<VV> hardtop thread

[Ron F Hinz]

There have always been 2 dr. sedans and there are four door sedans and four
door hard top sedans and I assume that there always will be, period!
RonH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <Corvair@fnader.com>
To: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>; "Harry Yarnell"
<hyarnell1@earthlink.net>; "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>; "Thompson,
Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread


> Nope, afraid whilst beating the dead house I must agree with Mark (as
VV-Talk participants faint dead away).
>
> 4 doors do not automatically make it a sedan and 2 doors are often sedans,
if marketed as coupes.
>
> Next we get into convertible/roadster/cabriolet definitions! VBG
>
> Now obviously, the US definitions have been strongly influenced by
marketing nomenclatures, but as an example, BMW
> 2002/320/325/etc are all 2 door sedans... while the 2800CS/3000CS/630/etc
are coupes.  I would not call a late Corvair (or T-
> bird) 4 door a sedan... but at the same time the Mini Cooper is not a
coupe...
>
> Bill Elliott
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:26:19 -0500, J R Read_HML wrote:
>
> >A 4 dr is a sedan- regardless of roof line or pillar arrangement.  A 2 dr
is
> >a coupe (unless it is a convert) - and then it could be a roadster or a
> >cabriolet.
>
> >Attachments are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> >Later, JR
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1@earthlink.net>
> >To: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>; "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
> >Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:07 PM
> >Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread
>
>
> >> I'm sorry; a four (4) door is a sedan. Period. Gild it all you want,
it's
> >> still a sedan.
> >> Just as a 2 door is a coupe.
> >>
> >> Harry Yarnell
> >> perryman garage and orphanage
> >> perryman, MD
> >> hyarnell1@earthlink.net
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>
> >> To: "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
> >> Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:47 PM
> >> Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread
> >>
> >>
> >>> While that was certainly GM Marketing's name for it, I feel that
calling
> >>> the late 4door any kind of a "sedan" would be a misnomer. Just because
> >>> it has 4 doors instead of 2 doesn't mean it's automatically a sedan
> >>> anything. It's a pure hardtop, by strict definition, not a sedan. Just
> >>> my two cents worth....
> >>>
> >>> -Mark
> >>>
> >>> Thompson, Ed wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >I believe the official GM/Chevy vernacular for late model 4-doors is
> >> "sport sedan," at least that's how I've always referred to my/other
> >> '65-6-7
> >> 4-doors.
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