Suggested Rules: Hatchbacks

Earlier, in my discussion about cargo spaces I suggested that new rules could be added for making a car a hatchback. Here are my suggestions (which are experimental as of yet; I will try to playtest it out).

Experimental Parameters: Hatchbacks

I am not applying some of my fanciful ideas to make cargo spaces actually important (I'll try to emphasize my case on the established message boards); these parameters are to apply the same rules that convert a luxury into a station wagon.

A luxury has 19 spaces and is structurally equivalent to a station wagon which is 21 total, 17 usable and 4 strictly for cargo.

1. The rule I will start with is that making a standard body style into its 'hatchback' version will add roughly 10% to size (10% of 19 spaces is 2 for this purpose) and the cargo space will need to be, exclusively, 20% of total body (e.g. 4 spaces of the 21 space station wagon).

Body // Original Size // New Configuration

Subcompact // 7 // 6(+2)

Compact // 10 // 9 (+2)

Midsized // 13 // 12 (+3)

Sedan // 16 // 15 (+3)

Luxury // 19 // 17 (+4) - i.e. a station wagon

Pickup, Camper, Van, Trikes - does not apply

2. Advantages of Hatchbacking

Even without my variant rules for cargo, hatchbacking adds space. Simple.

The duelling advantage is that with the elongated space, these bodies advance into the next higher body category for body accessories. So a hatchback subcompact would be the size of a compact for the purpose of 1 space turrets and a hatchback compact would now allow a 2 space turret.

3. Other rules - hatchback cargo cannot be converted into passenger space.

My test case will be The 2057 version of The AMC Gremlin.