RE: Coupe or Sedan? MAHONEY! (was PARTING OUT 74 HORNET...)

["John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simple- a hardtop-convertible!

I'm sorry I even brought the subject up, as after 
I sent the note, I decided to try and find a 
definition... and found there isn't one....certainly 
no more definitive than any 'MuscleCar' definition.

Now, NYS is calling your hatchback a sedan because 
AMC did. My window sticker called it just that- a 
'hatchback sedan'.

In my minor research yesterday, I found indications
that lean this way: It's partly about the stationary B-pillar...and
whether the car has one or not.

<but not always>

Hornets have a stationary pillar behind the door, 
ahead of the quarter window. Most four doors do, thus
we tend to look at a four-door and say 'sedan' right 
away. (Anyone know of a 4-door exception?)

The absence of a B-pillar tends to mean it's a coupe.
But it seems our own Matador is a glaring example of 
non-conformity. The 71-73 two-door has no pillar, but 
is called a 'two-door sedan'. The 74-78, with opera 
windows installed, has a B-pillar (or does that not 
count?), yet is called a 'coupe'.

Me thinks this is a question for one John Mahoney.

Batter up!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx] 

Who know's why some are called coups and some sedans. My hatchback's are
called sedans on the registration in N.Y. and so is my son's 2 Javelins
which are definitely not sedans but hard tops. What would you call these
new metal folding topped converts? "Doc"