Skatedownpdx Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 HAHA they should have made these http://webmaster.beverleypaine.com/concptea82hatch.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 If they done it with an EA82T it could of been a late 80's hot hatch... just need it in black like the ea81 in cannon ball run. It was fun chopping that one but I still like the brat more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 "Hatchbacks" in the 80's meant the Acura Integra style - which if you look at one looks a lot like the "3 door" EA82. It really is a hatch, but since it was sold along side the EA81 hatch, they called it a 3 door coupe. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 justy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Personally I think a hatch has a back door (what we call a boot, in aus) that hasn't (or has very little) horizontal shape. The EA82 Subaru coupe is a coupe, not a hatch, as it took over from the EA81 coupe. Which to my knowledge wasn't ever referred to as a hatch... Therefore I think there never was EA82 hatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Actually - the term "hatchback" derives from the first hatchbacks of the 60's. Such as the 66 Plymouth Barracuda... The definition has nothing to do with the "angle", but the fact that the rear glass is part of the "trunk lid", and that the rear seats fold flat, and the rear cargo area is accesible from the back seat. All these qualifications are met by the EA82 "3 door", so it IS a hatch. The EA81 coupe has a trunk (or boot if you like) in the traditional sense - seperate from the rear glass, and the rear seat does not fold down, nor is the trunk accesible from the back. What we are actually lacking is an EA82 coupe. It would be a sedan looking thing with only two doors - but they never made one. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatedownpdx Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 justy.... justy isnt ea82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgd73 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 yeah. hack the weak wagon into a hatch, then do an ej22 swap like that crazy canadian did to his justy (12 sec quarter mile ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Whatever, but my point still stands. The EA82 3 door took over from the EA81 coupe and the EA81 hatch was still being made. Therefore I think Subaru ment that the EA82 3 door was a coupe and the EA81 hatch was a hatch. Here are some of the pictures of the first Hatchbacks ever I could find. Aston Martin DB2/4 Austin A40 And plenty still believe the Renault 4 was the first hatchback true ever in the early 60's.... I also define coupe as what people call "Sporty" where a hatch is a cheap "economical" car. And seems the EA82 3 door also came in the RX form I would say it is a coupe. No more of this, believe what you want, I really don't care. I don't even like the look of most hatchbacks, including the 3 door EA82, although a rightly modded EA81 hatch is just sexy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Yes - I know what you mean. The Justy took over for the EA81 hatch line as the "compact fuel saver", so there was no "need" for a short wheelbase EA82. As most hatchbacks are two door's, I think it's probably best to say that the "hatchback" is a sub-catagory of "coupe". So in a sense we are both right in different ways. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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