Americans do not want hatchbacks period. Incredible, but true.

Sigh. I guess lack of choice is profitable. Here in Canada a hatch would sell briskly, but we are welded to the US market in the eyes of almost every manufacturer.

Don't worry, there will be no interesting and design-forward European-style Renaults etc. here, just some headachey "me too!" sedans from Samsung. Look them up zzzzz.... At least it will ensure that North American roads remain a sea of grey nothingness.

We need another generic large sedan? Why doesn't Suzuki go and claim back its title as the small car expert and sell us the award-winning Swift that is available everywhere else in the world?

How many generic big bulbous sedans can one market absorb?

So predictable and sad. We are denied choice over and over.

Get the promised new product out there ASAP.

The world really needs another SUV.

I also wonder how they will sell in US - not because I can't stand those minicars, but because I can't stand the truck/lardy sedan obsession in North America. I do not trust consumers to bother with these little cars.

If you ask me, it is not the small cars that wreck these brands' images, it is the frigging SUV/"crossover" crapola they have been peddling lately.