<VV> Fw: Re: difference between a sedan and a coupe

[Kenneth E Pepke]

Now that I am no longer working I do not have access to the SAE
library and I do not remember the exact SAE number.  But I am 
quite sure it is referring to the volume of the interior BEHIND the 
front seat!  The original SAE specification was to insure enough
area to provide a second row of seating.  If there is not enough
room for the second row of seating the vehicle is called a coupe.
If there is enough room for a row of seating then the vehicle is a 
sedan.  

Once again, ALL Corvair passenger cars [not to include FCs]
have enough room behind the front seat for a second row of 
seats they are ALL considered to be sedans ... It has nothing 
to do with the number of doors or the presence of or lack or
pillars.  A vehicle with a foldable soft top is a convertible sedan.
Ken P 



On Mon, 4 May 2009 06:15:22 -0700 (PDT) "P.H. Raker" <n556p at yahoo.com>
writes:
> So ... Since all Corvair cars have approximately the same interior 
> volume, the SAE definition would say that all Corvairs fall into the 
> same category.  Does anyone know what the interior volume of a 
> Corvair is?  Are they, according to the SAE definition, all Coupes 
> or all Sedans?  Or are they so close to 33cu ft that there are some 
> on each side of this arbitrary line?  (Of course, this discussion 
> doesn't apply at all to the Lakewoods or FCs.)
>  
> Phil Raker
> '65 Corsa Cpe - 140/4
> '63 Greenbrier - 110/4 (Group Red)
>  
>  
> Dorairaj Isaac wrote:
> > Distinctions between a coupe and a sedan has little to do with 
> doors and are
> > made clear by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), which 
> standardizes
> > definitions of the different types of cars on the market. 
> Measurements of a
> > coupe and a sedan are as follows:
> > .         Coupe equals less than 33 cubic feet (.934 cubic m).
> > .         Sedan is equal to or greater than 33 cubic feet.
> > Thus a coupe and sedan can be determined by volume alone rather 
> than being
> > determined by number of doors. A two-door car with a larger than 
> 33 cubic
> > foot volume or interior space is essentially a two-door sedan. 
> Likewise, a
> > four-door car with less than a 33 cubic foot volume is a four-door 
> coupe.
> >
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