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What was the breaking point for the popularity of Daily Driver Coupes? (old.reddit.com)
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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/WendysChiliAndPepsi on 2025-08-05 13:33:48+00:00.

Back in the 2000s you would commonly see people driving coupes as their sole car and daily driver. There were gobs of fwd coupes like The Civic, Accord, Grand Am, Cobalt, G6, on and on. Nowadays this market has entirely disappeared.

My question is what caused this shift in buyer preference? Why were people willing to tolerate a coupe 15 years ago and not today? The coupes were only marginally different in price to the sedan version so I don't see it as financially driven.

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