<VV> Coupes suck

airvair airvair at richnet.net
Tue May 29 09:35:47 EDT 2007


Bill,

I'll stick to the US auto industry standards, thank you very much. At
least *I* will know I'm right.

-Mark

"Bill H." wrote:
> 
> Let's face it folks; everyone has a different name for
> various body styles.
> 
> In Europe the old VW Bug is called a Limousine; here
> in the US the word indicates a long, luxurious,
> typically chauffer-driven automobile.
> 
> Back in the Sixties, a typical passenger car, two or
> four doors, was at one time or another termed "sedan."
>  Chevy's four door hardtops were designated "Sport
> Sedan" and these models had no "B" pillar.
> 
> The word "Coupe" comes from the French (add an acute
> accent mark on the final "e"; the word means, "cut"
> meaning that the typical sedan greenhouse was
> literally "cut" shorter.
> 
> So call them what you want and let's move forward;
> "coupes" typically refer to two-door models that have
> a sporty profile, "sedans" refer to passenger cars in
> general (wagons not included though); and "hardtops"
> indicate cars with a convertible side window profile
> but have a solid roof.  Modern "hardtops" are now
> retractible or removable (exceptions:  The Mercedes
> Benz pillarless models and Dodge's new Challenger
> concept), but at least when their roofs are up and
> windows rolled down, they have the same profile as the
> Sixties pillarless models...Bill Hershkowitz



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