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Confused About What To Buy? Looking back, sedan and hatchback were once the hot favourites of the Indian audience for a long period, at least before the rising sentiment induced by the crossover and SUVs segment.
While it can be easy for you to tell a sedan apart from a hatchback, do you know exactly and intensively the key difference between hatchback and sedan? The definition of sedan remains much the same as it meant to be: a passenger vehicle in a three-box design with four doors and a separate trunk.
The trunk of the sedan car is normally separate from the rest of the model by the rear seatback as well as an immovable package tray under the rear window. When the seatback is in position, the trunk is completely sealed off from access. Normally, sedans get a three-box body that features separate compartments for engine, passengers and cargo. Basically, a hatchback is also a small passenger car that may look similar to a sedan but instead of a separate trunk, it comes with a hatch-type rear door.
That said, the hatch can be open upward so you can access the entire backend of the cabin. Most of the times, it offers fold-down rear seats so that one can gain larger storage space in the vehicle. In recent days, we can find the sedan and hatchback designed to the utmost creativity. Many hatchback cars in India are now crossover-ish or in other words, they borrow a lot of design cues from the SUVs crossover counterpart. Moreover, there are multiple vehicles that might look like a four-door sedan but have a rear hatch incorporated into a sleek roofline such as the Audi A7 or A5 Sportback.
It is clear that hatchback and sedans are very similar to each other. But while it was once easy to tell a sedan from a hatchback, that's no longer the case. Let us clear up the confusion for you, as we explain each type's key characteristics and their pros and cons.
The current definition of a sedan is much the same as it's always been: a passenger car with four doors and a separate trunk. A trunk is a wholly enclosed cargo hold, separated from the passenger compartment by the rear seatback and the immovable package tray below the rear window. Many sedans do offer a fold-down rear seatback that opens a pass-through to accommodate large objects that wouldn't normally fit in the trunk.
But with the seatback in its upright position, the trunk is sealed off from access and prying eyes. Sedans are described as having "three-box" bodies: the front box is home to the engine; the middle box is larger and houses the passengers; and the third box, located in the rear, is the trunk.
These are the classic proportions of a sedan and have been for more than 70 years. Deciding what is and what is not a hatchback, however, isn't as easy. Not long ago, hatchbacks were small, cheap, boxy, economy cars— Car and Driver coined the derisive term "econobox" to describe them. They were called "two-box" cars, with the engine up front in the first box and a second box for the passengers and cargo area—but no trunk.
Hatchbacks had either two or four doors and a one-piece flip-up tailgate, called a hatch, on their squared-off tails. Today, most small hatchbacks are hardly what we would call econoboxes; they're much sleeker, with stylish rooflines that sweep gently down to their rear bumpers. They're well-built, often nicely appointed inside, and in some cases, anything but cheap. Volkswagen has stood by its squared-off, traditional two-box design for the Golf, though the model has been given much more modern styling.
If you want a Golf with a trunk, VW offers the Jetta. If you are looking for an attractive sedan or hatchback, be sure to check out the selection of affordable used cars available here at the Third Coast Auto Group. We also work to offer financing for all financial situations. Apply today! This entry was posted on Friday, June 9th, at pm and is filed under Tips and Tricks.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Should you get a sedan or a hatchback? Cargo and Passenger Space Because of the rear height, most hatchbacks will have significantly more interior space than their sedan counterparts.
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