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In Reply to: RE: It's been YEARS since someone made a 5 door hatchback.... posted by TWB on May 03, 2021 at 08:00:10
The rest of the world loves them. So do I, having owned a couple.
The closest you can come to a five-door is the Kia Rio. After that, you're looking at the Nissan Kicks, Honda HRV, Toyota CH-R, etc. All those little "crossovers" are hatchbacks but they were marketed as hatchbacks, nobody would buy them.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
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and the Kia Rio 5 is underwhelming both in looks, ergonomics and performance.... The Kia Spectra 5 door hatch wasn't a bad car, but if I remember corrrectly had some reliability issues. It was decent looking though...
What the Big Three never got about the VW Bug, the original Bug, was that people didn't buy them because they were great cars. They weren't great cars. The engine wasn't durable, the car rusted just as fast as anything built by GM, Ford, or Chrysler.
The folks who loved the Bug were giving "lower, longer, wider" the Finger. It wasn't that they wanted a little car. Shrinking a Galaxie wasn't going to win them over. The Bug was anti-planned obsolescence. Of course--it was already obsolete, having been designed in the 1930s.
The name of the game for consumers these days is conformity. I'll take what they're having, please. Today, a car like the Bug wouldn't stand a chance.
And no cheap cars either!!! What will the neighbors think, that I'm not credit-worthy?
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
For the most part, I've ALWAYS bought small cars, and doing my part for the environment... Easy on gas, economical to operate and reliable have ALWAYS been what I looked for. If the gubiment makes it mandatory to have an EV, I will probably give up driving at that point. Unless the prices come WAY down, and the distance of driving on a charge goes WAY up what would be the point of owning one? A road trip would be out based on current distances.
I drive what I like, which is mostly small cars. Hell, they're more fun to drive, too.
The government won't force anybody to buy and EV but the manufacturers will take away the choice between EV and ICE. You could make book on it.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
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