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Originally Posted by amronno
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Originally Posted by Foggy69
If you aren't carrying rear seat passengers around every day, then the additional weight of the doors, the extra gubbins to go wrong, and the fact there are 2 extra very large holes in the bodyshell seem a bit pointless.
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But here we have to keep in mind that the (front) doors on a 3 - door model is much longer than they are on a 5 - door model, so the 2 extra 'holes' in the bodyshell aren't that much much bigger. I'm not sure how much the extra weight of the two rear doors are, though.  |
The weight of a standard Type S 2.2 is 1380kg, a similar 5 door is between 1388kg and 1404kg.
The 3 door bodyshell is inherently stiffer and stronger. Although the front doors are larger, they are only just under half the length of the passenger compartment. The 5 door has about 2/3rd's of the side of the passenger compartment with a hole in it.
The main reason I think the 3 door Civic is better than the 5 door car is on the looks though. And that goes for most hatchbacks on the market. I have always had the 3 door option if it was available, Citroen AX, Pug 205 and 306, Fiesta, old Civic, just because they all looked better in a 3 door guise.