Second!!BBISHOPPCM wrote:It's almost like the 1999-whenever Pontiac Bonnevilles... they look like hell in any color other than black.
I want to like the V sedan... I wish they hadn't made the tails so .... well.... normal.
:o/
nice tiida sedan
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Re: (BBISHOPPCM)
I want to like the V sedan... I wish they hadn't made the tails so .... well.... normal.
:o/
Re: (KimberKenobi)
The sedan is sharp no doubt about it. There is just something that comes with owning hatchbacks.
I guess it is my love of having a windshield wiper and larger glass
I guess it is my love of having a windshield wiper and larger glass
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Re: (StanBo)
Hatchbacks rock, plain and simple. There aren't many sedans I can think of where the lines flow as smoothly as most hatchbacks.. and in particular, the V Sedan's lines in the rear do NOT flow, it seems obvious that the sedan platform was an afterthought... WAY after thought.
The thing is that here in the US, we have been bombarded and trained from our youth that you're not cool or you're less of a driver if you don't own a sedan or a coupe. That gave way substantially with the widespread use of SUV's... which were considered the WAY more cool alternative to a wagon.
It doesn't help that some of the earlier Japanese hatchbacks here in the US were basically gas cans on 12 or 13" steel rims. Heck, the cheapest imported car for many years was a Subaru hatchback that didn't even include full carpeting or even a trip odometer!
How far they have come... and how far they have yet to go.
PS - to those who say the sedan has clearly more visibility than the hatch.... sorry, but no. Got to play around in a sedan a while the other day and the fields of vision were almost exactly the same... I'd have to give the edge to the HB in that you know exactly where the rear bumper is: 4" behind your rear glass.
The thing is that here in the US, we have been bombarded and trained from our youth that you're not cool or you're less of a driver if you don't own a sedan or a coupe. That gave way substantially with the widespread use of SUV's... which were considered the WAY more cool alternative to a wagon.
It doesn't help that some of the earlier Japanese hatchbacks here in the US were basically gas cans on 12 or 13" steel rims. Heck, the cheapest imported car for many years was a Subaru hatchback that didn't even include full carpeting or even a trip odometer!
How far they have come... and how far they have yet to go.
PS - to those who say the sedan has clearly more visibility than the hatch.... sorry, but no. Got to play around in a sedan a while the other day and the fields of vision were almost exactly the same... I'd have to give the edge to the HB in that you know exactly where the rear bumper is: 4" behind your rear glass.
Re: nice tiida sedan (seay1b1)
Thanks for posting the pic... That car is TIGHT!
here is a HB http://i101.photobucket.com/al...a.jpg
here is a HB http://i101.photobucket.com/al...a.jpg
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Re: nice tiida sedan (COVersaSL)
When you compare the before to the after, the before almost looks exactly like a Murano
Re: nice tiida sedan (seay1b1)
the main reason i chose the sedan over the hatch was the c-pillar. i dont like the c-pillar on the hatch at all. the line of the hatch and the line of the rear side window looks odd to me. i was actually going to buy a sentra till i saw that a sedan was comming. just my opinion of course