Coupe vs Sedan

[565]

Would you pick a 2 door or 4 door version of the same (or similar) car?

[the Teuton]

Quattroporte, bitte.

[Soup DeVille]

2 door, with very, very few exceptions.

[Cookie Monster]

Depends...
I'll take the E90 over E92 and Civic Sedan over Civic Coupe (talking about older models here, not the current gen), but I'd take a two door in almost any other case.

[Eye of the Tiger]

If there are 2-seats, I want 2-doors.
If there are 4-seats, I want 4-doors.
If there are 7-seats, I want 7-doors.

Get it? Good.

[TBR]

Depends on the car.

Just as an example:
E46 Coupe>E46 Sedan
E90>E92

[sandertheshark]

I don't have any need for more than two doors in my daily driver.

There are a few sedans though that I would take over a related coupe.  Maserati Quattroporte chief among them.

[MX793]

2 door.  I don't carry rear seat passengers often enough to really warrant needing a sedan and I generally prefer the look of a coupe.

[Soup DeVille]

I don't have any need for more than two doors in my daily driver.

There are a few sedans though that I would take over a related coupe.  Maserati Quattroporte chief among them.

It would be silly to get a 2-door Quattroporte now, wouldn't it?

[Raza]

I wouldn't buy a coupe version of a sedan unless the looks outweighed the loss in practicality.

[Soup DeVille]

I wouldn't buy a coupe version of a sedan unless the looks outweighed the loss in practicality.

I wouldn't buy a sedan over a coupe unless I really required the extra utility.

[Raza]

I wouldn't buy a sedan over a coupe unless I really required the extra utility.

I understand where you're coming from.  But if I'm buying a car with a fixed roof, it's likely going to be used for practical purposes.

Also, most coupes cost more than sedans.  Take the 3 series.  Why would I pay more for a car that not only doesn't look better, but actually looks worse?

[Soup DeVille]

I understand where you're coming from.  But if I'm buying a car with a fixed roof, it's likely going to be used for practical purposes.

Also, most coupes cost more than sedans.  Take the 3 series.  Why would I pay more for a car that not only doesn't look better, but actually looks worse?

Because it looks better?

[Raza]

Because it looks better?

Ugh, it's horrible.  The 3 series sedan is at least passable from most angles.

[2o6]

Four.

[sandertheshark]

It would be silly to get a 2-door Quattroporte now, wouldn't it?

Nothing silly about this:

[Soup DeVille]

Nothing silly about this:

It would be silly if they called it a Quattroporte.

[565]

I understand where you're coming from.  But if I'm buying a car with a fixed roof, it's likely going to be used for practical purposes.

Also, most coupes cost more than sedans.  Take the 3 series.  Why would I pay more for a car that not only doesn't look better, but actually looks worse?

What about body stiffness?  Apparently the E92 body is 25% stiffer than the E90 body.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=116129

"Fortunately, the 335i avoids the perpetual weight gain of modern cars, squeaking in at 22 pounds lighter than its sedan stablemate, despite besting the sedan's chassis stiffness by 25 percent"

[MX793]

What about body stiffness?  Apparently the E92 body is 25% stiffer than the E90 body.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=116129

"Fortunately, the 335i avoids the perpetual weight gain of modern cars, squeaking in at 22 pounds lighter than its sedan stablemate, despite besting the sedan's chassis stiffness by 25 percent"

Oftentimes sedans are stiffer than their coupe counterparts.  The 3 series sedan vs coupe is not the typical.

[Soup DeVille]

Oftentimes sedans are stiffer than their coupe counterparts.  The 3 series sedan vs coupe is not the typical.

The mind boggles...

[Raza]

What about body stiffness?  Apparently the E92 body is 25% stiffer than the E90 body.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=116129

"Fortunately, the 335i avoids the perpetual weight gain of modern cars, squeaking in at 22 pounds lighter than its sedan stablemate, despite besting the sedan's chassis stiffness by 25 percent"

Oh, you're right.  I forgot about that part of my daily commute that takes me through Laguna Seca. 

[Soup DeVille]

Oh, you're right.  I forgot about that part of my daily commute that takes me through Laguna Seca. 

Lucky bastage.

[GoCougs]

Sedan for me provided you could get the equivalent drive train. I had a '79 Camaro, and stuffing people back there, and listening to them whine and moan was abominable. I'll never do it again - even once is too much.

[Soup DeVille]

Sedan for me provided you could get the equivalent drive train. I had a '79 Camaro, and stuffing people back there, and listening to them whine and moan was abominable. I'll never do it again - even once is too much.

Yeah, you need to buy a car with a good trunk, and I'm sure your gagging technique could be improved upon.

[sandertheshark]

It would be silly if they called it a Quattroporte.

That's why they call it a GranTourismo.  It's the 2-door counterpart, same platform.

[Soup DeVille]

That's why they call it a GranTourismo.  It's the 2-door counterpart, same platform.

I'm never going to try a joke out on you again.

[sandertheshark]

I'm never going to try a joke out on you again.

This damn thing has been screwing up all week.

[SVT666]

Sedan.  I'm a family man with sports coupe ambitions.

[TheIntrepid]

Sedan.  I'm a family man with sports coupe ambitions.

Yet the last car you bought was a 2-door (which was also available as a sedan..)

[The Pirate]

Yet the last car you bought was a 2-door (which was also available as a sedan..)

Availability and price play a large role in car shopping, especially when you have a family, a full time job, a house, etc.