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Originally Posted by Type 100
Depends on the design, perhaps.
Even Nissan thought its 350Z and 370Z needed a cross-brace in the rear cutting into the usable luggage room...comically more so in the 350Z than the newer car. (That 350Z rear brace is FAT!)
Despite the coupe designation, both Z-cars are technically hatchbacks/liftbacks too, with a top-hinged hatch lid covering what basically is a huge gaping hole.
Then again, who knows what goes on in the heads of chassis engineers? This might be a case-to-case basis thing really  |
i agree that it may be a case by case thing. hell, cross braces could just be there to enhance handling and rigidity in general, not so much because its absolutely necessary.
i guess there is no real way to quantify it..i have not heard of say, a gli sedan out manuevering or doing anything better (but be slower and heaveir) than a gti hatchback.
i'm imagining a sedan over a hatch, and in reality (i could be wrong) all i see thats really 'filling' that space is the expanse of plastic behind the back seats that usually houses a couple of speakers and maybe some stuffed animals if you are into that.
doesnt seem like that would add to much in the way of chassis rigidity or stability.
again since there is no real way to measure it, i guess we can 'discuss' amongst each other all day long. but it makes for good discussion.
