Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:52:57 +0100 From: Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Have Saab reintroduced hatchback yet?
Fred W 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. Cleaner lines in my book. Incidentally, the term hatchback covers a variety of styles now, my preference being what's called a 'fastback liftback' ! As for the popularity of the 9000CS in the UK ..... " The term "liftback" ...... is almost never used in the United Kingdom, where liftback cars are particularly popular. There, 5-door liftbacks are in general called hatchbacks." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liftback Maybe this helps explain the different reactions to the term ? Graham
