Ferrer Sucks and the North American Car Market and Fits Rock

[#1 Mustang Fan]

No Clutch...

Come to New Zealand. Get the worst of both Worlds.

[cmcpokey]

i think clutch has it right. Oz gets the good bits of everything, although with the steering wheel on the wrong side.

[Roentgen]

Name a hot hatch from NA.

[fisetdavid26]

Name a hot hatch from NA.

This.

THERE ARE NONE

Told you Cameron. You phail.

[cmcpokey]

Name a hot hatch from NA.

not exactly a hatch, but the Slobalt SS, or the similar HHR. or the SRT-4?

[clutch-monkey]

not exactly a hatch, but the Slobalt SS, or the similar HHR. or the SRT-4?

i was about to say, the US simply substituted small sedans/coupes for the hatchback body style, in the style of the lancer. i don't think there's that much difference between them.
does the 1 series sell as a hatch or sedan or both, in the US?

[cmcpokey]

2 door sedan and cabriolet. you may be able to get the hatch, but i havent seen one.

[fisetdavid26]

Slo SS and SRT-4 aren't hatches, and your argument about the 1-series is wrong.

Name a hot hatch from NA.

Keyword.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Why does it need to be a hatch.

The US market have voted, time & time again, against small hatchbacks (the Prius being a pious exception).

Given the opportunity, they will buy the sedan verson.

Different market conditions etc.

[clutch-monkey]

I'm not arguing for or the 1 series, i'm asking if it's on sale as a hatch/how popular it is as a hatch as an indication of how well a premium hatchback will sell in America.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Well the Mini is a good example of that and it seems to sell well in the US.

[clutch-monkey]

i suppose the golf does well too, and is not merely a fashion statement like the mini seems to become in certain places haha.

[fisetdavid26]

Why does it need to be a hatch.

The US market have voted, time & time again, against small hatchbacks (the Prius being a pious exception).

Given the opportunity, they will buy the sedan verson.

Different market conditions etc.

Because Roentgen asked about hatches.

I'm not arguing for or the 1 series, i'm asking if it's on sale as a hatch/how popular it is as a hatch as an indication of how well a premium hatchback will sell in America.

Oh, my bad dawg. It's available as a coupé and as a cabriolet here.

[Dino Scuderia]

We've had a lot of hatches over the years...until SUV's came along then the product mix began to change.

Currently we have the Mini, Saturn Astra and Golf....and probably a few meaningless cheapo hatches.

[digitalcraft]

'From' is a difficult word as many bands are owned by multinational corporations that officially may base one place but are partially owned by all sorts of companies all over, not to mention the actual cars and even parts of often manufactured locally. Where cars are sold is probably a better descriptor.

Now, I won't go off on how the U.S. currently doesn't get the normal FORD focus version , but we do get some hot hatches. Honda Civic RS, Mazdaspeed 3 for instance.