Topic: Hatchback or Wagon

[johngenx]

Wagatch or Hatchgon?

You say pot-tay-toe and I say french fires.

[Bullet Blue]

What's in a name? 

Mostly comprised of letters 

BTW, whenever I refer to the this model impreza, I say wagon, but it seems to be more of a hatch.

THIS is a wagon:

[Trainman]

I say hatch, it does not "look" like a wagon.

What does your insurance say? or is there a differentiation in your neck of the woods?

[johngenx]

According to my insuracne company, our Forester is a "stationwagon."  Not a hatchback.  Not a CUV.  Not a crossover.  Not an SUV.  Not a mini-ute.  Not even a wagon.  It is a "stationwagon."

What about "trunkless?"  Or "big-arse door in the back?"  Or "five door?"  Or "whattheheckisyourtrunkliddoing?"

Subaru calls it a wagon, they made it, they named it.  I'd go with that.

[ghost]

Way back when NASIOC was the i-club.com before Y2K, there was a debate on whether the impreza is a wagon or hatch. Apparently the existence of a prominent D pillar makes it a wagon. In this case, the Impreza is a wagon. The Mazda3 is a hatch since the last pillar is a C-pillar IIRC.

[village]

Hatchback = Shorter then the sedan version
Wagon = Same length as sedan, and roofline maintains it's height mostly all the way back.

The rutro is a wagon to me.  Sporty wagon, but a wagon none the less.

[Mitlov]

The rule of thumb I use is this (and to my knowledge, it's not a widespread rule, but I think it works): if the TOP of the rear hatch is roughly where the BOTTOM of the rear windshield would be on the sedan version (or further forward), it's a hatch.  If the top of the hatch is significantly further back from where the BOTTOM of the rear windshield would be on the sedan, it's a wagon.  In other words, if you're in the cargo area and you look straight upward, you see a metal roof in a wagon and glass in a hatchback.

I call the Impreza five-door a hatch and the Legacy five-door a wagon.

[erich]

For certain European models the difference between the hatch and the wagon versions was very clear (Citroen BX, Renault Megane, VW Golf/Jetta). Same for the Mazda6.

In the era of crossovers and fancy designations, it's harder to decide.

[dr_spock]

Call it a wagon with a hatch in the back.

[Snowman]

So it is a wagon then?

[Wolfe]

So it is a wagon then?

Subaru calls it a wagon. Is Rut Ro having an existential crisis because you've been driving the GMC too much lately? 

[Mr. Meow]

So it is a wagon then?

Its an Estate car to me. Or a Passion wagon 
.

[Trainman]

So it is a wagon then?

 Or a Passion wagon 
.

Cat passion

[safristi]

Shooting Brake  ...

[AVToller]

Shooting Brake  ...

Shouldn't that be "shootings break"? 

[safristi]

Quit Pointing FINGERS and PULL the TRIGGER...Give me a Shooting_brake anytime wot U driving.......

[davidm]

5-door!?! 

Dead sexy either way ...

[bmorton]

I vote wagon - that's how I saw it when I owned one. Just sold some co-workers on an '07 Impreza SE wagon that they'll be picking up soon.

[ghost]

If anything I like to refer to my Saabaru as a family wagon. At Stage II tuned, I always get amusing response about how can a family wagon just hauled on a Boxster?!