Car coat
![Dorothy Levitt, early motoring 'scorcher' and advisor on what to wear](/Images/godic/202501/03/Dorothy_Levitt_Frontspiece_to_The_Woman_and_the_Car3022.jpg")
!['Automobilists' fashion plate of around 1910, showing early car coats](/Images/godic/202501/03/Automobilists_fur_coats,_Atelier_Bachwitz,_1908-19103022.jpg")
![A chauffeur, in around 1910. Similar heavy greatcoats in wool or leather were worn by male and female drivers](/Images/godic/202501/03/Riley_car_with_chauffeur,_c19103022.jpg")
![Dorothy Levitt priming a carburettor and wearing an early version of a motoring 'duster' coat](/Images/godic/202501/03/Dorothy_Levitt_demonstrates_how_to_prime_the_carburettor_by_Horace_Nichols,_The_Woman_and_The_Car,_19073022.jpg")
A car coat is an outer garment originally made to be worn by automobile drivers and passengers. First designed to provide maximum warmth and coverage, over time it became a much shorter garment. Today it describes a coat that typically ends at mid thigh. It is worn by both men and women.