50 Years of Hatchbacks

Hmmm. If the 1965 Renault 16 is supposedly the first hatchback, what the heck do they call a 38 Citroen Traction Avant?

foxtrapper wrote: Hmmm. If the 1965 Renault 16 is supposedly the first hatchback, what the heck do they call a 38 Citroen Traction Avant?

Liftback?

trucke wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: Hmmm. If the 1965 Renault 16 is supposedly the first hatchback, what the heck do they call a 38 Citroen Traction Avant?

Liftback?

That's a Cute-Ute. The first.

DWNSHFT wrote: One of my favorite hatchback designs:

That's not a hatchback at all. It's a Shooting Brake!

As Niles Crane would say, no one wants to be caught dead driving a 'hunchback'.

I have but one car that in reality is a hatch back, but it is a classy one!

GLHS. That'll do nicely.

I had never heard the term "shooting brake" until I came to the GRM forums, I'm pretty sure you're all just making it up to berkeley with me.

while wiki isn't the be-all-to-end-all … it often does have the info needed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake

I felt it was only fair to post the other best hatchbacks...

You forgot one!

In reply to trucke:

that is a great one as well

you forgot another:

And how the article ever missed what has to be one of the most beastly hatchbacks to come from a factory

My shooting brake. It has a hatch, it's not in the front

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My liftback….

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And the ultimate "hot hatch", god I miss my jza80

If I ever make it big, Im gonna get me an FF.