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An early fastback: the Saab 92 from 1949.
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The 1967 AMC Marlin is a full-sized monocoque fastback pillarless 2-door hardtop.
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This 1968 Ford Mustang has a fastback body style.
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A four-door fastback body style: Citroen CX
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Fastback. Fiat 127 first series.
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Hatchback. Fiat 127 second series.
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A four-door fastback body style: Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class


A fastback is a car body style characterised by a continuous slope from the roof to the base of the decklid. Fastbacks can be two-door coupés or two- or four-door sedans.

Unlike the hatchback, a fastback car has a fixed rear window and typically a trunk that is separated by a bulkhead from the passenger cabin.

Aerodynamic Advantages

Fastbacks provide an advantage in developing aerodynamic vehicles with a low drag coefficient. The Kamm tail is a related concept.

Possibly because of these aerodynamic advantages, the angle of the rear window on traditional three-box sedans has been steadily increasing, blurring the distinction between fastback sedans and notchback cars. The current Lexus LS460 is an example of this trend. However, a true fastback design has a continuous slope from its roof down to the base of the trunk at the rear bumper. It would have no distinct change of bodyline for the rear deck. Most of the four door sedans with steeply raked rear windows have trunk lids that are not as sharply angled and they terminate with high rear ends in an attempt to retain maximum cargo space volume.

Confusion with hatchback and liftback cars

Fastback is a U.S. term - in the UK, true fastbacks are so unfamiliar that no word exists for them. They are often mislabeled as hatchbacks, which by definition are different vehicles where the entire rear portal or 'fifth door' including the window will open. For example, the Rover 800 liftback is not a fastback.

In profile, hatchbacks and fastbacks can occasionally be confused, since both are two-box designs. A hatchback that looks like a fastback, but has a rear window integral to the hatch and a luggage compartment integral to the cabin, is properly termed a liftback. All liftbacks are hatchbacks with a fastback's profile, but a true fastback is neither a liftback nor a hatchback. For example, a combi coupé (liftback) versions of the Saab 900 can be confused with a true fastback.

Some fastbacks have a trunk area that is not discrete or separate from the cabin, while others are just like notchback sedan/coupé layouts but with a very steep rake for the rear window.

Some small family cars have evolved over time from fastbacks into liftbacks without altering their side profile - the Fiat 127, Volkswagen Passat, and Citroën GS for example.

Examples of two-door fastback cars

Examples of four-door fastback cars

See also

body styles. Some are still in production, while others are of historical interest only. These styles are largely (though not completely) independent of a car's classification in terms of price, size and intended broad market; the same car model might be available in multiple body
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The decklid (or deck lid) is the cover over the trunk/boot of motor vehicles that allows access to the main storage or luggage compartment. A hinge allows the decklid to be raised, while devices such as springs hold it up in the open position.
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coupé (French word from the verb couper to cut) or coupe is a car body style with a close-coupled interior offering either two seats or 2+2 seating (space for two passengers up front and for two occasional passengers in the rear).
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sedan car, American English terminology (saloon in British English), is one of the most common body styles of the modern automobile. At its most basic, the sedan is a passenger car with two rows of seats and adequate passenger space in the rear compartment for adult
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Hatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window.
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trunk on its rear trunk rack. These were integrated with the body in later models.]]

The trunk, or boot, of an automobile or car is the vehicle's main storage, luggage, or cargo compartment.
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A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads.

Bulkheads in a ship serve several purposes: They increase the structural rigidity of the vessel, divide functional areas into rooms and create
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Aerodynamics (shaping of objects that affect the flow of air or gas) is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of forces generated on a body in a flow.
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The drag coefficient (Cd, Cx or Cw, depending on the country) is a dimensionless quantity that describes a characteristic amount of aerodynamic drag caused by fluid flow, used in the drag equation.
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Kammback (or Kamm-tail) is a car body style influenced by the research of the German aerodynamicist Wunibald Kamm in the 1930s.

Aerodynamics

Kamm showed that a better drag-reducing tail end design for a car is one that tapers and is then cut off abruptly.
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sedan car, American English terminology (saloon in British English), is one of the most common body styles of the modern automobile. At its most basic, the sedan is a passenger car with two rows of seats and adequate passenger space in the rear compartment for adult
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Notchback is a very common form of car body style characterized by a sharp vertical drop-off from roof to the trunk, as opposed to hatchback or fastback. All notchbacks are what is known as 3-box
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Lexus LS is a full-size luxury sedan that serves as the flagship of Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota. Since Lexus' 1989 debut, four generations of the V8-powered, rear-wheel drive Lexus LS have been produced.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Hatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window.
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Rover 800 series is an executive car introduced by the Austin Rover Group in 1986. It was also marketed as the Sterling in the United States. Initially, only a saloon body was offered; a liftback version — referred to as a fastback — became available in 1988.
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liftback is a car body style in which the cargo space (trunk or boot) is accessed through a tailgate that extends up to the higher end of the C-pillar and includes the rear window.
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Combi coupé is a marketing term used by Saab for a car body style similar to the liftback .

The term is meant to denote that the car is mixture of combi (station wagon) and coupé (although in terms of interior space it's more of a saloon (sedan).
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The 900 is a car that was made by Saab Automobile from 1978 until 1998 in two generations. The first generation from 1978 to 1993 is known as the "classic"; the generation from 1994 to 1998 is known as the "new generation".
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Fiat 127 is a supermini produced by the Italian automaker Fiat between 1971 and 1983. It was introduced in 1971 as the replacement for the Fiat 850. Production of the 127 in Italy ended in 1983 following the introduction of its replacement, the Fiat Uno.
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Volkswagen Passat is a family car built by Volkswagen AG ("VW"), produced in various forms since 1973. It falls between the Volkswagen Golf/Jetta and Phaeton in the current Volkswagen line-up, and is currently produced in Volkswagen's plants in Emden, and Mosel/Zwickau, Germany.
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Citroën GS/GSA is a small family car produced by the French automaker Citroën between 1970 and 1986. Citroën sold 1.9 million GS during its nine years of production, and an additional 600,000 GSA during its five years of production.
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Bugatti is one of the fastest marques of automobile and one of the most exclusive car producers of all time. The company is legendary for producing a few of the fastest sports cars in the world.
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Small family car 544 66
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440 / 460
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Compact executive car Amazon / 120 / 130
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Saab 92 is an automobile from Saab (not to be confused with the Saab 9-2X). The design was very aerodynamic for its time, and the cW value (drag coefficient) was 0.30 (the same as a Porsche 996 and better than the Ferrari F40).
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Bentley Motors Limited

Subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
Founded January 18, 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley
Headquarters Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Key people Dr.
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Porsche 911 (pronounced as nine eleven) is a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive and durable car has undergone continuous development since its introduction in autumn 1963.
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Plymouth Barracuda, or 'Cuda (after 1970), is a two-door coupe/convertible muscle car that was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1964 through 1974.
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Marlin was the first mid-sized fastback car made in the United States. Built by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1965 to 1967, the Marlin was available with many standard features and marketed as a personal luxury car.
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