Coupé (carriage) - Wikipedia

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A coupé was a four-wheeled carriage with outside front seat for the driver and enclosed passenger seats for two persons.^[1] The first coupés in France were the 2-seat variant of the 4-seat Berline called a "Berlingot". The first Brougham appeared in 1838.

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^ Pleasant W. Johnson Johnson's Encyclopædia of Transportation 1892 p252 " COUPÉ . A four - wheeled close carriage , for two persons inside ..."

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