Given The GREEN Light? Looks Like The CLS & Panamera Will Have To Fight Off BMW's 6'er Gran Coupe

Cool but, 2 door = coupe 4 doors = sedan. FIGHT THE MARKETING WEASEL LIES!!!

actually your completley wrong but that is the american way to look at it......but anyway a coupe is actually based on interior volume size not by how many doors the car has. beleive it or not a honda civic is technically a coupe. check the definition of coupe its not based on doors

coupe

Main Entry: cou·pé
Variant(s): or coupe \kü-'pa, 2 often 'küp\
Function: noun
Etymology: French coupé, from past participle of couper to cut, strike
Date: 1825
1 : a four-wheeled closed horse-drawn carriage for two persons inside with an outside seat for the driver in front
2 usually coupe : a 2-door automobile often seating only two persons; also : one with a tight-spaced rear seat — compare sedan

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coupe

completley wrong eh, B7FAN you've completley bought into to the marketing weasel hype.

I dunno, I've heard a definition that states a car that has a B pillar is considered a Sedan, and without is a Coupe, By that definition, the Buick Regal GNX is a pretty bitchin Sedan, and by that definition, should we expect the b-pillar on this bmw to go down with the windows?

Four-door coupé
A sedan with classic coupé-like proportions. The designation was first applied to a low-roof model of the Rover P5 from 1962 until 1973[7], but was revived by the 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLS, as well as other models including the 2009 Jaguar XJ[8]. However, the low roof design reduces back seat passenger access and headroom.[9]

Here you are if you want to start quoting the dictionary

"Weasel lies"? That's kinda harsh, eh?

Great design, hopefully it stays true to conecpt.

Excellent design. It will look like the "concept". It is really the pre-production car, as is BMW AG way of showing a car these days. One concept first and then they tweak it and bring it back as another concept, which is really the car that will be at dealers. And this car did not just get approval.

BMW's generally have a seven year gestation period from the board being pitched the idea and giving approval for production to the car being on sale at a dealership. They need some good looking cars in the line-up.

The concept was pretty nice. Any de-toning might make the production model a bit bland although BMW can fix that by giving the vehicle some shiny paint and making sure that the vehicle is as sleek as possible.

B7FAN - You are actually incorrect. Coupes are technically described by the number of doors or roof height. A four door Civic is in NO WAY considered a coupe...technically or otherwise. A compact sedan...yes.

The Bentley Brooklands Coupe has similar interior dimensions as the Honda Accord 4 door sedan. Based on your logic, that would make the 2 door Bentley a Sedan and not a Coupe. Maybe that will be the next trend...manufacturers will come out with huge bulky 2 door cars and call them 2-Door Sedans.

Although I'm not a big fan of the terminology, it seems that it's here to stay. The designation of Four Door Coupe was first applied to the low-roof model Rover P5 in 1962. Mercedes resurrected the term when they created the CLS.

We must deal with the new car classifications as designs become more creative. Crossovers or CUV's, Four Door Coupes...What about an SUV Sport Coupe or a Crossover Sedan. Just wait.

Marketing... sigh...

Eventually, they're gonna be better off calling things the "beautiful sedan" or the "cute, round station wagon".

WHen the car gets an interior then we'll talk.
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2012 is too, too long to wait...........

in nyc when you get a parking ticket on the car, they say 4dr sdn... i wonder if i can fight the ticket having a cls saying the ticke is wrong.. i dont have a 4 door sdn, its a coupe ???

Panamera is tough competition!