Why did Honda stop building 3 door Civics?

CKhalvashi

London_Town wrote: »

Also, isn't the 3 door Seat Ibiza referred to as a "sports coupe" rather than a 3 door. Rather like estate cars being rebranded as "sports tourers" I suppose.

My car (estate) is referred to as 'Sportbrake', and a nearest rival is referred to as a 'Shooting brake'.

I don't know what the point in it is, although it could possibly be like Audi's Avant?!

CK

NBLondon

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

I, myself had a 3 door Focus once, I didn't even realise that they might not make them anymore. (*goes to google)

I had a 3-door Mk1 Focus and liked it quite a lot. Since I don't have kids, back seat access wasn't crucial. I swapped it for a 5-door Mondeo when I was driving elderly parents about. When I bought my Mk3 Focus in 2011 I would have gone back to the 3-door again but there isn't one. Even the ST only comes as a 5-door.

I think GB is right about the 3-door becoming a coupe as an alternative. If most of the 3-door customers wanted the sporty derivative (Civic Type-R, Focus ST, Golf GTI) then for the cost of the extra tooling, they could possibly get more customers by actually making a coupe roofline for those who want to make the statement of "I don't have kids - I'm not tied down" etc. This could also be the reasoning behind the foldy-roof ones - Focus CC, VW Eos, Astra TwinTop - but I suspect these have not really taken off much in the UK.

CKhalvashi

NBLondon wrote: »

I think GB is right about the 3-door becoming a coupe as an alternative. If most of the 3-door customers wanted the sporty derivative (Civic Type-R, Focus ST, Golf GTI) then for the cost of the extra tooling, they could possibly get more customers by actually making a coupe roofline for those who want to make the statement of "I don't have kids - I'm not tied down" etc. This could also be the reasoning behind the foldy-roof ones - Focus CC, VW Eos, Astra TwinTop - but I suspect these have not really taken off much in the UK.

I'd still pick a tin top over anything else......if I didnt have kids

Been there, done that, and we got rid of it as they outgrew the back seats.

CK

vikingaero

When an Estate is called a Touring you know that means "too small to be a fully fledged Estate car but a smidge bigger than a Hatchback."