Hi
I don't get it. Why the heck didnt Honda make an 8th Generation hatchback?
But given that they didnt/dont, how hard would it be to CONVERT a Honda Accord saloon into a hatchback?
Background
The problem with an Estate Tourer is that it a long car (4750mm), and this makes parking difficult. OKay it's helped by parking sensors, but only a little.
The saloon is not only a fraction shorter in length (4725mm ==> 2.5cm shorter), and presumably much quieter (due to less of an open sound box at the back), but it is also cheaper to buy and IMHO, a much nicer looking car!
I mean in the saloon, the seats go flat (yes?), but because of the fixed back window the size of the opening into the boot is constricted. This would be a mighty pain for moving large things in and out of the boot.
Made much worse of course by those idiotic pillars into the car due to the rear suspension.
I now suspect that it was pure embarrassment about the pillars that caused them not to put a hatchback on, because it would draw attention to them. Plus perhaps the marketing people would moan saying that they shouldnt try to compete with little hot hatchbacks like Golfs.
No matter.
How hard would it be to give a Honda Accord 8th Gen saloon a hatchback rear door?
J
P.S. FWIW, my old Golf GT was 4149 mm ==> 60cm shorter than the Tourer.
I don't get it. Why the heck didnt Honda make an 8th Generation hatchback?
But given that they didnt/dont, how hard would it be to CONVERT a Honda Accord saloon into a hatchback?
Background
The problem with an Estate Tourer is that it a long car (4750mm), and this makes parking difficult. OKay it's helped by parking sensors, but only a little.
The saloon is not only a fraction shorter in length (4725mm ==> 2.5cm shorter), and presumably much quieter (due to less of an open sound box at the back), but it is also cheaper to buy and IMHO, a much nicer looking car!
I mean in the saloon, the seats go flat (yes?), but because of the fixed back window the size of the opening into the boot is constricted. This would be a mighty pain for moving large things in and out of the boot.
Made much worse of course by those idiotic pillars into the car due to the rear suspension.
I now suspect that it was pure embarrassment about the pillars that caused them not to put a hatchback on, because it would draw attention to them. Plus perhaps the marketing people would moan saying that they shouldnt try to compete with little hot hatchbacks like Golfs.
No matter.
How hard would it be to give a Honda Accord 8th Gen saloon a hatchback rear door?
J
P.S. FWIW, my old Golf GT was 4149 mm ==> 60cm shorter than the Tourer.