Coupé - elegant and sporty

Coupé is the technical term for cars with a shortened rear or steeply sloping roof. The word "coupé" comes from the French and means something like "cut off". Nowadays, coupes are especially known and popular for their exclusive, sporty design. Every well-known manufacturer usually has different coupe models or coupe versions of their sedans or even station wagons on offer.

Coupé - a term in flux

Hardly any term for a class of cars has undergone a greater transformation than the coupe. That is why we would spontaneously no longer assign many vintage coupes of earlier generations to the same category as youngtimers or even modern coupes. The term initially referred to carriages with two seats for passengers, in which the driver sat further forward outside the roof. Later, cars in which the passengers sat in a cabin and the driver took a seat in front of the cabin without the roof. A well-known example is the Bugatti Type 41. After that, coupes were then two-door cars, which often had only two seats. The Mercedes-Benz W111 Coupé, for example, is considered a classic model. The use of the term coupe for two-door cars is still common, but no longer exclusive.

Mercedes Coupé - a timeless classic

When talking about coupes, of course, the models of Mercedes Benz can not be missing. Mercedes vehicles are particularly sought after by many collectors, especially the youngtimer coupes from Mercedes are becoming more and more sought after. The classic, elegant design is familiar to many buyers since childhood. In addition, relatively low prices for cars and spare parts are convincing. Of course, there are also true luxury models among the Mercedes Benz coupes. But for beginners and enthusiasts there are many affordable and reliable vintage and youngtimer coupes from Mercedes Benz.

Coupés today

Over time, the term coupe has been softened somewhat, so there are also four-door vehicles with five seats, which are called coupes. This includes, for example, one of the most popular vintage coupes, the Mercedes-Benz 123 series, but what most coupes have in common is the elegance of their shape and their sporty, compact design.

In addition to the insight into the history of the Coupé, you can also find a wide range of accessories and spare parts for your Coupé here in the Niemöller online store under the heading "Spare Parts". If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us as well.