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Being an Aston Martin, that choice has to be connected to either golf clubs or skis. They even demonstrate it's club carrying ability in this video:
Why have 2-door hatchbacks/liftbacks fallen out of favor?
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Why have they fallen out of favour? Probably because barely anyone even makes them anymore. Hunting for bigger margins, manufacturers have flocked to crossovers to the extent that they've started using the names of sporty coupes (Puma, Eclipse) for dumpy crossovers, which still somehow seem sporty and successful enough for people to want them.
Wagons and minivans are only cool to nerds, but crossovers get the sort of Action Vehicle look that sells them to people without any family wagon aspirations being too obvious (while also not having enough space for hauling anything). And no R&D money needs to be directed to developing AWD, adventure plastics are enough.
I get it, I wouldn't want to try to get a kid and kid stuff into a two-three door car anyway.
Wagons and minivans are only cool to nerds, but crossovers get the sort of Action Vehicle look that sells them to people without any family wagon aspirations being too obvious (while also not having enough space for hauling anything). And no R&D money needs to be directed to developing AWD, adventure plastics are enough.
I get it, I wouldn't want to try to get a kid and kid stuff into a two-three door car anyway.
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Clearly we should all buy a GR Yaris. 3-door, sporty, 4WD, no fluff. I was going to praise Toyota for the GR86 too but that has a sedan style trunk lid, disappointing and crap. The new Nissan Z appears to be a liftback, following on from the previous Z cars. So that's a positive.
The lack of 3-door Puma is disappointing when the rally car exists, I think it looks good lower and with fewer doors. The Hyundai i20 is the same though and the Skoda Rally2 car is 5-door now.
Man I really want a GR Yaris now. Grrr Yaris.
The lack of 3-door Puma is disappointing when the rally car exists, I think it looks good lower and with fewer doors. The Hyundai i20 is the same though and the Skoda Rally2 car is 5-door now.
Man I really want a GR Yaris now. Grrr Yaris.
Incorrect. Having a station wagon with 4 whole assed doors and a whole assed cargo section and only 2 seats in it says this MUCH better.