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[lx308]

To me it's a hatch. A coupe has a boot.

[hanra]

As above. A HQ Coupe has 2 doors and a boot lid. A LX hatchback has 2 doors and a hatch no boot lid.

[Ice]

Its a hatch

[S pack]

It's a fastback.

[TerrA LX]

coupe is a 2 door, a hatchback is a 3 door.

[Bazza]

Hi

 

The ADR tag says "Coupe" and the GMH publicity brochures say "Hatchback" - I guess that means that it's both

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

 

 

[S pack]

coupe is a 2 door, a hatchback is a 3 door.

So, if I buy an LC or LJ 4 dr and convert one side to 2 dr configuration so it has 3 doors than I'll have a LC/LJ hatchback.   

[Dr Terry]

GM-H technical bulletins refer to it as a hatchback coupe.

 

DrTeery

[boomfunk]

it is correct to say hatchback coupe as now a days there is 4 door hatchbacks around and probably back then also

[StephenSLR]

It's a hardtop.

 

I think your argument goes back to the old days when the RTA had only two options for cars - coupe or sedan.

 

If it had 2 doors (or should I say, less than 4 doors) it was considered a coupe and they would charge you more $ for rego.

 

Panel vans and station wagons also paid more for rego I believe.

 

These days the RMS only has hardtop and convertible and charge the same amount for rego whether it has 2, 3, 4 or 5 doors, so according to the RMS, it's now a hardtop.

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 20 May 2013 - 12:32 PM.

[StephenSLR]

I also remember we used to pronounce it koopay.

 

From Wiki:

 

The precise definition varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and over time. While the majority of coupes are two-door vehicles, several four-door vehicles (including the Mercedes-Benz CLSand Rover P5 Coupé) have been referred to as "coupes" by their manufacturers.

 

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) distinguishes a coupé from a sedan (saloon) primarily by interior volume; SAE standard J1100 defines a coupé as a fixed-roof automobile with less than 33 cubic feet (930 L) of rear interior volume. A car with a greater interior volume is technically a two-door sedan, not a coupé, even if it has only two doors. 

 

The International Standard ISO 3833-1977 defines a coupé as having a closed body, usually with limited rear volume, a fixed roof of which a portion may be openable, at least two seats in at least one row, two side doors and possibly a rear opening, and at least two side windows.

 

Alternatively, a coupé is often distinguished from a two-door sedan by the lack of a B pillar to support the roof. Sedans have an A pillar forward at the windscreen, a B pillar aft of the door, and a C pillar defining the aftermost roof support at the rear window. Thus with all side-windows down, a coupé would appear windowless from the A to the C pillars. These fixed-roof models are described as a hardtop or pillarless coupé. Though, to confuse things even further, there are many hardtop/pillarless two- and four-door sedans.

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 20 May 2013 - 12:53 PM.

[boomfunk]

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If the rear windscreen moves with or is part of the rear hatch/door/boot - then it is a hatchback, doesn't matter how many doors it has.

 

coupe part meaning 2 doors, you can get a hatchback 4 door sedan - astra... this is why they call it a hatchback coupe - not hard to work out

[StephenSLR]

coupe part meaning 2 doors

 

Not always, these two are coupes.

 

 

 

 

s

[REDA9X]

Compliance plate says Coupe, not hatchback, therefore technically it's a Coupe, then again, so is a ute....

[StephenSLR]

technically it's a Coupe, then again, so is a ute....

 

Precisely, what we know as a ute (utility) is actually a coupé utility.

 

http://en.wikipedia....i/Coupé_utility

 

s

[Dr Terry]

Precisely, what we know as a ute (utility) is actually a coupé utility.

 

http://en.wikipedia....i/Coupé_utility

 

s

Except AU onwards onwards Falcons & all Japanese pick-ups.

 

Dr Terry