Exactly,
a Coupe was a cut - down version of a Sedan (or saloon)
----- Original Message -----
From "Rick Fisk" <refisk at chartermi.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: saloon definition
> Guy,
>
> When I was a kid growing up here in the USA in the 50's a "coupe" meant a
> two-door car. A "sedan" was the four-door version. A further refinement
> was introduced when the "hardtop" - no B post - was developed. There were
> two-door hardtops and four-door hardtops. Anything without a roof was
> called a "convertible". And then you had station wagons - with a back end
> big enough to haul 4' x 8' sheets of plywood flat between the rear wheel
> wells when the rear seat was folded down. Hardtops, station wagons, and
> most two door cars are gone - replaced by mini-vans, SUVs, and jelly
beans.
>
> Rick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Weller" <Guy.Weller@kencomp.net>
> To: "Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>; "Clayton La
Baw"
> <clabaw@jpl.nasa.gov>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: saloon definition
>
>
> > Clayton,
> >
> > You are right of course, a "coupe" is a cup or salad bowl. But, being
> > French and a flexible language, coupe also means to cut, or cut down.
> > A Coupe is a cut - down, or shortened, roof line to the standard Saloon
> > model.
> >
> > Of course, you may drive around in a salad bowl.
> >
> > Guy
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