Is the MINI SE a coupe?

Hatchback due to 2 box design (front box + passenger box). Sedans and coupes are generally 3 boxes (front engine + passenger box + trunk)
 
I always thought the two boxes were the bonnet box and the passenger box (and a three-box being the bonnet, the passenger, and the boot). I can't think of a modern coupe, and I blame the American desire for "bigger is better". (It's really "bigger is compensation for those of smaller stature".)

The Mini SE is a hot hatch for those of us who don't require a thousand-mile range.

http://1revorg.org/mini.html
 
Jim In Tucson said:
Well, I had to spend 40 minutes out in the garage explaining to Essee that he/she/it is not a “coupe”. This may require therapy.
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I normally just click the 'like' button on posts that I like, but this made me laugh into my morning hot tea! I hope Essee will be okay moving forward. :-)
 
We all know how accurate Wikipedia is…

“A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors.

The term coupé was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats.It comes from the French translation of "cut".”

Mike Wazowski is a hot hatch.


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There are a few gran coupe EVs; BMW i4, Tesla Model S, Porsche Taycan but no two door coupes yet I don’t think. I’d agree that our Minis are hot hatches.
 
The next time I see Csaba, I will make it a point to ask him what criteria the editors use to differentiate a hatch from a hot hatch it. I am pretty sure either C/D or R&T first coined use of the phrase in the US around 1983 when the GTI came out.

I'm not sure the SE is a hot hatch. It may be a warm hatch.
 
Tommm said:
The next time I see Csaba, I will make it a point to ask him what criteria the editors use to differentiate a hatch from a hot hatch it. I am pretty sure either C/D or R&T first coined use of the phrase in the US around 1983 when the GTI came out.

I'm not sure the SE is a hot hatch. It may be a warm hatch.
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Csaba Csere moved to the Mile High City after leaving Car and Driver in Ann Arbor? Yes, he would be a good person to ask.

Back when the term "hot hatch" first appeared, the SE would have lead the pack. Road & Track wrote the 1983 Rabbit GTI took a forever 10.6 seconds to get to 60 mph. However, the definition of a hot hatch certainly changed when the Golf R appeared in 2014, scooting to 60 in just 4.7 seconds.
 
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