A coupe is a french "cup", size not defined.
A sedan used to be a chair mounted on poles and carried by two (probably
resentful) guys.
In parts of the UK and Pennsylvania, wagons are referred to as "wains". As
in "Volkswain" They are built by wainwrights.
Roadsters are roadsters unless they're Jaguars. Then they're "open
two-seaters (OTS)". Or Singers (their roadsters were tourers).
Speaking of tourers, does the "back seat" in a BN-6 count?
Any more auto-arcania?
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 08:50 PM 4/21/2003 +0100, Guy Weller wrote:
>Cars in the UK are either a Saloon or Coupe, or an Estate.
>Havn't heard the word shooting brake for a long time. The Shooting brake
>actually started out as a name used on a type of horse-drawn vehicle, a
>cross between a carriage and a cart, used when the landed gentry took their
>friends out on a shooting party - hence the name. Shooting brakes when used
>for cars were generally the vehicles with external wood framing, ending up
>with something like the Morris Estate "Woodie" (OK, don't start that one
>again - I am now fully eductated about the alternative USA use of that
>word!)
>
>Think about it - Saloon and Coupe are both French words.
>A saloon is where you sit about on comfortable upholstered chairs, smoking,
>drinking fine wines and making polite and witty social conversation. Hence
>a Spridget is NOT a saloon! Some cars are like that, or were once. Now they
>are "Padded cells" and we all know what padded cells are used for.
>
>A Coupe is a sort of cut- down saloon.
>
>Sedan? Well, that 's a large American car that only goes in straight lines.
>
>Truck, Lorry, Wagon. Depends what part of the UK you come from. Here, up
>in the Northcountry, we talk about Wagons - 'cos they were invented here for
>carrying coal in. In the South, a Wagon is a type of goods train rolling
>stock, not a road vehicle at all.
>
>Lorries are Red and blue and yellow, made of wood and small boys play with
>them. Brm brmm!
>
>Guy
>In the UK!
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