Coupe vs. Hatchback? Let the lists begin

[1viadrft]

When I first wanted to get a 240sx I really wanted a HB. I loved the ability to haul at least two more sets of wheels (for drifting). I love the 180sx Kouki rear-lights (type-X). Buuuuuuuut: I ended up getting a Coupe! Why? Because it's more rigid, lighter and I prefered the S13 Silvia look over the RPS13 180sx look! I'm working on creating a REPLICA S13 Silvia over my One-Via style coupe! I JUST LIKE IT MORE! The Sil-80 just looks
un-natrual to me (it's a SLEEK Silvia with a big ass! Just doesn't look right!). I don't hate on the HB's though! That's where my passion for the 240sx started!

[Jackson 240sx]

I drive a coupe, but I think the HB takes better to a bodykit. Although I choose the coupe for the wieght and body stiffness

[CrzyMR2T]

i like both the s13 coupe, and hatchback, but if i had to pick one, id take the coupe. i like the hatchback, cause its smoother, but i dont like how the rear window is all glass, it doesnt have that painted metal area, or structure that comes down the side like the coupe does. i like the coupe, cause it has cleaner lines, and its lighter/stiffer, but i dont like how the rear looks a little too squared off, and how the trunk seems a little long, its not really that bad, just something that i kinda wish was different. anyways, they re both good looking cars overall.

[kingcarm]

Hatchback, Baby. Enough said?

[Suislide]

Originally Posted by Nissan-Fan

I like the HB, i know the 180sx is a RPS-13 but is the 240sx Hb a RPS-13? everything lookds the same but the engine of course.

north american 240SX hatchbacks are called either RMS13 or RHS13. i don't remember which is which, but one is for DOHC and one is for SOHC.

RB25240Kouki - please downsize the image in your signature or i will be forced to remove it entirely.

[enan]

I prefer the Hatch myself I like the lines of it. I like that the pig nose gives it charachter.

[silviaracer]

hatchback 4 sure!!!!!

[Mediocrity]

I'm not sure whether this is a HB or a coupe... but I like my friend's 240 bodystyle... the s13 ... he calls it a Notchback...

[BuddhistWitch]

I personally don't like the hatch on a 240. Some cars, such as the Corolla (AE86), I would prefer the hatch, because it is original. The hatch is too old-fashioned looking on a 240, whereas the 86 hatch is the ONLY way to go, because it is the classic.

The 240 coupe looks newer, fresher, and sexier.

[Mr7]

The only 240sx coupe I like are s14's+ anything before them, I'm hatches all the way they just look better.

[Two_4tee_2NR]

i love the silvia front end look, even tho i havent completed it, even if i didn't, i'de still like the coupe more. i loved it from the second i layed eyes on it and its just been a working progres from there. i love HB's but usualy there ones that got type x tails on em, i picked up my car for 1500 bucks, if it was a hatchback isntead of a coupe, i'de own a HB right now. end of story, i wanted a coupe, i got the deal, i got the car. i herd that the coupe was ligher? not sure about that one, and that the rear end was more rigid because the the back seat support is like a strut tower bar ina sence. i love my car, plain and simple. im just a coupe man from now on

[RB25240kouki]

Originally Posted by S13_Iketani

RB25240Kouki - please downsize the image in your signature or i will be forced to remove it entirely.

There ... this good enough for ya? ... why do you care anyway (unless you have dial up or somthing), forum nazi ... j/k I know you have a job to do.

[Suislide]

Originally Posted by RB25240kouki

There ... this good enough for ya? ... why do you care anyway (unless you have dial up or somthing), forum nazi ... j/k I know you have a job to do.

oh i don't care personally. i'm running on cable, but for those few unfortunate souls that DO have dial-up...they'd have a problem with it.

also, a while back, we had a fiasco where people's signatures were getting so big that, while going through threads, you had to scroll through acres of signatures just to read 3 lines of actual posting.

the new picture is spot on. thank you for complying.

[infi]

hatchback with flip lights front,
coupe with silvia front, it's that easy

if I ever could I'd get a silvia, but... $
but I'll probably have more chance of getting a regular european stock s13 (200sx) with ca18det and leave it like that, I'm not really the silvia-hatch type of guy

and since we don't have the coupe in europe anyways, there's also no option on doing a conversion

[*rps13*]

dohc usdm hatches are RMS13
sohc usdm hatches are RHS13

i personally have been in love with the s13 hatch for longer then i can remember..i don't even know where i was when i saw one that had been dropped..but, it was love at first site..one of my friends has a s13 coupe with the jdm headlights and it looks sweet..i just don't care for the stock pop-ups on anything but, my baby.

so my vote goes for the fastback for it's sleekness and just overall style.