"Not cheap"... do tell.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 01/02/2014 at 15:50 • Filed to: None

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Also 2dr sedan wat

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/02/2014 at 15:53

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Sedan just used to mean theat there was a visible B-Pillar I think.

PS9 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/02/2014 at 15:53

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We went from two door sedans to four door coupes. Now that what I call progress!

Ian Duer (320b) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/02/2014 at 15:54

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Wikipedia has some good info on the different definitions of sedan coupe etc. I thought the same thing when I first saw a 2-door referred to as a sedan.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Ian Duer (320b) 01/02/2014 at 15:58

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Well, in the case of the Vega, for whatever buffoonish reason they had both a "sedan" and a "coupe", with the roofline being about the only thing different at a quick glance. It was almost more of a notchback/fastback distinction, really, (indeed, they later called it a notchback) which they then bolluxed up by offering the Kammback (which wasn't a kammback hatch but a wagon), and which was confused in the first place by the "coupe" being actually a hatch.

Just... damn, GM. You didn't half-ass making everything about the Vega twisted in its own little way.

lone_liberal > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/02/2014 at 15:58

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I think in this instance it's differentiating between the fastback and the more formal roofline.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lone_liberal 01/02/2014 at 16:00

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Yes, this. The "coupe"-formerly-known-as-a-hatchback, and the notchback-formerly-known-as-a-sedan-formerly-known-to-sane-people-as-a-coupe.

Visible b-pillars on both, of course.

Ian Duer (320b) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/02/2014 at 16:01

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Must know more. To the internets I go!

lone_liberal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/02/2014 at 16:05

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Then you look at the Mustang where the "coupe" is the formal roof while the fastback or "sportback" was the swoopy one. What it all boils down to is that when marketing is involved words have no meanings.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/02/2014 at 16:11

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Best Vega trivia EVER: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/01/ver…

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lone_liberal 01/02/2014 at 16:14

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I'm okay with coupe meaning "normal two door with light slope" and fastback/etc. meaning "you wanted a trunk? No? I didn't think so". In this instance, I think Ford's terminology sins are the lesser, at least in light of how Mustangs tend to punish the rear seat passengers even with the "formal" roof. If it hurts to sit in the back seat, and it's not a liftback or otherwise ridiculous, it's probably close to being a coupe.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 01/02/2014 at 16:16

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I know, right? The best part is them shipping the windshield washer bottles full, but in a special cradle so in return to uprightness they'd fall into (allegedly permanent) place. Couldn't have just one thing filled at the dealer, dammit, every fluid had to be ready to go. That one factoid should tell you everything you need to know about the derangement of 70s GM.