I’m a big fan of grand touring automobiles. Those are usually luxury large coupes that were designed to swallow up miles while providing the driver and the passenger utmost comfort. Big engines, just enough room for you and yours, and the small amount of stuff two people may need for a weekend at a resort far away from home.
But, I like my grand touring coupes in a certain specific way. First, I prefer two seats. The small useless rear seats bother me for some reason, I hate them. I also don’t love convertibles. I prefer fixed roof vehicles. And while I love hatches, I don’t want a hatch grand touring coupe. Hatches, while useful, add weight and may reduce structural strength. I also don’t think that they’re very classy. A coupe, by my own definition, is a sedan-like three-box shape but with two doors.
So today we are looking for two-passenger, two-door coupes, with a fixed hard roof, and no hatch.
The Caveats (there are always caveats):
- No rear- or mid-engine cars – a coupe, by my own definition, has the engine in the front.
- A model with rear seats deleted, such as the Mustang GT350R, doesn’t count.
- Just because you think a vehicle shouldn’t have rear seats (BRZ, Camaro) but has them, doesn’t count.
- A hatch is a cargo opening that has glass in it and/or hinges above the belt-line of the vehicle.
Difficulty: 7.8 out of 8, harder than you think, I think.
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