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Mazda3 2.3 vs. '07 VW Rabbit

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Re: ? [eldaino] by backy
Nov 07, 2006 (12:24 pm)
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Replying to: eldaino (Nov 07, 2006 12:12 pm)

You didn't look at the cover, right at the top, where it talked about the six $18,000 sedans they compared?
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Re: ? [backy] by eldaino
Nov 07, 2006 (1:16 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Nov 07, 2006 12:24 pm)

Well since i read the article about 2 weeks ago at borders, no i don't recall. It must have been smaller print, because i don't think i picked up the magazine to read that article, i just stumbled upon it. Its just that after reading the article i didn't think that the kept pushing the 'sedan' thing. If they said it once on the cover, ok fine but it was made to seem like c/d was saying over and over that it was a sedan comparo.
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Re: ? [eldaino] by aviboy97
Nov 07, 2006 (2:40 pm)
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Replying to: eldaino (Nov 07, 2006 12:12 pm)

also keep in mind that the mazda 3 hatch would have been even more expensive than the rabbit
 
The Mazda3 5-door is the same price as the Mazda3 sedan when equipped with the same equipment.
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your right by eldaino
Nov 07, 2006 (7:28 pm)
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yes it would. Just checked it myself. Dunno why they didn't use it then, typicall cd. But then again if the only bodystyle that vw offers to compete with these cars, so be it.
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edit by eldaino
Nov 08, 2006 (9:10 am)
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sorry i meant to say that if the only body style that vw offers in this segment is a hatch, so be it.
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Hatch or Sedan? by bodble2
Nov 08, 2006 (9:44 am)
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In technical jargon, is it not true that a hatchback can be technically a sedan, since the technical criteria for a sedan classification is not so much body-style, but rear-seat passenger volume, or such similar measurement? Hence you can have a "2-door sedan", or "4-door sedan". Whether it has a trunk, or a hatch is just more permutations.
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Re: edit [eldaino] by backy
Nov 08, 2006 (10:21 am)
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Replying to: eldaino (Nov 08, 2006 9:10 am)

How about the Jetta? It is a sedan and its price starts well under $18k, which was the cutoff for C/D's comparo.
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Re: Hatch or Sedan? [bodble2] by backy
Nov 08, 2006 (10:23 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Nov 08, 2006 9:44 am)

Whether or not a car is a hatchback has nothing to do with rear seat legroom. It has to do with whether the car has a hatch on the back, vs. a trunk (or boot).
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Re: Hatch or Sedan? [bodble2] by d_hyper
Nov 08, 2006 (10:47 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Nov 08, 2006 9:44 am)

The statement: "is it not true that a hatchback can be technically a sedan, since the technical criteria for a sedan classification is not so much body-style, but rear-seat passenger volume, or such similar measurement?" not only contradicts itself but also questions itself.
  
Please, clarify. If you implied sedan could be a hatchback, then on a very broad scale it is true because it used to be called hatchback sedan (could be liftback sedan - but that's different), but usually people, especially professionals, make a distinction to point out the differences.
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Re: Hatch or Sedan? [backy] by bodble2
Nov 08, 2006 (3:41 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Nov 08, 2006 10:23 am)

"Whether or not a car is a hatchback has nothing to do with rear seat legroom"
 
That's right. But that wasn't my point. My point was the technical classification for a sedan does not depend on the number of doors, or a trunk, or a hatch. It's a function of measured volume. (At least as far as I recall).

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