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A coupe is generally considered to be a two door car with a similar shape to a sedan but without
the two rear doors.
Other design cues is their roof is sleeker by design, the doors are slightly longer as there is no back door and to allow easier access to the rear seats, the doors may be without a frame for the window glass and the B-pillar may be reduced to the height of the door. As coupes have a similar shape to sedans it is common to have four seater coupes built from a sedan model like the Cadillac CTS or an entirely new model can be built using the platform from a sedan like the Audi A5 being built off the A4 platform. There are some marques that have four seater coupes with no connection to a sedan like the Masarati Gran Turismo or the Aston Martin DBS. Two seater coupes are generally built with their own platform or share a platform with another two seater.
Many of the features and luxuries than can be offered on a sedan can be offered on a four seater coupe. The CL, Phantom coupe and Continental GT mentioned above offers most of the luxuries and refinement of the best cars in the world. Practically all supercars are coupes with a roadster version usually being developed afterwards. These exotic cars are two seaters with mid mounted powerful engines. It is also relatively easy to make a convertible version of a coupe. This vehicle is then classified as a convertible if it's a four seater or a roadster if its a two seater. |
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