My first couple of cars were hatchbacks, a '88 Ford Crapscort Pony, and a '92 Dodge Shadow, the crapscort, meh, the only good thing about it was the hatch, but the rest of it was crappy, the Shadow, I LOVED that little car, unfortunately, my remaining cars have all been sedans, Bleh!
I miss the utility of a hatchback, my next car would be, ideally, a small diesel powered hatchback (VW Golf/Rabbit), but either way, it’s gonna’ be a hatch, I’ve been hatch-less for far too long
Hmm… wonder if the 2011/2012 Ford Fiesta will have a diesel hatch version
I’d prefer to buy American for my next car, but Chrysler pissed me off with the way they treated me with the '02 Neon, and GM pissed me off with their shuttering of the Saturn brand, my previous experiences with Ford have been less than good ('88 Escort, need I say more?), but in Ford’s favor, they seem to have increased their quality control AND they didn’t take any bailout money, that’s points in their favor, IMO
the latest Toyota recall debacle proves that no manufacturer is immune to defective vehicles, and that some manufacturers have been riding on their reputations for a while
either way, to get back on subject, the next MacTechMobile will be some form of hatchback (or maybe a small, fuel efficient diesel truck), perhaps I should look at a Subaru Impreza hatch (wagon?), it has AWD, a hatchback design, and is a pretty decent car