High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tonneau (US: /t 'no /, UK: /'t no /), in modern use, describes a hard or soft cover for a pickup truck bed. Hard tonneau covers open by a hinging or folding mechanism while soft covers open by rolling up.Its original (now archaic) use was for an open rear passenger compartment on an automobile and, by extension, a body style incorporating such a compartment. The word comes originally from French, mostly meaning barrel, or sometimes cask or container. Most tonneaus were fixed in place as an optional element at purchase, but some could be removed as on the Crestmobile or the two-part(frame and cover) of the early MGB. Early tonneaus normally had a rear-facing hinged door, but single and dual-side doors were soon introduced. The first side-door tonneau was made by Peerless, but others quickly followed. This led to the development of the modern sedan/saloon, with Cadillac manufacturing the first production closed-body four-door car in 1910.

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