<VV> RE: Sedan VS Sport Sedan

[Rad Davis]

I always think of the Monty Python skit with the school kid (Eric Idle) 
asking the gentleman (Terry Jones) if his wife likes "sport" in relation to 
sport sedans and such.  Either that or the meaning in old genetics texts, 
where a sport is a random mutation.  Using that reasoning, the late sedan 
is a mutant late coupe, which neatly explains its lack of a B pillar.

Greenbriers, as befits their 6-9 passenger capacity, are Sportswagons - 
suggesting that a plethora of sport is involved.  To avoid offending Il 
Commandatore, I shall resist speculating on the nature or quantity of 
sports. Since there was a factory camper option, we must assume that, among 
others,  sports involving thin, horizontal, uncomfortable sheets of foam 
were anticipated and sanctioned by GM.

By the conventional lettering they have a, b, c, and d pillars, (or would 
that be a, b sub 1 b sub 2,  and c pillars?)

It seems that Volvo, Subaru, Honda, and BMW have built Sportswagons at one 
point or another as well.

Perhaps they're all mutant Greenbriers.



At 05:38 AM 2/2/2006 -0800, Jeff Clark wrote:
>A sedan has a "B" pillar, and steel frames around the
>door glass.  "Sport Sedan" was always Chevy's term for
>a 4-door hardtop: no B-pillar, and frameless door
>glass. It started in the 50's when manufacturers gave
>special names to the hardtop body style: Riviera,
>Fiesta, Bel Air, Catalina, Montclair, Crown Victoria,
>Newport were all names for 2 or 4-door hardtops BEFORE
>they (with a few exceptions, like Fiesta) became
>separate model lines.
>
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