Rupert wrote: I never felt a hatch on a car was an issue, regardless if it were the third door or fifth door. I have owned more than one or two of each style. The hatch just made the car more convenient to carry race tires & other things. BTW: I doubt many of you would turn down a MGB GT or an XKE 2+2 if one came along at an reasonable price. They both look like three door hatchbacks to me!
Apples and oranges, man.
Rupert wrote: I never felt a hatch on a car was an issue, regardless if it were the third door or fifth door. I have owned more than one or two of each style. The hatch just made the car more convenient to carry race tires & other things. BTW: I doubt many of you would turn down a MGB GT or an XKE 2+2 if one came along at an reasonable price. They both look like three door hatchbacks to me!
would love a MGB-GT, but for a Jag hatch I'd rather have 2 seater … yeah, I know … picky picky picky ...
As a driver of a 3-door Focus, I usually find five-door hatches to be strangely proportioned, like its tail was docked. I very rarely have people in the back seat, so it is more of a storage extension than a cabin feature.
I grew up with two-door cars, so I always enjoyed the cockpit feeling of a cars with no rear doors.
JG Pasterjak wrote: I can't be the only one who misses the era of hatchback pony cars. My paradigm of a Mustang or a Camarobird has a bigass hatch, preferably with a super complex piece of compound curve glass in it (with louvers over that). jg
So why did you not mention the Capri? Talk about a Fox body with a big ass hatch with compound curves! I loved that car.
I also miss Porsche's flirtation with hatches. The 944 and 928 being quite memorable in looks and performance
mad_machine wrote: I also miss Porsche's flirtation with hatches. The 944 and 928 being quite memorable in looks and performance
Porsche still 'flirts' with 3 door hatches -- enjoy mine much!
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I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
I will not get in an argument over what people consider a hatchback, again.
hatch·back ˈhaCHˌbak/Submit noun 1. a car with a door across the full width at the back end that opens upward to provide easy access for loading.
I find this debate somewhat amusing because around 2005 when my wife was shopping for another car she was lamenting the fact that were so few 5 door hatchbacks available at the time. That is what she wanted. That's what she drives now.
Rupert wrote: BTW: I doubt many of you would turn down a MGB GT or an XKE 2+2 if one came along at an reasonable price. They both look like three door hatchbacks to me!
The XKE 2+2 looks like a small hearse to me. Completely ruins the look of an XKE.
Yuck.
In reply to nicksta43:
Ill do it for you.
A Cayman and a 944/928 are not the same kind of vehicle. End of story. Two seater with limited storage vs 4 seater with fairly large storage area.
Just because there are 'seats' back there (928/944) doesn't make them a 4 seater.....just sayin'.... If it's got a hatchback - it's a hatchback. End of story.
In reply to 93EXCivic:
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I'm partial to my impractical japanese 3doors. Sure beats a miata, all my tools and more ride inside!
Alan Cesar wrote: This was because I already owned a 3-door Ford Escort, and using the back seat sucked. Pull a lever to flip the seat forward, pull the other lever to slide the seat forward, then get in the back. Then the front seat passenger has to readjust the seat before she can even get back in. Super lame.
I had an Escort sedan and wagon. The problem with getting people in to the the back seat probably has less to do with the number of doors and more to do with it being an Escort. I found that getting someone back there usually took chloroform.
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