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what does "coupe" refer to?
the question is written on the title..
from my knowledge..coupe means 'two door', but how can a car be 4-door coupe?? How can it make sense? Example: VW Passat 4-door coupe? Can some1 clarify this please:D |
Well originally coupe did mean two doors but now those "4door coupe" mean cars with coupe like styling mainly sloping roofline
Originally Posted by tfz_hebe89
(Post 3421932)
the question is written on the title..
from my knowledge..coupe means 'two door', but how can a car be 4-door coupe?? How can it make sense? Example: VW Passat 4-door coupe? Can some1 clarify this please:D |
Originally Posted by tfz_hebe89
(Post 3421932)
the question is written on the title..
from my knowledge..coupe means 'two door', but how can a car be 4-door coupe?? How can it make sense? Example: VW Passat 4-door coupe? Can some1 clarify this please:D |
Coupe = no B-Pillar.
For example: Mercedes CL550 has no B-pillar: http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/M.../RightSide.jpg Mercedesl CLS does: http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/M...s/LeftSide.jpg |
It is stupid they are calling some of these new sedans 4 door coupes because they are not coupes. A coupe is a 2 door car that usaully has a rear seat and generally not as hardcare as a 2 seat sports car with more space and features. A CLS is a 4 door SEDAN plain and simple that is lower and swoopier and more stylish then most sedans but it is not a coupe, I don't even know why they call it a coupe. It does not even look like a coupe with 4 doors but a low sleeker 4 door sedan. A RX8 looks kind of like a coupe with 4 doors but it is still a 4 door with 2 suicide doors and not a coupe in my book but something else. All these cars coming out are just stylish lower sleeker 4 door sedans not 4 door coupes. A coupe has 2 doors period not 4. It is purely marketing and pretty dumb marketing at that but maybe somepeople buy into it and think they are driving a coupe with 4 doors.:uh:
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
(Post 3422085)
Coupe = no B-Pillar.
http://www.motiontrends.com/2006/m04...s_Coupe_5a.jpg |
yes, my SC has b-pillar! :D
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and conversely, in Japanese, we call 4 door sedans without b-pillars a "hardtop sedan".
edit: IE: GX81 MarkII = had both hardtop and sedan, Chaser was a hardtop and Cresta was a hardtop sedan. |
To be honest, I haven't seen a 4-Door car that looks like a coupe anyway. Not even the CLS looks like a Coupe. Cars like the RX8 come close since the rear doors are suicide doors though.
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
(Post 3422203)
Actually most coupes do have a B-pillar; only a few do not. I'll stick to the 2-door definition.:D
http://www.motiontrends.com/2006/m04...s_Coupe_5a.jpg Actually, those "coupes" with B-pillars are not classically defined as coupes. "Real" coupes: http://www.slashgear.com/gallery/dat...che-Cayman.jpg http://www.londonmotorcars.com/photo...green-side.JPG https://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/...0c5814259f.jpg "Fake" coupes (like sedans turned into coupes, such as the 3-Series): http://www.londonmotorcars.com/photo...coupe-side.JPG https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1279...ad62328eec.jpg https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364...1e33c12420.jpg |
Philip, I've never read about the "b-pillar" part...The SC 300/400 is a coupe for instance.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...c/c2/SC400.jpg A closed car with two side doors and less than 33 cubic feet of rear interior volume, according to measurements based on SAE standard J1100. ... http://www.caranddriver.com/glossary...-of-terms.html Generally, a two-door car with close-coupled passenger compartment. www.autotrader.com/help/glossary.jsp A coupé (from the French couper to cut) or coupe is a car body style with a close-coupled interior offering either two seats or 2+2 seating (space for two passengers up front and for two occasional passengers in the rear). ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe The CLS, VW CC, are not coupes.....just marketing.... |
O.K. O.K...
Wikipedia got this even more complicated... |
Lets just all agree that 4-Doors are NOT coupes period. We can argue the details of what makes a real coupe later:D
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Originally Posted by CK6Speed
(Post 3422414)
Lets just all agree that 4-Doors are NOT coupes period. We can argue the details of what makes a real coupe later:D
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To add so some of the confusion...
Along some model lines "coupes" are 2-door cars with trunks. If it had a rear hatch, it was a hatch, lift, or fastback. The Celica was differentiated like this since it was introduced in the early 70's until 1999. You had your coupe and your hatchback, both were 2-doors. So coupe in this case meant 2-doors with a trunk. Or was that all marketing, too? :uh: :D |
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