Cars that look better in Saloon / Coupe form

[John F]

Natural progression from the Estate thread... I'll kick off with the Manta.

 

 

... looks far nicer than the Hatchback IMO.

[DVee8]

[Junkman]

[purplebargeken]

No piccies but look up Daf 66 coupe. Looks vaguely like the Stilletto to my warped eyes.

 

The Daf/Volvo coupe's are much yummier than the saloon versions IMHO.

[Junkman]

Aren't most coupes yummier than their corresponding saloon versions? I know of very few examples where it is the other way around.

Here is one of the latter while we are at it:

 

[Wilko220]

Aren't most coupes yummier than their corresponding saloon versions? 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

No

 

[Ghosty]

Obvious one here:

[John F]

Aren't most coupes yummier than their corresponding saloon versions?

 

 

Yes - but the thread is for cars that look better as Saloons OR Coupes, i.e. rather than Hatchbacks or Estates.

[jmsguzzi]

[tooSavvy]

 

I'm aware that the Hatch 9k is 'transit/tardis like' in its ability to shift stuff.... but the Sal is so 'beginning - middle & - end' (without that minnging HL Brake) that it gets my vote.

 

tooSavvy

[Lord Sterling]

 

[Junkman]

Yes - but the thread is for cars that look better as Saloons OR Coupes, i.e. rather than Hatchbacks or Estates.

 

Ah, like so?

 

[Ghosty]

[Ghosty]

 

Better than convertibles due to the doors.

Plus the lack of coupe models thereafter.

[Grundig]

Audi Coupe 

 

[RichardMoss]

Mk2s look better as the fastback, but the mk1 is MUCH better as a saloon

[robinmasters]

All Ford saloons look better than their corresponding estate/hatchback version:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

 

 

 

[Junkman]

[Ghosty]

[Wilko220]

Looks as if someone has torched that Solara.

[panhard65]

504 coupe looks so nuch better than the saloon pininfarina even built one estate

 

[stilo_active]

I always thought the Lancia Gamma looked better in Coupe form:

 

 

 

And for comparison, the normal one, if there is such a thing as a normal Gamma

[Junkman]

504 coupe looks so nuch better than the saloon pininfarina even built one estate

ebay 224.jpg

 

Yeah. It has been said in the 2-door thread, that the French only make multi-door family cars to fulfill all the prejudices. But what wasn't said is that the French have a long tradition to build proper Coupes instead of making half-arsed 2-door saloons.

 

May I, for a second, take the liberty and showcase a French coupe that for an inexplicable reason manages to raise my want level into the Stratosphere?

 

 

One of my wet dreams is to find one in this condition for a few quid:

 

 

and give it the Harry Westergard treatment.

Now don't wake me up, please.

[Junkman]

OK, to contradict the above, here is a French saloon that gives me a hard-on:

 

 

Want level in hyperspace.

[Junkman]

Which brings me to a car that looks much better in saloon form than its coupe brethren do, and it was gleefully handcrafted in Merry Old:

 

 

Want level on Alpha-Centauri.

[RichardMoss]

Those are lovely - such a pity that they are built by Frenchies (and therefore about as reliable as a politician's promise)

[John F]

True. I think the style of the Calibra rear-end is much nicer, but that Pug Coupe is beautifully proportioned in side view.

 

But yeah... French. Therefore not even a long wooden canal boat propulsion item will be required for the performance of tactile duties.

[Junkman]

You guys sound like the gits on MoneySavingExperts.com

However, PHAKT is: French car = autoshite -> desirable.

Desirability is directly proportional to the grade of shiteness.

[John F]

Bollocks.

 

If autoshite is a multipack of crisps, I don't like the garlic & snail flavour.

 

But there'll be someone else who does, so that's OK.