Trunk (automobile)

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For other uses, see trunk.

The trunk or boot of an automobile or car is the vehicle's main storage or luggage compartment. Trunk is used in North American English whilst boot is used elsewhere in the English speaking world.

The compartment is located either at the front or the rear of the vehicle - invariably at the other end of the vehicle to which the engine is located. The vast majority of cars have the compartment at the rear of the vehicle, though most mid-engined cars (such as the Ferrari 360) and rear-engined cars (such as the Volkswagen Beetle) have it in the front. An exceptional vehicle, the Volkswagen Type 3, had a trunk in the front and a trunk in the rear, above the low profile boxer engine. The Fiat X1/9 also had two trunks, although the rear one was quite small.

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