Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:09:29 -0500 From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> Subject: Re: new 9-3
I wasn't sure about the Focus because the hatchback wasn't available when the Focus was first introduced. There used to be a Chevy Corsica hatchback that was about as large as a 9000 on the outside, but not as spacious on the inside. That body style was discontinued in the early 1990's, even before the rest of the Corsica line was axed. There was a Nova variant called the Concours, but that was just a luxo version of the Nova that was available in all body styles. A Nova SS also existed. I think many of them were hatchbacks. Chrysler also had a hatchback about the size of the 9000 in the early '80s: Plymouth Caravelle, Dodge 600 and Chrysler LeBaron. It had some additional designation, because there was also a full size RWD LeBaron, and a 2dr Coupe LeBaron. It seemed that everything at Chrysler except the minivans were LeBarons. All the large hatchbacks are long gone from the US market.:-( Walt Kienzle "KeithG" <noonenopsamspring.com> wrote in message news:ap48u7$6bf$1nopsam.atl.mindspring.net... > The Focus is available in the US in 5 dr and 3 dr hatch variants. Honda > even discontinued the 3 door hatch variant of the accord in '87.Toyota > never had a hatch of the camry (wagon only and that is discontinued I ma > pretty sure). The Focus kind of straddles small/mid size boundary as the > 9k straddled the mid/large boundary. To my knowledge, the 9k was the > only large hatch ever sold in the US. Please correct me if I am wrong > here. Few people remember the Nova (early 70s) was available in a hatch > variant. It had an odd name that I cannot remember now. > > KeithG > > Walt Kienzle wrote: > > There are plenty of us that didn't know General Motors only seem to like > > small hatchbacks. In the US, GM currently offers no hatchbacks and are > > discontinuing most of their small models without replacing them with > > anything new that is comparable. The last hatchback models to be > > discontinued were the totally impractical Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac > > Firebird, only available in a 200+ hp 6 cylinder or even more fuel thirsty 8 > > cylinder configurations. My opinion of their impracticality stems from my > > observation that only two people could fit comfortably in these cars, and > > there was nearly no useable cargo room. The Chevrolet Metro, a tiny economy > > model made by Suzuki, I believe, was discontinued a few years ago. I can't > > think of any hatchback models from Ford (there might be a Focus model is a > > hatchback) or the US divisions of Daimler-Chrysler either. The only > > hatchbacks I can think of that are available in the US for the 2003 model > > year are made by Mercedes (C230), Volkswagen (Golf) and Hyundai (Elantra > > GT). > > >
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