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      06-20-2007, 05:27 PM   #7
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The Coupe and Cabrio will debut at the same time for North America next spring.
In Europe the Coupe comes first with the media release (not drive) scheduled for late October , early November.

The reason why you seen Cabrio shots first instead of the Coupe until early this year is simple. As the cars all share the same floorplan which means most early 3dr shots would be running the mechanicals of the Coupe and Cabrio, indeed after the initial launch of the 5dr hatch in 2004 , people wondered why there were disguised hatches still running about when the answer was not what is on the outside but what is in the inside which counts.

Most of the developemnt work for the Coupe was indeed trialed with the 3dr and Cabrio models , hence the late arrival of late development Coupe bodyshells.
Indeed many Cabrio's and Coupes wearing cladding and disguise will be seen in the next few months, again it's not on the outside which counts but what is on the inside....

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