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From: chas@ihuxe.UUCP (Charles Lambert)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Coupes vs. Sedans
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Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 14:17:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 14:17:15 1985
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The term coupe comes directly from the French coupe' (that's an acute accent),
meaning "cut-off" or "(having been) cut", and was applied by them to the type
of closed two-seater described in an earlier article.  The explanation I heard,
for which I can't vouch, is that it referred to the shortened roof-line, which
did not extend to the rear of the body as in traditional sedan styling of the
time.

Charlie Lambert @ the Death Star, IL.