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The three-box, notchback design of the Fiat 124 Coupé A three-box liftback in notchback form—with its vestigial third box, the European Ford Escort. A notchback is a car design with the rear section distinct from the passenger compartment and where the back of the passenger compartment is at an angle to the top of what is typically the rear baggage compartment. [1]
Three-box design is a broad automotive styling term describing a coupé, sedan/saloon, notchback or hatchback where—when viewed in profile—principal volumes are articulated into three separate compartments or boxes: engine, passenger and cargo. [1] Three-box designs are highly variable. Hemmings Motor News said:
An example is the Mini-Camper Kit for the AMC Hornet, a low-priced canvas tent that converted an open hatchback into a camping compartment with room for sleeping. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] The "Mini-Camper" was a weatherproof covering that fitted over the roof section from the B-pillar back to the rear bumper that was easy to set up.
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.
Profiles of a sedan, station wagon and hatchback versions of the same model (a Ford Focus) A sedan (/ s ɪ ˈ d æ n /) is a car with a closed body (i.e., a fixed metal roof) with the engine, passengers, and cargo in separate compartments. [5] This broad definition does not differentiate sedans from various other car body styles.
1973 Toyota Celica, the world's first "liftback", in this case a fastback-styled hatchback [1] [2] [3]. A liftback is a variation of a hatchback car body style, with a more gently sloping roofline, roughly between 45 and 10 degrees, whereas traditional or archetypal hatchback designs tend to use a 45 degree to near vertical slope [citation needed] on the top-hinged tailgate (often called, and ...
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 ...
A fastback naturally lends itself to a hatchback configuration and many have it, but not all hatchbacks are fastbacks and vice versa. [9] In the case of the Ford Mustang, the term "fastback" is used to differentiate against the coupé notchback body style, [10] [11] which has a steeper rear window followed by a horizontal trunk lid.