A hot hatch without the hatch?

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01/15/2014 at 19:39 • Filed to: None

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Among more mainstream models, the consulting firm expects the new Mustang to drive a 20 percent boost in demand, to 91,000, in 2016. Even little Subaru has big expectations for the all-new WRX STi "hot hatch" that it is showing off in Detroit.

Via the automotive encyclopedia that is CNBC


DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
01/15/2014 at 19:43

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They mean the fuel hatch is heated...


Kinja'd!!! MooseKnuckles > Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
01/15/2014 at 19:52

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First of all, it's CNBC. Second of all, what pop-up add did you accidentally click on that took you to CNBC?


Kinja'd!!! MouseFitzgerald > Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
01/15/2014 at 20:01

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Maybe they know something we don't.


Kinja'd!!! noise > Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
01/15/2014 at 20:03

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They thought "hot hatch" was just kid slaying for cool car. Like how kids call all their possesions "bling bling" and "texting" is doing anything on a cellular telephone. Now put away that nintendo xbox paddle, get your notebook computer, and google me a youtube my friend said she saw on the facebook today


Kinja'd!!! Somethingwittyer likes noisy > Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
01/15/2014 at 20:06

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It is a compact, which is what people traditionally associate with hot hatches.


Kinja'd!!! feather-throttle-not-hair > Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
01/15/2014 at 20:10

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hatchback is a confusing term anyway

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Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > feather-throttle-not-hair
01/15/2014 at 20:37

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That is a liftback. which is what a Mustang should be, but isn't b/c Ford thinks American's don't like anything that doesn't have a trunk, or a pickup box. BRING BACK THE FOX.


Kinja'd!!! feather-throttle-not-hair > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/15/2014 at 21:55

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But to be clear, that piece of glass and metal that covers the trunk, that's called a "hatch" still right? Or is it a "lift?"


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > feather-throttle-not-hair
01/15/2014 at 22:23

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I've always a considered a hatchback to be squarer on the back which a liftback is more like a fast back. like the only AR86 was called a Tureno Liftback, or a Mazda 6. I think some Celicas we also called liftbacks. so liftback=sloped sporty just a coupe that is easier to use. White a hatchback is made to give more space, not so much for looks.