citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin) (05/31/85)
This question may have already been asked in this group. What is difference between a coupe and a sedan? I can't find any rhyme or reason to the distinction. I have noticed that almost all 3-doors are coupes. Most 2-doors are coupes, but some are sedans. Likewise, most 4-doors are sedans but some are coupes. What's the difference? Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)
wjhe@hlexa.UUCP (Bill Hery) (06/04/85)
> This question may have already been asked in this group. What is difference > between a coupe and a sedan? I can't find any rhyme or reason to the > distinction. I have noticed that almost all 3-doors are coupes. Most > 2-doors are coupes, but some are sedans. Likewise, most 4-doors are sedans > but some are coupes. What's the difference? > I'm not positive, but I think that a coupe doesn't have window frames built into the doors, nor a roof support pillar behind the doors; thus, when the top is removed (via a convertible, or removable hardtop) and the windows are rolled down, there is nothing above the lines of the bottoms of the window..
bhs@siemens.UUCP (06/06/85)
Typically, a car dubbed coupe is supposed to have a less inclined, longer rear window. It is supposed to imply that the roof has been cut differently ( couper in french is to cut). Also Coupes tend to have 2 doors. This is probably the easiest way to differentiate sedans from coupes, unless you are looking at old lincolns or caddys. Even the mercedes coupes of the 70s midsized sedans were only two door sedans. Of course, the term coupe has a sporty connotation, which makes a sure vicitm of various automotive marketing departments. Bernard H. Schwab Siemens RTL, Princeton, NJ
rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (06/06/85)
> This question may have already been asked in this group. What is difference > between a coupe and a sedan? I can't find any rhyme or reason to the > distinction. I have noticed that almost all 3-doors are coupes. Most > 2-doors are coupes, but some are sedans. Likewise, most 4-doors are sedans > but some are coupes. What's the difference? > Once upon a time, way back in the 1940s, a coupe was considered to be two seater versions of typically four seater cars. In the 1960s, a sedan was considered a car, usually a four door, with a rigid post aft of the front doors. A hardtop was usually a two door, but could be a four door (the "hardtop sedan"), without that pillar. Any other comments? *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) (06/07/85)
Well, when I was a kid (in the 50's) a coupe was a car with no back seat. The cars were somewhat shorter, but the space behind the seat could be used to haul things -- typical traveling salesmen's cars. More modern coupes tend to have back seats, and are sportier, but the back seats are as comfortable as the floor behind the seat of a 1948 Chevrolet Coupe!
hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) (07/07/85)
A coupe does not have a back seat, or if it has one, it is only for occasional use. The Mazda RX-7 is a coupe, as is the Honda Prelude. Nowadays many 2-door sedans are erroneously called coupes. Herman Silbiger ihnp4!homxb!hrs