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    Coupé - what is one?

    I keep seeing adverts for 4-door coupés - and it bugs me.

    A coupé to me is 2 doors, and a saloon style boot.

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    Coupe is french for "cut off" according to a show I saw a decade ago. I think it was Top Gear.

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    2 door, boot (not hatch) and sloping back window.

    simples...

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    So basically an S14 not S13?

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    I am thinking more not a Jaguar XF and not a Citroen DS4...

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    I always consider a coupe as a car with no window surround on the doors..

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    Oh god, Docwra, Si and I had an argument about this a few years ago.

    I can't remember if we ever came to a conclusion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clouder_sx View Post
    I always consider a coupe as a car with no window surround on the doors..
    No way. This instantly dismisses things like the ITR.

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    i used to have a calibra which i considered to be a coupe ( not a very good one .... but a coupe none the less ) even though it had a hatchback.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakko View Post
    Oh god, Docwra, Si and I had an argument about this a few years ago.

    I can't remember if we ever came to a conclusion.
    What did God say then, S13 or 14?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clouder_sx View Post
    I always consider a coupe as a car with no window surround on the doors..
    Subaru Impreza? I would say it's a saloon (or estate).

    My opinion is also 2 door (definitely), steep sloping rear window and a boot rather than a hatch. Probably some holes in that description as well to be honest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robbie View Post

    My opinion is also 2 door (definitely), steep sloping rear window and a boot rather than a hatch. Probably some holes in that description as well to be honest.
    i thought i agreed with this untill i thought of the megane coupe, its hatch not boot.

    i would still say 2 door, more sportier version than the 4 door option basically. (civic, 3 series bm etc)

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    It's what you call a car who's owner couldn't justify buying a proper sports car, but needed a similar level of practicality of a saloon or estate but without the "family" image

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    I saw a DS4 on the way home tonight....a coupé it definitely is not

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    I take it the new Scirrocco isnt a coupe as they call it then LOL

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    Coupe is just an approximate shape, nothing really to do with the liftgate or decklid.

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    You lost me at "liftgate" and "decklid".....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simaroon View Post
    i thought i agreed with this untill i thought of the megane coupe, its hatch not boot.
    The first Megane coupe was though My g/f at the time had one. Silly little flap for the bootlid. For a horsey chick, thats not a good thing

    I'm another "2 doors, slippery shape, boot not hatch (although a liftback could be considered)"

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    In my mind it's probably just the roof line that would generally distinguish a coupe from a saloon.

    Saloon roof lines continue straight back from the b pillar, a coupe's starts to slope down almost immediately after the b pillar.

    Hatch / boot is irrelevant IMO. I'd consider coupe to be a 2 door design on the whole but I guess some 4 doors could qualify.

    Edit: wiki says this http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupé
    Last edited by Delboy; 02-07-2011 at 09:23.

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    I suppose so. RX8 for example? Aston Rapide too.

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