Buggy (carriage)

A buggy is a four-wheeled American carriage made on a rectangular pattern, the body resembling a shallow box.

Its turning radius is large, achieving only a quarter-lock before the front wheels touch the sides of the buggy body.

[1]: 5–6, 10 [2]: 113 The simple and lightweight American buggy was mass-produced, manufactured inexpensively, sold at modest prices, and widely distributed throughout the United States.

[3] The different styles of their buggies and the colors of the tops (black, grey, brown, yellow, white) can be used to distinguish one community from another, and even become part of a group's identity.

Amish buggies are usually fitted with lamps for night driving and are driven by a single horse,[6] predominantly Standardbreds.