<VV> hardtop thread

[Bill Elliott]

Nope, afraid whilst beating the dead house I must agree with Mark (as VV-Talk participants faint dead away).

4 doors do not automatically make it a sedan and 2 doors are often sedans, if marketed as coupes. 

Next we get into convertible/roadster/cabriolet definitions! VBG

Now obviously, the US definitions have been strongly influenced by marketing nomenclatures, but as an example, BMW 
2002/320/325/etc are all 2 door sedans... while the 2800CS/3000CS/630/etc are coupes.  I would not call a late Corvair (or T-
bird) 4 door a sedan... but at the same time the Mini Cooper is not a coupe...

Bill Elliott


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:26:19 -0500, J R Read_HML wrote:

>A 4 dr is a sedan- regardless of roof line or pillar arrangement.  A 2 dr is 
>a coupe (unless it is a convert) - and then it could be a roadster or a 
>cabriolet.

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>Later, JR
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1@earthlink.net>
>To: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>; "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
>Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:07 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread


>> I'm sorry; a four (4) door is a sedan. Period. Gild it all you want, it's
>> still a sedan.
>> Just as a 2 door is a coupe.
>>
>> Harry Yarnell
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>
>> To: "Thompson, Ed" <EXT@quarles.com>
>> Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> hardtop thread
>>
>>
>>> While that was certainly GM Marketing's name for it, I feel that calling
>>> the late 4door any kind of a "sedan" would be a misnomer. Just because
>>> it has 4 doors instead of 2 doesn't mean it's automatically a sedan
>>> anything. It's a pure hardtop, by strict definition, not a sedan. Just
>>> my two cents worth....
>>>
>>> -Mark
>>>
>>> Thompson, Ed wrote:
>>>
>>> >I believe the official GM/Chevy vernacular for late model 4-doors is
>> "sport sedan," at least that's how I've always referred to my/other 
>> '65-6-7
>> 4-doors.