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Post by Pete Collins on Feb 2, 2005 22:44:11 GMT
In the Sunday Express S2 mag 23 Jan it said in an artice about the new Merc. CLS. "It's called the CLS and is described, somewhat bizarrely as a four-door coupe". Whats the problem with a 4 door Coupe I asked myself  and got out the Oxford dictionary, it said "Closed motor car, esp. one with two seats; (Hist.) four wheeled closed carriage for two inside and (presumably up front outside) driver. Not liking this I then got down the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This is abridged. " Carriage, smaller, lighter cut down coach body. Usually one seat for two, outside seat for driver. The largest model, the Clarence, had two enclosed seats and accommodated four. In the 20th cent. the name was given to the closed, 2 door, two passenger automobile". Should our Coupe's be called Clarence.  |
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Post by adrian50 on Feb 3, 2005 16:06:44 GMT
You can call yours whatever you like, but mine's called simply "The Rover" !! ;D ;D ;D Seriously, a four door coupe is an oddity isn't it? The Rover 800 coupe is two doors. Aston Martin coupes are two doors. Did Rover have some old badges left over? Could they not spell Clarence? Adie  |
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Post by Richard ZF on Feb 3, 2005 20:40:58 GMT
Coupe (with the accent over the e) is a French word.
The straight translation is CUT !!!!
So, a Coupe is simply a Saloon that's been cut, or had a roof chop. It has absolutely nothing to do with the number of doors a car has.
Anyways up, most Coupes nowadays have three doors.
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Post by Adrian on Feb 4, 2005 9:03:37 GMT
That reminds me.
Got an appointment for a hair coupe at 10.00am tomorrow, better not be late!! ;D
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Post by Pete Collins on Feb 5, 2005 16:34:02 GMT
No, I am not having any of that French stuff with one of our finest. Who wants a Rover P5 Cut ;D
So I got hold of an Oxford handy dictionary and a Collins Minigem.
Oxford:- Enclosed motor car with sloping back.
Collins:- Sporty style of motor car.
This is better and any way I thought a Collins would be correct. ;D
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Post by glennr on Feb 5, 2005 16:49:23 GMT
Quest que c'est? J'comprend quest que vous disez, mais Coupe en anglais est.......CUT! Vive la difference! Bon Chance Powerful Pierre. |
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Post by Richard ZF on Feb 13, 2005 5:04:42 GMT
What is the French for convertible? That's a Saloon that's really had a Coupe chop.
What we understand to be a Coupe should be translated from the French (or Latin?) as 'flattened out a bit'.
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Post by Geoff Arthur on Feb 13, 2005 17:41:15 GMT
My other half runs a Volvo C70 Coupe (it has 2 doors and a slightly lower roofline than my Volvo V70). Both cars were designed by a Brit called Peter Horbury (I hope I spelled that right). He said in an interview that his favourite car was the Rover P5B Coupe and he based his C70 and S60 (4 door design) to some extent on the Rover. He thought more cars should be designed on the sleek 4 door coupe theme. If you park the C70 next to my P5B Coupe there are similarities in stlye. We did not know the above when we bought the C70, we just loved it and still do.
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Post by adyonekenobi on Mar 3, 2005 12:03:51 GMT
Richard asks "What's the French for Coupe?" Maybe it's VA VA VOOM!  Adyonekenobi |
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and got out the Oxford dictionary, it said "Closed motor car, esp. one with two seats; (Hist.) four wheeled closed carriage for two inside and (presumably up front outside) driver. Not liking this I then got down the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This is abridged. " Carriage, smaller, lighter cut down coach body. Usually one seat for two, outside seat for driver. The largest model, the Clarence, had two enclosed seats and accommodated four. In the 20th cent. the name was given to the closed, 2 door, two passenger automobile". 
