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The distinguishing feature of a hatchback is a rear door that opens upwards [6] and is hinged at roof level (as opposed to the boot/trunk lid of a saloon/sedan, which is hinged below the rear window). Most hatchbacks use a two-box design body style, [7] [8] where the cargo area and passenger areas are a
The trunk (American English) or boot (British English) of a car is the vehicle's main storage or cargo compartment, often a hatch at the rear of the vehicle. It can also be called a tailgate. In Indian English the storage area is known as a dickey (also spelled dicky, dickie, or diggy), and in Southeast Asia as a compartment.
The body style is similar to a hatchback car; however, station wagons are longer and are more likely to have the roofline extended to the rear of the car [10] (resulting in a vertical rear surface to the car) to maximize the cargo space. In French, a station wagon is called a "break". Buick Roadmaster station wagon Targa top
Typical pillar configurations of a sedan/saloon (three box), station wagon/estate (two box), and hatchback (two box) from the same model range. The configuration of a car body is typically determined by the layout of the engine, passenger and luggage compartments, which can be shared or separately articulated.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to automobiles: . Automobile (or car) – wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor.Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to six people, typically have four wheels, and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than ...
This car combined economy of use and a practical hatchback body, with the performance and driving fun that kicked off the hot hatchback boom. [130] [131] Also introduced in 1976 was the 1.5 L VW Golf diesel—the first small diesel hatchback. [132] It used new Bosch rotary mechanical diesel injection pump technology.
It was the first British car to feature a hatchback body style. Despite its practical design and remarkable space efficiency (it is shorter, narrower and lower than the sixth generation Ford Fiesta), [7] [8] the Maxi never came close to reaching its projected sales targets. Just under half a million were built over a 12 year period.
The Toyota Etios is a subcompact car consisting a line of four-door saloon/sedan and five-door hatchback produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota from 2010 to 2023. The saloon version was launched in December 2010 and the hatchback version (with additional "Liva" and "Valco" suffixes in India and Indonesia respectively) followed in June 2011. [12]