<VV> hardtop thread

[Bruce Schug]

On Sep 22, 2004, at 6:31 PM, airvair wrote:

> I beg to differ with you, Harry.
>
> A sedan, by definition is a car with a "B" pillar that extends from 
> floor to roof. It has nothing to do with how many doors it has. 
> Evidence: a 2door hardtop is NOT a sedan, but a hardtop by definition. 
> If it had a "B" pillar that reached the roof, THEN would it be called 
> a two-door-sedan. Likewise, a 4door hardtop is NOT a sedan, but a 
> hardtop by definition.
>
> BTW as another poster said, a coupe is a 2door with a truncated roof, 
> as opposed to a full "sedan" style roof.
>
> Now when we refer to Corvairs (necessary Corvair content) the 2doors 
> can rightfully be called coupes, because neither early nor late 2doors 
> have full "sedan" style roofs, but truncated roofs. Further, early 
> 4doors are full sedans, while late 4doors are 4door hardtops. This by 
> strict, commonly accepted automotive terms, not marketing terms.
>
> My late 4door is still a 4door hardtop to me, though it's called a 
> "sport sedan" by GM marketing. But a rose by any other name....
>
>

I agree completely with Mark. These are the accepted definitions of 
these terms, at least in the US, in this era.

Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
bwschug@charter.net

CORSA member since 1981

'67 Monza. "67AC140"