phaeton
an open four-wheeled carriage
Today this word meansA light, fast four-wheeled carriage with no roof. The name survives as an automobile body style.
From Phaethon, the boy who drove the sun chariot and fell.
The name carries its own reputation — fast but dangerous, and in eighteenth-century England the carriage was notorious for accidents.
Volkswagen's top-of-the-line 2002 sedan was named Phaeton too.