Reply #21: I enthusiastically agree that hatchbacks are awesome

[NickB79]

I was just discussing this with a friend last night, she used to drive a Civic hatchback and now drives a sedan, and really misses being able to fit so much stuff into it.

I drive a Scion xA, which I really enjoy. It could use a little more horsepower at times, but overall I'm very happy with it. I get 33-34 mpg combined city/highway, and 38-42 mpg just highway when I use cruise control set to 60 mph and no AC on long trips.

I just sat in a Yaris last week at the MN Autoshow, and it was nice, but I don't like the body style. Also, the hatchback is a 3-door, so passengers would have a harder time getting in and out.

The Honda Fit was really nice inside as well, and is supposed to do well on gas mileage as well. It has numerous folding options for the seats to optimize using the vehicle to transport things.

The Nissan Versa was my favorite, a 5-door rated at 38 mpg combined city/highway. If I didn't have the Scion, I would buy this car.

The Accent and Rio models were there, and they were advertized as getting 35 mpg highway, which seemed lower than I expected.