Which CAR body style would you rather drive?

[trinacriabob]

I was thinking about this again last night while I walked back to my car after picking up some groceries at Safeway. I saw a beautiful silver/black 17 inch alloy 2006-7 Monte Carlo LT. It drove off and I saw some of its good angles.

I thought to myself, had there been a little more "nip and tuck" to the styling update and had there been a 3800 V6 under the hood, I would have bought one...without a doubt. I still like my Buicks very much, but I know how much I like the coupe with bigger doors, buckets, a console and more of a wrap-around driver's environment.

So I say "coupe"...even though I like sedans, though not as much.

Your take?

[Intrepidation]

Well not a Monte Carlo that's for sure. For me, body style depends on the segment and the car. Some sedans look fantastic. Likewise, some coupes are meh. Some wagons are sexy. I do know I wouldn't get a 2-door version of a sedan. It's half assed to me. They have to give it a more unique body, to make it look like it was designed to be a coupe for me to consider it.

Also you should have included wagon and hatch. This is a rather limited poll.

[RjION]

SEDAN then WAGON

[daves87rs]

I've always liked 2 doors...

[RjION]

Two door wagons .......... yes.

[Blake Noble]

I can afford to sacrifice function for form, so I will always buy coupes.

There have been some highly attractive sedans, though. But the emotional aspect of a coupe's design will always win me over.

[Satty]

Wagon

Coupe

[balthazar]

#1 : coupe (2-dr hardtop).

choices #2 thru #8 - left intentionally blank

#9 : wagon

#10 : sedan

[ocnblu]

I actually had a base model pre-'06 Monte Carlo in Bronzemist come up beside me in traffic yesterday, het couple in their early 50's I'd guess. They had reasonably-sized aftermarket chrome rims on it, and it looked good gliding through traffic, even covered with salt. They turned off at the local full-service car warsh. Cool.

I voted 2-door with nary a blink.

[trinacriabob]

But the emotional aspect of a coupe's design will always win me over.

Couldn't have said it better myself. (+1)

[Robert Hall]

I've had 4 2drs over the years (one a hatchback), a 4dr sedan, a 2dr SUV, a 4dr SUV, and a 5dr hatchback. I think for a daily driver in a sedan or SUV I lean toward a 4dr for the practicality and ease of ingress/egress (long doors are a pain in tight parking). Never had a wagon per se, but that's pretty much what the SUV bodystyles are like. I plan to always have at least one 2dr around.

Edited February 28, 2010 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Lamar]

I voted "sedan" without hesitation.

My order of preference is sedan-wagon-coupe-hatch-convertible.

[daves87rs]

Coupe-wagon-sedan-hatch-vert

[ShadowDog]

Having driven a wide variety, I enjoyed my coupe but, for the moment, I prefer a more well-rounded sense of practicality. With having a van, a four-door hatch and company trucks available, I could always get back into a coupe when the kids get older. While they're in car seats, a coupe just isn't as fun to deal with. With a need for trucks, a wagon wouldn't be of any use for me.

So for now, seeing as vans and trucks don't apply here, it's 4-door hatch / sedan / coupe / wagon / convertible

[NOS2006]

I've enjoyed owning a sedan, but I prefer the look over the practicality... so as practical as this sedan is, I love coupes and nothing will ever make me change that opinion.

[CSpec]

Wagon!

[2b2]

HATCHBACK!!!!

ideally:

with Continental/RX-8/opera doors

&

a Skoda-Superb-ish dual-back

[RjION]

Modern coupes have no form, so I buy Sedans for form and function.

[67impss]

1.) WAGON!

2.) 2door Wagon!

3.) Convertible

4.) 3door Hatch

5.) Coupe

6.) Ute

7.) 5door Hatch

8.) Sedan

9.) Pick/Ups

10.) SUV's

11.) Vans

12.) Hearse (Last car I want to ride in even though its technically a WAGON!)

[PONTIAC06]

I voted for a coupe, because I definitely think they are a more emotional vehicle, but I think a good wagon or hatch can be sexy too...and of course I love my Jeep, so the SUV can't be counted out for me

[Cory Wolfe]

Each body style has its merits and I've lusted after many example of them all. Ideally, I'd have one to represent each. Variety is what I live for.

[GMTruckGuy74]

1. Pickup Truck

2. SUV

3. Station Wagon

4. Sedan

5. Van

6. Coupe

7. Convertible

[Lamar]

LOL @ people not following directions...

[Camino LS6]

I voted coupe as that makes the basic point.

I'm quite sure you all know what bodystyle I truely prefer.

To sum it up: anything would please me more than a sedan.

