Where have all the big personal-luxury coupes gone?

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12-28-17 | 10:37 PM

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Aron9000

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Originally Posted by peteharvey

Yes, very true.
The true hardtops have no B-pillars like the Mercedes S Class coupes.
Maybe for air seal, security and safety reasons, the Japanese almost always had hardtops with B-pillars.

However, today's S Class coupes are still true hardtops with no B-pillars?

The 1980's W126 "SEC" coupe in Euro spec trim is one of my favorite Mercedes. Just such a timeless look with this car, and period correct aftermarket wheels like shown above only made it look that much more sexy.

Maybe I'm crazy, but the W126 SEC coupe kind of pioneered that 1980's "Aero" look that Ford had so much sucess with cars like the 1983 Thunderbird, 1986 Taurus, etc.

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12-29-17 | 12:54 AM

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peteharvey

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I find that Mercedes generally style the most consistently beautiful cars in the world.

If only Lexus could be more consistently beautiful like Benz.

12-29-17 | 10:57 AM

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tex2670

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Originally Posted by Aron9000

IMO nobody buys a car on style or driving dynamics anymore, thus why we don't have coupes, both sporty and luxurious. Cars that are aimed at the youthful market like the Subaru BRZ. Chevy Camaro, Nissan Skyline GTR(anybody under the age of 25 freaks out about this car for some reason, I think its Playstation conditioning), the demographic they are aimed at can't afford them.

I think that another difference is just the sheer size of old style coupe. It was not nearly as challenging to get into the back seat of a boat-sized coupe as it is today. And with car makers producing sporty sedans, why compromise on rear seat accessibility without gaining much, if anything, on sportiness?