Four Door Coupe

[kimbill]

Is there any rumbles about a Four Door G Series Coupe in the future? I'm getting flak about the difficulties of getting into the back seat of our '11 G37 Coupe?

Bill,

[audtatious]

There is no such thing as a four door coupe...the additional two doors would make it a sedan

Have you test driven a G37 sedan?

[kimbill]

But, MB and BMW are offering a Four Door Coupe in the 2015 line up, and I believe there is another McGrath with a four door, and the Mazda RX had, or have a four door. Maybe coupes can have four doors, as sedans used to come with two or four doors. Anyway, I hope Infiniti will offer one, then the grim lets will be quiet..........

[audtatious]

The very definition of a coupe is a car with a fixed roof and two doors. It's all marketing in them trying to get more people to purchase their "sporty" sedans. I can call my coupe a truck but that does not make it one

[Southern]

Back on the day coupes were the cheapest car in the lineup. They even made some called "Business Coupes" that were made the same way and had a back seat delete.
These coupes all had a B post as do the G Coupes. And the coupes are not the cheapest cars anymore.

Then they made a Hardtop. No B post. and eventually some built 4 door Hardtops. No B Pillar and 4 doors.
I think they eventually were ruled out by safety considerations.


Now they are building 4 door sedans......and sweeping the roof down.....intruding on headroom.......like a coupe.
By tinting windows and such......the B post is hard to see and several different cars look like Hardtops. Including our G coupes.

Some things change. Some things never do.

[audtatious]

I would not think the pillar itself or how sweeping a roofline nor how limited headroom is would define "coupe" vs "sedan". BUT, I guess it's interchangeable at this point as the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sedan as "a 2- or 4-door automobile seating four or more persons and usually having a permanent top".

[kimbill]

But, but, if MB, Audi, soon-to-be Kia, and Car and Driver call these new designs Four Door Coupes, I ain't going to challenge 'em. I need one to keep the "back seater complainers" quiet, if I live long enough. Last year, a young guy pulled in behind me at a yard sale, and called out,"Whooa, what's an old guy like you doing, driving a car like that?" I defused the situation by admiring the new $7k red paint job on his '52 Ford PU. How many of you remember when we had two and four door sedan?

Bill

My dermatologist, a car nut, spoke of a 75 year old patient who took Him to the parking lot to view his new Mclaren.

[audtatious]

My insurance company rates my coupe as a sedan...I know previous 2-door and hatch were in similar categories. Simply blurred lines.

[jmann]

I have to say ever since that last WRX concept came out I have been intrigued by the concept of a four door "coupe" and I really like the design of the Tesla model S, the Audi A/S/RS7, BMW 6 & 4 series Gran coupes, and the Porsche Panamera, particularly the hatchback design. It's really too bad the WRX didn't end up looking like that sweet concept, I would be having that as my next car. BMW makes so many permutations of that hatch sedan with the 3 series GT, 4 series GC, 5 series GT, 6 series GC, and I think the 6 is drop dead gorgeous but unfortunately out of my price range. These models are too new to really have any presence on the used car market, so that is out. I guess I'll be staying in my G until something that really fills every need I have is made and affordable. Nissan/Infiniti is eventually going to lose me as a customer if they don't make a car like this.

[audtatious]

I'm ready for something new but there's not much out there tweaking my fancy yet.

[jmann]

Somebody talk me out of trading my G for one of these...

[Fezzik]

I'm ready for something new but there's not much out there tweaking my fancy yet.

What... The Tesla P85D not tweak it??? :p

[jmann]

Well, nobody stopped me so I went ahead and got a 428i gran coupe this weekend. My G's lease is officially up at the end of next month so I have one payment left, I'll probably just turn it in early so I don't have to keep insuring it. If somebody wants a white '12 coupe with the sport package and 30k miles, the residual on mine is about 27k.

[audtatious]

Congrats on the purchase, hope you enjoy it.

[jmann]

Here it is after the windows got tinted this week...

[audtatious]

Looks nice. I've just never really gotten into BMW's for the most part.

That looks to be one hell of a hill!