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Re: Mustang...Spitfire???

To: Day.John@fin.gc.ca
Subject: Re: Mustang...Spitfire???
From: Bill Davies <daviesw@ecid.cig.mot.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:23:04 +0000
Cc: faustus@inconnect.com, spitfires@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Organization: Motorola
References: <DDA77299EDD1D111B21800A024B1A060017718A8@server2.fin.gc.ca>
Hi,
        I missed the start of this thread, and I'm not sure who to attribute
this quote to. Surely the word Coupe refers to the lower roofline? Hence
cars like the Rover P5 Coupe, which was a variant of the P5 Saloon,
albeit with a lower roofline. That car certainly had 4 doors, and I've
never heard it's Coupe Credentials called into question. I don't have a
dictionary or thesaurus to hand (I'm at work), so can anyone define the
word Coupe, and from where it is derived?
        Cheers,
                Bill.



>         > Which brings us around to *gasp* the Saturn  _THREE_ door
> coupe!
> Excuse me-
>         > but if it has _THREE_ doors (the third one not being a hatch
> back)--is it
>         > _really_ a (by definition of the word) "coupe"?
>         >
>         >

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/  \  ______  ______  /  \  1959 Herald 948 Coupe Y128
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