i hear this "insurance category" argument.

but then tell me this....

i owned a 1985-6 honda civic crx. a wonderfully fun vehicle. as i recall it had two seats only. with a rear deck. yet it was classified as a coupe, not a roadster.

and then there is the "soon to be released" lotus evora[i want one. i used to one a 1972 lotus europa t/c which i still consider the most fun to drive car i have ever owned]. it can be acquired as a 2+2[i.e., rear seats]. but since there is no room, it can also be optioned as a 2+2 without rear seats, only a rear deck. how will the insurance companies rate this?

candidly, i think dbag ought to offer a rear deck as an option and let the purchaser deal with the insurance issue.

concerning the w140[500sel]. i wish that i had purchased a post-1996 one. i keep looking for a cherry one. hard to find. most seem to have been abandoned. they were apartments on wheels. far superior to my w126[560sel]. i consider the post-1996 models the zenith of post ww2 sedan design. just ahead of the series 60's cadillac fleetwoods that ended in 1953, as i recall.

i would kill for one of those in a cherry condition.