Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An automobile having a roof that drops off sharply to the top of the rear compartment.
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- noun A
motor car whose rearwindow makes anangle with its back segment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Body style/layout: The new Regal is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive, compact family sedan with four side doors and a traditional notchback trunk.
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Body style/layout: The Nissan Altima is a compact front-engine, front-wheel-drive gasoline-fueled car with four side doors and a traditional notchback trunk.
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The Jetta has been around in various iterations since 1979, when it was little more than a notchback version (traditionally styled sedan with trunk) of a Volkswagen Golf hatchback.
The Volkswagen Jetta's graceful ride back down to earth Post 2010
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Body style/layout: The Chevrolet Cruze is a compact, front-engine, front-wheel-drive, four-door economy car with a traditional notchback trunk.
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Body style/layout: The Chevrolet Cruze is a compact, front-engine, front-wheel-drive, four-door economy car with a traditional notchback trunk.
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Hint: A four-door sedan with a traditional notchback trunk is available.
Mazda2 Touring hatchback does small well but is missing the 'zoom-zoom' 2010
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Hint: A four-door sedan with a traditional notchback trunk is available.
Mazda2 Touring hatchback does small well but is missing the 'zoom-zoom' 2010
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There is no official confirmation yet that this car will make it to market, although Audi says "the four-seater notchback sedan offers a glimpse of the future expansion of the A3 family."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MICHAEL BETTENCOURT 2011
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After Peugeot took over, a new notchback 6-window sedan was introduced for 1980, the
Jalopnik Wilf 2010
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Then, Slym also acknowledged GM's interest in bringing to India the hatchback and the notchback version of 'Sail'.
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