Supply, was: 4doors, was: <VV> 1961 Corvair

[airvair]

(In this thread, I'm considering only LATE models, as that is what I'm
most familiar with.)

Looking at the production ratio, there were roughly 9 coupes to 3 4doors
to 2 convertibles made (per model line). Coupes are abundant simply
because they made so many of them, and everyone saves convertibles (why
I don't know - they're the most useless of all the body styles - IMHO).
But for some perverted reason, people have a low opinion of 4doors. They
were used up as beaters and donor cars, often to "save" a coupe. Now
THAT's perverse!!

Coupes are in oversupply, which ought to drive down the price. The
4doors are hard to get, and us that want one often have to search for
them. And often, I've seen that once someone has tried a 4door, they
don't want a coupe anymore. It's that much better. Just ask someone that
has one. If reality had anything to do with it, the 4door would be the
premium value.

Ways the 4door is better than a coupe:

- far better looking. There is NO wrong angle, while a coupe looks
"slightly pregnant" from the 3/4 angle. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

- easier rear seat access. This helps whether loading passengers, or
packages (onto a folded-down seat).

- easier entrance/exit because of more doors AND shorter doors. Just try
it in a crowded parking lot.

- better rear seat comfort. No knees-under-your-chin and
head-against-the-backlite like a coupe suffers from.

I could go on, but coupe lovers don't have a leg to stand on. (G)

-Mark (I part out coupes to save 4doors!)

Sethracer@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 5/21/2004 5:44:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> airvair@richnet.net writes:
> Just goes to show you that stupidity rules. Otta be a law against that.
> Four doors are better in every way than coupes.
> 
> -Mark (4doors forever!)
> 
> "N. Joseph Potts" wrote:
> >
> > Sedans command
> > lower prices on the market than coupes/convertibles.
> 
> There is a law about that. It's called law of supply and demand. It hasn't
> been repealed yet!  PS all 2-door early models have a more rigid body structure
> than the 4-doors. - Seth