Coupe: Difference between revisions

[[File:Opočno castle in 2009 55.JPG|thumb|Example of a coupe [[Coupé (carriage)|coupe carriage]] ]]

The [[Coupé (carriage)|coupe carriage]] body style originated from the [[Berlin (carriage)|berline horse-drawn carriage]]. The coupe version of the berline was introduced in the 18th century as a shortened ("cut") version with no rear-facing seat.<ref name="HaajCoupe"/><ref>{{cite journal|first=David Traver |last=Adolphus |title=Club Coupes - If you think you know what a Club Coupe is, think again |date= March 2007 |journal=Hemmings Classic Car |url= https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2007/03/Club-Coupes/1423429.html |access-date=30 March 2020 |quote=Coupé (some designers still insist on the 'koo-pay' pronunciation) is the French verb meaning 'to cut,' and it was first applied to 19th Century carriages, where the rear-facing seats had been eliminated, or cut out.

}}</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Haajanen|2017|p=52}}. "When the Berline body was shortened the Berline Coupe, or just Coupe, resulted."</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Royal carriages|url= https://www.kreml.ru/?cmd=00200600000000000110000000000000000&cmdex=4090006C7309900000000 |website=kreml.ru|access-date= 14 April 2018 |website=[[Moscow Kremlin Museums]]}}</ref> Normally, a coupe had a fixed glass window in the front of the passenger compartment.{{sfn|Haajanen|2003|p=50}} The coupe was considered an ideal vehicle for women to use to go shopping or to make social visits.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/worldonwheels00stra |access-date=2014-09-04 |first=Ezra |last=Stratton |publisher=Ezra Stratton |title=World on Wheels |location=New York |year=1878 |isbn=0-405-09006-4 |chapter=Chapter VIII. French carriages, including historical associations |page= [https://archive.org/details/worldonwheels00stra/page/242 242] |quote=For the use of ladies making calls or engaged in shopping, no better carriage has yet been invented. |ol=7004294M}}</ref>