It’s been thrown around a lot lately by some how much better and important it is to incorporate a trunk into the 5th gen. This may have been discussed before but I can help wondering….

Why?

Style?

More Functional?

I can’t think of a good reason to use a trunk over a hatch….

So I got to thinking about it. I’ve owned two daily drivers.

My ’95 Camaro and my ’00 Grand Prix.

Well functionally the ’95 has way more advantages. Folding down the rear seat I could fit a ton more stuff compared to my current GTP which routinely has to have stuff stored in the back seat from lack of room in the trunk. Plus it was much easier to place larger items in and take out of the Camaro’s hatch.

Style wise, well “design” is a personal preference so I can’t really touch that however it could be argued that incorporating a hatch into the 5th gen would be a heritage cue.
Though I’ve heard on here that hatched are dated and shouldn’t be used today.

So what do you think, hatch or trunk?

My vote is with Hatch.

 

Trunk. Hands down.

After owning a hatched back car for 10+ years, I hope I'll never own another one.

Why can't the new Camaro be a fastback with a trunk like the 2nd gens were, or like the new Mustang is?

 

I prefer a hatch actually. When a Camaro is your only car, like mine was until recently, it makes a huge difference. I've actually fit a 12'x11' roll of carpet into my car. This alone makes it worth while in my opinion. It's one of the main reasons I originally chose a Camaro over Mustang.

One argument against a hatch is that it doesn't contrubute to chassis rigidity. Packaging issues in the 4th and 3rd gens could be corrected in a 5th gen so that the liftover height isn't so bad.

I did rent a mustang on a trip once, so I had a chance to try the trunk on that. I could barely get my duffle bag to fit in the opening it was so narrow. If that's what a trunk would be like, count me out.

 

I voted trunk, but I'd really like to see a fast back design, kinda like the 2nd gen cars or (don't flame me) the Beretta. I really liked the way the rear glass flowed into the truck lid on those cars.

Trunk with fast back stying and folding seats for one reason: increased structural rigidity without adding alot of weight (or possibly dropping a few pounds off a similar hatchback design). You can put a cross member at the base of the rear glass, which you can't with a hatch unless you do what Nissan did with the 350Z, with then negates any benefits of a hatch.

This is me outweighs the advantages of a hatch I've reaped over the last 8 years.

 

I am indifferent actually... both have their benefits and drawbacks....

 

Kinda sums up my opinion too.

 

I think you can accomplish about the same thing with a hatch as you can with a trunk with back seats that fold down.
I'm pretty much indifferent too, but I voted trunk.
We've had hatch since 1982, so lets try something different.

 

I voted trunk for three main rasons.

1) The large expanse of back glass made the cabin, specifically the back seat, literally feel like a greenhouse. Even when cool outside, if the sun was shining it really heated up the interior(those who live in Colorado know the it's 10 degrees outside and the sun is shining, BRIGHTLY).

2) the strut's on the rear glass ALWAYS go out

3)We need a speaker shelf, I didn't really like the speakers in the b pillars on my '91.

 

Really? I've had 3 Camaro's over 7 years, one with almost 130,000 miles. Not one strut has gone out. Don't mean to make a big deal out of it, but where are you buying your struts? Oh, wait, maybe 3rd gens use a different design.

 

I think the hatch has more utility and looks better to boot.

 

LOl, ok I feel stupid. the struts in the rear glass worked fine, it was the hood struts. I should lay off posting when I am not really paying attention to what the hell I am writing

 

What ever one is cheaper for GM to build. As long as the car looks good, I don't care.

 

we have 2 cars, my camaro and a ford escort(sedan with a trunk) and yesterday i moved a bed and with the escort i had to move each piece(box sring and matress)sepratly but todat i moved them back and both fit in the camaro no problem so i say go hatch.

 

I've had two 3rd gens and a 4th gen and both the 3rd gens had bad shocks for the hatch, I replaced them in my 84 Firebird, but still have not done it in my 84 Camaro, they still kind of work when it's really hot outside. I've had no problems with my 4th gen.

 

Trunk, absolutely.

Security of passengers and cargo. Nothing like having your cargo hit you in the back of the head at 30 - 70 mph.