I'm sick to death of sedans.

[67impss]

LOL @ people not following directions...

K

I like wagons for function

1 They have all the ease of use that a sedan has

2 They can haul a greater volume

3 They (in full size guise) can swallow a 4x8 sheet of plywood & tow 6000 lbs

4 They handle better than a SUV & get better MPG also plus are lighter

5 can haul 8-9 passengers

6 Look great lowered

7 Haul my canoe on roof & tow my camper

8 They don't wallow around like mini vans

9 They morph into cool panel wagons

10 cost of development is lower than adding a new SUV to the portfolio

[Camino LS6]

K

I like wagons for function

1 They have all the ease of use that a sedan has

2 They can haul a greater volume

3 They (in full size guise) can swallow a 4x8 sheet of plywood & tow 6000 lbs

4 They handle better than a SUV & get better MPG also plus are lighter

5 can haul 8-9 passengers

6 Look great lowered

7 Haul my canoe on roof & tow my camper

8 They don't wallow around like mini vans

9 They morph into cool panel wagons

10 cost of development is lower than adding a new SUV to the portfolio

Agreed 100%

Wagons make sense and look good doing it.

A sedan ranks dead last in my list of preferred bodystyles.

[Lamar]

Wagons are all well and good. The poll asked for *car* body styles, though, and here come the trucks and SUVs...

I'm just nitpicking though.

[Camino LS6]

I based my answers on the CAR restriction as well.

If all bodystyles were included, I'd bump the sedan up a notch - to a position just above the minivan.

[Lamar]

We know, Camino, we know.

[Camino LS6]

We know, Camino, we know.

Just wanted to be clear.

Seriously though, a choice of multiple bodystyles for each model is what I want to see.

[67impss]

Yeah me to the whole Impala/Monte Carlo - Camrey/Solara ... is silly.

[Drew Dowdell]

We should re-do this poll with a lot more car bodystyles made available. Kammback anyone? Shooting brake?

[vonVeezelsnider]

1. Sedan

2. Coupe

3. Wagon

4. SUV

6. Hatchback

5. Truck

[z28luvr01]

1. Coupe

2. Convertible

3. Sedan

4. Wagon

Like others have said, a car purchase for me is one that elicits emotion - practicality takes a back seat. That's what trucks are for. Nothing compares to the sleek sexy shape that only a 2dr coupe can offer. The 4dr cars being marketed as "4 door coupes" all just seem off to me. A well done hardtop convertible would be nirvana for me.

Depending on the wagon's silhouette, it could flip-flop with the sedan. I'll let out a little secret: I've had a passing fancy or two about getting a Magnum wagon as a bike/Home Depot hauler.

[knightfan26917]

I'm sick to death of sedans.

Same here ... but that's what I ended up for a winter beater. At least it is RWD .

I voted coupe....

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[Delta Force79]

I'm still a fan of sedans since my first 5 cars have been sedans, but since having my Riviera I would have to say I prefer a coupe. It's just so much more pleasing to the eye, and much easier to get in and out of. Growing up my preference was about 50/50 between a sedan and a coupe, I've never been a fan of hatchbacks or convertibles ( save for a select few ).

[§carlet §wordfish]

I have no preference. The number of doors doesn't usually affect my feelings of the overall shape of the car.

If I were shown a general design for the shape of a car, but it had no cutlines to define the body panels, hood, doors, etc., and it were a shape that I found overall very attractive, I would most likely find it attractive whether it had two or four doors.

[2b2]

We should re-do this poll with a lot more car bodystyles made available. Kammback anyone? Shooting brake?

sounds good

but what could we call one of these?

[Robert Hall]

sounds good

but what could we call one of these?

A concept.

[Robert Hall]

I'm still a fan of sedans since my first 5 cars have been sedans, but since having my Riviera I would have to say I prefer a coupe. It's just so much more pleasing to the eye, and much easier to get in and out of.

I have the opposite problem w/ 2drs..find them much harder to get in and out of..it seems I rarely have the width to open the door fully. Long doors are a PITA in about 90% of my usual parking circumstances. And it's a pain to put dogs and stuff in the back seat w/ a 2dr.

[Delta Force79]

I have the opposite problem w/ 2drs..find them much harder to get in and out of..it seems I rarely have the width to open the door fully. Long doors are a PITA in about 90% of my usual parking circumstances. And it's a pain to put dogs and stuff in the back seat w/ a 2dr.

That is true when it comes to parking and being able to fully open the doors, that is the downside to a coupe's long doors, I was speaking in terms of when you can actually open the doors however, luckily I rarely use the backseats in my car asides from just tossing stuff over my shoulder into the back.