What's the best-looking hatchback ever?

[Rob175kks]

The winner.

[Itsallicanafford]

No 106's! here's mine

[Gary29]

Lester H said:

Didn't Steve Cropley, of Autocar fame bang on about his love of a Yellow/gold one when they were introduced? Actually, a good design and the tail-lights later became a design cliche. In retrospct, were they decent cars but bought on a budget by non PH types? Drove new Punto recently and it was much better than general pub bore image would suggest ( price taken into consideration.)

I had a Yellow/Gold Punto GT, loved that car, I had it mapped to around 165bhp, it was really quick, and I abused it from the day I bought it until the day I sold it (4 years or so) it never missed a beat, apart from a coil pack and regular servicing, still maintain it was one of the most fun cars I've owned, and I've owned a lot more expensive and more powerful cars since then.

But back on topic, it has to be the Escort Cosworth surely?

[trixyD]

Some people have some weird taste, the best looking of all time?

Rsdop said:

Ok it's the hot version but it's got to be up there!

/thread as far as I'm concerned (from page 1).

[T1berious]

As there have been some "interesting" interpretation of a hatchback, I thought I'd chuck in my own.

[Agent XXX]

Artey said:

This





Nothing beats these two.

Errrrm, 'best looking' not 'flabbiest f*****g pile of crap'

[Harveybw1984]

Always done it for me, regardless of what Volvo said, it's not a coupe so definitely counts!

[Bpentney]

Most definitely the Alfa Romeo Giulietta ... without fail!

[budgie smuggler]

Bpentney said:

Most definitely the Alfa Romeo Giulietta ... without fail!

The back/side view is decent enough but the front is rumple fugly.

[twiggypom]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned this?

[rossybee]

twiggypom said:

Why hasn't anyone mentioned this?

Probably because it's not a hatchback.

[twiggypom]

rossybee said:

Probably because it's not a hatchback.

More of a hatchback than a Morgan or Z4 coupe!

[macajc88]

Another vote for this (although they are massive):



Despite seeing at least 10 a day, I've always liked the Fiesta Mk7, especially pre-facelift and in Titanium spec.

[PHMatt]

bigmuzzie said:

Well I believe this is a classic hatch, even the lesser ones were a design revolution at launch.



Some choices on here are poor to say the least.

RS500 - beat me to it.

Also, some people seem to have NFI what a hatchback is.

[PHMatt]

T1berious said:

As there have been some "interesting" interpretation of a hatchback, I thought I'd chuck in my own.

It's a Z4 Coupe.
Coupe.

It's in the name.

[The Surveyor]

Let me chuck this little hatchback into the mix....



Not just the best looking hatchback but one of the all-time best looking cars IMHO.

If we're looking at pure angular shopping-cart hatchbacks, the Lancia Delta posted earlier takes some beating.

[rtz62]

If we are talking hatchbacks, can we ignore the one that is much-vaunted as being the first hatchback (to the UK market at least)?
Ladels and JellySpoons, I give you...

[LuS1fer]

rtz62 said:

If we are talking hatchbacks, can we ignore the one that is much-vaunted as being the first hatchback (to the UK market at least)?
Ladels and JellySpoons, I give you...

Ah, my first car, although the Countryman had a split folding arrangement next to the standard car's drop=down boot a la Mini.
However, the Innocenti A40S was a true hatchback and had neater front indicators



However, I'm going to take issue with the Integrale, always considered boxy and certainly lacklustre in standard form.
I think the Chevette actually looked much better.



The sibling Kadett loses out as the front was flatter and the high performance GT/E was a coupe (which Vauxhall never got, sadly).

In addition, I know it wasn't great to drive but the original Escort Mk III looked fabulous as an XR3i...as its popularity attested.

Edited by LuS1fer on Monday 26th September 18:23

[anonymous-user]

Datsun GO+

[Jimmy Recard]

Rob175kks said:

The winner.

No way. Are you serious?!