2018 Audi A5 Sportback
It’s not your typical hatchback with a bubbly back end. It’s the sleek, sexy look with a faux trunk that pops open wide. The Audi A5 Sportback has up to 35 cubic feet of cargo space altogether when the rear seats are folded, but it’s not like you’re going to be carrying bags of cement mix.
The interior is gorgeous and spacious, and it has an incredible Virtual Cockpit 12.3-inch in-cluster display. It’s powered by a 252-horsepower 2.0-liter with standard-equipment Quattro AWD and it sprints from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.7 seconds.
2018 BMW i3
Perhaps the economic aspect of a hatchback is what you’re interested in. If that’s the case, the 2018 BMW i3 may be the best luxury hatchback for you. Its funky looks have the structure of a luxury hatchback, from the BMW kidney-shaped grille to the two-toned high-quality paint and nuanced body lines. It’s different inside than any other Bimmer you’ve seen, with thin front seats for weight reduction and a very non-traditional layout.
But since it’s about being a hatchback, we must touch on its cargo area. As a subcompact car, it has limited cargo space behind the rear seat – just 15.1 cubic feet. But fold the rear seats down and it expands to 36.9 cubic feet and that’s not too bad. The 170-horespower all-electric motor will have no problem being sufficient for a car this size either.
2018 Buick Regal Sportback
There’s the Regal TourX wagon also, but we’re talking about hatchbacks, remember? The Buick Regal Sportback is another model you’d expect would have a trunk, not a hatch, but we kinda like the way it is. Its cargo volume is 31.5 cubic feet with the rear seats up. With rear seats folded, it increases to 60.7 cubic feet of cargo space.
Perhaps the turbocharged 2.0-liter engine with 250 horsepower is a little underpowered, but with AWD, it gets the job done.
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