• brick@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Exactly. It is a rebrand of hatchbacks. Which is fine because hatchbacks are great.

    • Plopp@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Hatchbacks are traditionally smaller vehicles. These modern behemoths are huge. Based on the design, the Hyundai Ionic 5 looks like it should be the size of a traditional small Golf, but it’s larger than a Volvo station wagon because “SUV”. We need the smaller vehicles back and not redefine everything as having to be oversized.