Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 08:28:23 GMT From: "Abdallah" <abdallahjamalnopsamAMnopsam.ca> Subject: Re: Shame...
"ma_twain" <ma_twainnopsamo.com> wrote in message news:3E8FA3F6.604nopsamo.com... : 3 door hatchbacks may be returning - but I won't have to wait because I : still have my Classic 900 3dr hatchback. The 5 door hatchback was : available only for a few years - too bad. but we still have our two, despite the repairs that we've had to have done, and wouldn't give them up till they die. i'm even, finally, getting my 9000t set right after the accident. i was about to give it up to the insurance co. when i found a bodyshop that would do the work within the write-off cost. wooo-hooo! i'll be ecstatic to have it back in shape in a week's time. only trouble is i'll have to settle for a 94 corolla as a loaner while the work is done... abdallah 87 9000S 280,000 km 87 9000T 232,000 km (waiting for new door and fender - its gonna happen!!) : : KeithG wrote: : : > True but the marketers caught on that the only mid to high range hatches : > were Saabs and they sold in the US in numbers too small to be credible. : > The conclusion is that 'no one wants a cheap hatchback' in the US. Even : > Honda stopped the 3 dr accord in '87 (US market). The numbers back it : > up, but I will have to work pretty hard to keep my 9k going because : > there is nothing to replace it. Many people like the looks of the std 3 : > box design. That trunk lids keep getting smaller, may portend the return : > of hatches in the US. Have you ever tried to put anything bulky in a : > late model midsize trunk. There is a lot of room, but no way to get : > anything in it. I refer to the current trunks as 'mail slots'. Think : > Audi, Volvo, VW, MB, etc... The bigger problem is that 3 drs are : > returning, but 5 drs are not on the radar screen. : > : > KeithG : > : > B&D wrote: : > : >> : >> Hatches used to be really popular. : >> : >> And nothing wrong with 4 door hatches, either. Families will wan the : >> extra : >> 2 doors! : >> : > :
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