e30 Sedan vs. Coupe - which would you start with?

[McGyver]

i voted coupe, but a cabrio is the most fun as long as you're not a ginger. you can buy the hardtop for the winter and have the best of both worlds!

[BraveUlysses]

all E30s are sedans. Who do you think invented the sports sedan category? they didn't make a 3 series coupe until the E36.

but, I like the 4 door, better access to the rear seat (for parts/tools/tires, etc).

I'm curious how you're defining the difference between coupe and sedan.

"sports sedan" is a marketing phrase

[xLegendOZWest]

cabrio... just sayin

[Wishno87]

I'm curious how you're defining the difference between coupe and sedan.

"sports sedan" is a marketing phrase

Frameless windows? Technically coupes have no B pillers.

[nando]

I'm curious how you're defining the difference between coupe and sedan.

"sports sedan" is a marketing phrase

by the definition of the E30 when it was made.

it used to be that a car with a B-pillar was a sedan and a coupe had no B-pillar (my '67 dart was a coupe). But safety regulations changed and all cars now have B-pillars, so that definition no longer applies to cars made today.

The definition today is a bit more complex, but E30 2 doors are still not coupes. Take an E36 coupe and sedan and compare them, they have entirely different sheet metal down to the fenders. E30s are all built exactly the same, except the doors.

Aside from that, look at any publication from the 1980s that reviewed the E30, or even DOT/Title records. The E30 is always listed as a sedan or saloon. Same with the 2002, same with the E21.. It didn't change until the 1990s.

[xwill112x]

. The E30 is always listed as a sedan or saloon. Same with the 2002, same with the E21.. It didn't change until the 1990s.

and the saloon was the 4door?

[chadthestampede]

Uh did anyone look at the dates on this thread?

[nando]

and the saloon was the 4door?

no it's what they call a sedan in the UK/europe, saloon = sedan

[hoseklamp]

Uh did anyone look at the dates on this thread?

Damn, fooled by another noob thread digger

The OP hasn't been online in the past 10 months and has only posted once in the past 2-1/2 years