88alltracohio":lvh78zqu said:
Could someone school me on the difference between widebody and narrowbody. Like models, years, ect. I've already tried the search and didn't come up w/ much. And before you try and get smart with me I realize narrowbody is narrowier than the widebody. But what's different, is it wheelbase? Just the fenders? Or is the actual whole car, like floor, interior, hood and trunk? Also, how much more does a widebody weigh?
Thanks,
James
For the US market, the 5th gens came as narrow body, or "normal body" for the ST and GT trims. The GT-S and Alltracs came only as a "wide body" configuration. All of this refers only to the width of the front & rear fenders.
There was nothing different in terms of the wheelbase. The only differences in the interiors would be between the coupe, the hatchback, and the Alltrac which even though the Alltrac was also a hatch, it had some minor differences from the GT-S hatch with the interior sheetmetal due to the differences in things like drivetrain, suspension, fuel tank, spare tire, system-10 stereo, etc..
The Japanese market offered both narrow and wide body configurations on their GT-Fours and the reason for this was due to a tax that was applied to vehicles that exceeded a certain width. I'm pretty sure theyve done away with this tax since then..