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9/23/2017 2:12 PM  #1


I wonder???

Why aren't American convertibles called Drophead Coupes?


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9/23/2017 2:44 PM  #2


Re: I wonder???

Probably because thats what the English call them.
As someone who is neither English or American, it has always seemed to me that Americans have always tried to distance themselves from the English language and gain their own.
Oz basically stuck with English English, but we didn't have a War of Independence.


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9/23/2017 2:53 PM  #3


Re: I wonder???

I guess the same reason they call the hood a "bonnet", fender a "wing" trunk a "boot", tire a "tyre" , custom is "bespoke", etc, etc. 
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Last edited by Rudi (9/23/2017 6:26 PM)


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9/23/2017 7:31 PM  #4


Re: I wonder???

Rich, us Ozzies work out how to get a beer pretty early.
Its sorta gotta be English .... cos the original settlers were hand picked by the best judges in England.


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9/23/2017 10:18 PM  #5


Re: I wonder???

Drophead is a term used to identify convertibles that can take down just the front half of the top as well as the whole thing.    Some early English sports cars of the 20's & 30's could do that.  Cars run too fast for such things now.  Think about it.


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