loletifie
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What's with the European obsession with hatchbacks? Genuinely curious.
We have a BMW 3 series and have never been like "wish we had a hatchback." IMO true hatchbacks look disgusting and there is no aesthetic appeal. I like the way the Model S doesn't look like a hatchback. I can see how the lift back style could be useful, but I'm shocked at how many people are basically saying that a trunk is useless.
Not only the European, it's a Canadian thing also.
I have a Jetta sportwagon and I so much enjoy the huge trunk and the huge trunk opening an hatchback offer! I'm carrying once a week three hockey bags and several times a week 1 or 2 hockey bag and a stack of hockey sticks, can't see at all how it can fit in a sedan...
Don't you ever buy large items? I have kids, I can't put larger items on the backseat, and it's surprising of often I buy items that would not fit in the trunk opening of a sedan (toys, holiday decorations, plastic box, car seat, patio chair...)
I really hope Tesla will change the trunk of the 3 because right now I see a huge future pita for my weekly grocerie at Costco, not only because of the opening dimensions but because stacking up the heavy load of food and liquid will be a strain... I really love having to simply drop things on top of one another and not have to ''crawl'' to drop it in place.
Also the hatchback door offer a great protection against rain when you're loading things.
I love the flexibility and the utility an hatchback offers. Back in the days, when we bought the jetta, yes I though the sedan was more ''sexy'' than the sportwagon, and a sport car would be vs a sedan, but I didn't though the sportwagon was disgusting at all. I still enjoy the aesthetic of certain wagon and I can't understand why OH WHY they don't bring here all the wonderfull wagon they have in Europe! A wagon is no much enjoyable than a minivan or even a SUV! You have the handling, the fuel economy and the cargo area to move furniture! I am totally sold on the wagon!
I have confortable slept in my wagon, I've change diapers in it, we have even picnicked in it!