• acealeam [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    coupe used to mean 2 door sports car, with a trunk and a sloping roof. then I think it was bmw (maybe Mercedes) who created the 4 door coupe. which is literally an oxymoron, since a coupe is 2 doors. the 4 door coupe just tries to look like a 2 door coupe, it basically just copies the sloping roofline. pictured above is a porsche cayenne coupe. it's a normal 4 door SUV cayenne, but they sloped the roofline. now it's a cayenne coupe, or so they say.

    • discontinuuity [he/him]
      ·
      edit-2
      4 years ago

      Exactly. The more proper name for this roof shape would be "fastback," "hatch-back," or "5-door"