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Old 11-03-2011, 05:25 PM   #353
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Originally Posted by dookie11 View Post
Wait, that last photo makes it look like a hatch-trunk, similar to the TC. Is it a hatch? Sure looks like it to me, since it has the hydraulic things holding it up.
Those are just small hydraulic shocks, they hold the trunk up without requiring traditional tension rods, and provide less of a "shock" when the trunk opens.

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Notchback is a design style, not a thing. Pretty much anything that doesn't just go straight down like a Golf or a mini van is a notchback.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notchback

Though in most American circles, when a car is available as a hatchback or a trunk car, the trunk version is referred to as a "Notchback".
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