A thread about Coupes

[enuff_zed]

Is it possible?
Have I truly finally found a cure for my insomnia?

:lol: :lol:
You won't read this cos you will be asleep, but hey-ho!

I thought you would love this thread as the OP loves a Crapi.

Yeah, but that was mentioned quite early on before all the boring stuff about how close your arse is to the rear axle started. :roll:

 

[Zedebee]

Go away Martin (how polite is that?), this thread is for coupe lovers. Take a leaf out of Stuart’s book and expand your horizons.

 

[Special Kay]

The 2000GT is a beautiful car, in an era where curves ruled, the db5, the ferrari dino, porsche 356 and 911 still stand proud and display elegance in volumes in my opinion. I just about remember my eldest brother buying the beautiful vw mk1 scirocco in the late 70s, and then trading it in for a Datsun 280z in the mid 80s. Both great cars, still very much talked about by our family and friends.

 

[Mr Tidy]

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:48 pm
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:45 pm
Is it possible?
Have I truly finally found a cure for my insomnia?

You won't read this cos you will be asleep, but hey-ho!

I thought you would love this thread as the OP loves a Crapi.
Yeah, but that was mentioned quite early on before all the boring stuff about how close your arse is to the rear axle started.

Hopefully you're asleep now then. :lol:

Or you could always start a thread about Roadsters!

 

[Pondrew]

The 2000GT is a beautiful car,

Oh yes.
My childhood family car (or at least the one I remember the most) was a first edition, 1972, RA22 Toyota Celica 1600ST in white with 'Cosmic' alloy wheels. JJJ 656K. The most important car in my life. I loved that car more than anything else on the planet (I was around 8-10 years old).
It was our family car for a few years. A family of 4 with a 2+2 coupe! Practicality and family priorities didn't really count a lot to my father.

If I could find an unmolested 1972 RA22 in white I would sell my house to buy it. But there is no such vehicle anywhere, I have been looking for many years. There are a few 'facelift' RA22s around, but none of the very early ones without being turned into F&F chav mobiles.

 

[BMWZ4MC]

…Also one I've been swooning over lately is the Mercedes SEC.

I love the MB SEC. Although it doesn’t meet the definition of coupe for the thread, I don’t know how else to describe it. I remember being very impressed by them as a child, not understanding that depreciation had rendered them the preserve of the local drug dealers by that time. In the absence of road salt, there are quite a few left here that haven’t started to rot yet. I’m often tempted…

When my wife and I met for the first time, we bonded over our love of coupes (hers an E Class, mine a Z4MC). Although other cars have come and gone in the meantime, we both still have them more than a decade later.

Does this count as a coupe? Two doors and a sloping rear, but no long bonnet:



A tiny interloper amongst the aged Benz:

 

[pvr]

Yep, works for me 8)

 

[BMWZ4MC]

Ah yes, the Beetle, one of the early coupes
Or were you showing us the F-Type and slope-backed Hyundai in the background?

 

[Fred Smith]

You may like this you tube video if you like the 2000GT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQhlgYoKy8 worth watching

Watched already! thx

 

[pvr]

Ah yes, the Beetle, one of the early coupes
Or were you showing us the F-Type and slope-backed Hyundai in the background?

Well, the F-type was with us on the trip, the Hyundai I guess must have been the support vehicle as per Top Gear :lol:

 

[BMWZ4MC]

How times have changed - I remember when the Beetle was the Top Gear support car that no one wanted to drive

 

[pvr]

Indeed, times have changed and now the E86 is in the running for that :evil:

 

[BMWZ4MC]

The E86 has been a niche choice since its inception. It’s a limited-edition, highly specialist vehicle as a consequence!

 

[Abbas]

Speaking of 'sports cars', vs just being a 'coupe' or 'sporty' ... I was having a debate with a mate the other day. He reckons by definition it must be a 2 seat roadster with a clear focus on driving pleasure, so cars like a Miata, S2000, Lotus Elan etc. All definitely sports cars for me, sure. But then I find it hard to get my head round how you can say a Boxster is a sports car, but a Cayman isn't..because it has a roof? Come on. A Cayman GT4RS is in a totally different universe of performance to a 4 series but it's not a sports car, and just a coupe? The definition of a 'sports car' might set a few off in here, apologies if so

 

[Fred Smith]

Speaking of 'sports cars', vs just being a 'coupe' or 'sporty' ... I was having a debate with a mate the other day. He reckons by definition it must be a 2 seat roadster with a clear focus on driving pleasure, so cars like a Miata, S2000, Lotus Elan etc. All definitely sports cars for me, sure. But then I find it hard to get my head round how you can say a Boxster is a sports car, but a Cayman isn't..because it has a roof? Come on. A Cayman GT4RS is in a totally different universe of performance to a 4 series but it's not a sports car, and just a coupe? The definition of a 'sports car' might set a few off in here, apologies if so

Seems like pre-70s sports cars and convertibles were somewhat synonymous, but AFAIAC that was 50 years ago and nowadays sports cars can have roofs.

 

[Fred Smith]

TVR Griffith 400

 

[Ole gits rule]

Many years ago my mate had an RX7 and I never really saw what the fuss was about, nice car at the time but I was into hot hatches (205 etc) but now I would take an RX7, looking back it was a lovely thing.

I also like a Fiat Coupe Turbo, actually put a deposit on oneway years ago and pulled out of buying it.

I love the AR 8C in coupe guise, one of my favourite cars since it was launched.

Pondy is correct, everyone has different interpretation of coupe / GT / Sports cars etc and a sports car can have a roof these days same as some convertibles are exactly sporty such as a 206CC or Nissan Micra.

Each to their own but I am a roof down guy but would still buy a coupe if one really appealed to me.

 

[Fred Smith]

I also like a Fiat Coupe Turbo...

Look everyone! OGR's been up all night drinking!

Each to their own ;-)

 

[Ole gits rule]

I also like a Fiat Coupe Turbo...

Look everyone! OGR's been up all night drinking!

Each to their own ;-)

They are starting to increase in price and don't forget this was nearly 30 years ago and I still think they look ok (when you confined one that hasn't rusted away)

Be careful some people like Calibra's

 

[Fred Smith]

I also like a Fiat Coupe Turbo...

Look everyone! OGR's been up all night drinking!

Each to their own ;-)

They are starting to increase in price and don't forget this was nearly 30 years ago and I still think they look ok (when you confined one that hasn't rusted away)

Be careful some people like Calibra's

I quite liked Calibra's when they came out... and I used to think the Cerbera was the best looking of all the TVRs.... but I have changed my mind a lot!