RazoE > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:24

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The Veyron has quite a few variants.

Veyron, SS, Veyron Vitesse, Veyron Gumbo, Fried Veyron, Veyron Curry, Veyron Kabob....

duurtlang > duurtlang 12/20/2013 at 10:27

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Arguably you could add the Jetta (Golf sedan), Scirocco (Golf coupe), Touran (Golf minivan), Cross Touran (see Cross Golf), Tiguan (Golf SUV) and Caddy (Golf Panel van) as well. That's another 6, resulting in a total of 12.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:29

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Off the top of my head, the only thing other than a pure truck that comes to mind for huge body style range is the Transit.

4 wheelbases, three roof heights, panel van, full passenger van, cab-in-van panel, double cab-in-van, chassis cab, motorhome cab (subtly different), Transit minibus, Transit Custom - combi/cab/van...

Quite a few.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 12/20/2013 at 10:31

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Well, all right. In that case, that makes my suggestion of the Transit even more bonkers.

J-Tenno > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/20/2013 at 10:45

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This is a good one.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > J-Tenno 12/20/2013 at 10:46

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I didn't include the Transit Connect because it's just too different, but I figured the Custom (lighter weight platform) was still enough in the family to count.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RW53104 12/20/2013 at 10:48

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Thinking outside the box, badge engineering *is* a way to look at this problem. Trouble being with "manufactured today", as there's somewhat less of that going around than there used to be.

RW53104 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/20/2013 at 13:42

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I would definitely agree. My thoughts initially went to the days when Pontiac was around, and everything from Saturn to Cadillac was rooted in similar vehicles.

As for today, my first guess would be BMW, with their variations on sedans ranging from sedan, to coupe, to wagon, to liftback, and all the models in-between.