TT RS Audi Coupe
The term coupe has wider use or reduced according to the brands, models and fashions, as well, some models with bodywork sedan or two-door hatchback three-door coupe advertised as. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between a coupe and a two-door sedan. Normally brands tend to identify as a coupe with sporty models.
Historically coupes have almost always had room for two or four people. Generally the rear seats are small and used to small children or a storage area, this configuration is called 2 +2 seats: two legal seats in the back but are uncomfortable for long trips. In the first decade of the century has begun to generalize large sedans coupe design but with four real seats and four doors. Examples of this body are the Porsche Panamera , the Mercedes Benz CLS , the Lamborghini Estoque , the Aston Martin Rapide and the Volkswagen Passat CC .
Brabus Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe
Etymology and meaning
As indicated previously, only the term coupe is formally accepted by the RAE , but not coupe still remains the second most common even on the first use. The term comes from the French coupe whose meaning is cut (the infinitive is couper / cut ). It is noteworthy that the translation or synonym for the term gives RAE is coupe sedan , which evokes a 4-door car. Considering the etymological origin of the word temporary and discovered that the term was originally applied to the carriages. Where the coupe , the court alluded to the four-seater cars where the cabin was cut before leaving two open seats (driver and passenger) and two behind closed spaces for passengers. As vehicles evolve from animal traction to the generalized self propel the passenger is the driver himself the coupe stayed in a two-seater vehicle, two passengers.
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