Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:00:31 +0100 From: Colin Stamp <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com> Subject: Re: Have Saab reintroduced hatchback yet?
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:37:33 -0400, Fred W <malt_houndnospamo.com> wrote: >Eeyore wrote: >> >> Adrian wrote: >> >> >>>Colin Stamp (col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much >>>like they were saying : >>> >>> >>>>For that to make sense, there must be loads of really strange people who >>>>would choose a saloon over an otherwise identical hatchback. >>> >>><sigh> >>>There are... >>> >>> >>>>Nope. Practicality doesn't have to be the only consideration, but if >>>>you're going to sacrifice it, you need to be getting something in >>>>return, like better acceleration, better handling, easier parking etc. >>> >>>Or, most importantly to the target market - Perceived upmarket image. >> >> >> Only in a dysfunctional nitwit's excuse for what passes as a 'brain'. >> >> Whatever anyone could see as 'upmarket' in a car with boot/trunk is well beyond >> my understanding. I think they look ugly, so there ! :-p > >Ummm, beauty is in the eyes of the beerholder. >And that is exactly how they can have horse races, Graham. If everyone >always bet on the same horse the whole thing wouldn't work, now would it. > >As to attractiveness, I've never realy considered a hatchback as being >an asthetic asset. Looks needn't have anything to do with it. This is a hatchback:- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/MHV_Daihatsu_Applause_02.jpg and this isn't :- http://www.pro-motors.ru/content/_tuning/3551-3.jpg The car below could happily be built as a hatchback without the outline changing at-all. http://auto.nonstop.com.ua/wall/wall/2803-Saab-9-3-Aero-Sport-Sedan-3.jpg If it was, would you no-longer consider buying it? Cheers, Colin. What the car looks like is completely down to the stylist. It
