A coupé was a four-wheeled carriage with outside front seat for the driver and enclosed passenger seats for two persons. [1] The name coupé comes from the French past participle of couper, "cut". [2]
The coupé carriage body style originated from the berline horse-drawn carriage. The coupé version of the berline was introduced in the 18th century as a shortened ("cut") version with no rear-facing seat. [3] [4] [5] [6] Normally, a coupe had a fixed glass window in the front of the passenger compartment. [7] The coupe was considered an ideal vehicle for women to use to go shopping or to make social visits. [8]
The grand coupé with a curved body was the first common form of this carriage. Around 1830, the small coupé appeared, of four wheels, a closed squared body, with seats for two passengers. The coachman's seat, at the front and outside, rests on a chest. The small coupé is suspended on two pincer springs at the front and half-pincer springs at the rear, connected by a transverse spring. The small coupé was the model of the French fiacre.
There are a number of coupé types, including but not limited to:
The coupé also refers to the front part of a composite carriage, such as a diligence (Continental-style stagecoach).
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.
For the use of ladies making calls or engaged in shopping, no better carriage has yet been invented.
A coupé was a four-wheeled carriage with outside front seat for the driver and enclosed passenger seats for two persons. [1] The name coupé comes from the French past participle of couper, "cut". [2]
The coupé carriage body style originated from the berline horse-drawn carriage. The coupé version of the berline was introduced in the 18th century as a shortened ("cut") version with no rear-facing seat. [3] [4] [5] [6] Normally, a coupe had a fixed glass window in the front of the passenger compartment. [7] The coupe was considered an ideal vehicle for women to use to go shopping or to make social visits. [8]
The grand coupé with a curved body was the first common form of this carriage. Around 1830, the small coupé appeared, of four wheels, a closed squared body, with seats for two passengers. The coachman's seat, at the front and outside, rests on a chest. The small coupé is suspended on two pincer springs at the front and half-pincer springs at the rear, connected by a transverse spring. The small coupé was the model of the French fiacre.
There are a number of coupé types, including but not limited to:
The coupé also refers to the front part of a composite carriage, such as a diligence (Continental-style stagecoach).
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.
For the use of ladies making calls or engaged in shopping, no better carriage has yet been invented.