Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Steve Berry checking out some Coupés or Coupes, depending on how you call it, also using some very convincing green screen effects. This is a bit from the 1998 series 40 Top Gear.
"Coupé" is based on the French verb 'couper' ("to cut") and thus indicates a car which has been "cut" or made shorter than standard. It was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. These berlines coupés or carrosses coupés ("clipped carriages") were eventually clipped to coupés.
Nowadays it gives a nice styling to cars.
All rights go to Top Gear & BBC
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro Video
0:20 The Coupés/Coupes
5:03 End Screen
Steve Berry checking out some Coupés or Coupes, depending on how you call it, also using some very convincing green screen effects. This is a bit from the 1998 series 40 Top Gear.
"Coupé" is based on the French verb 'couper' ("to cut") and thus indicates a car which has been "cut" or made shorter than standard. It was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. These berlines coupés or carrosses coupés ("clipped carriages") were eventually clipped to coupés.
Nowadays it gives a nice styling to cars.
All rights go to Top Gear & BBC
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro Video
0:20 The Coupés/Coupes
5:03 End Screen
