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Can I call it a fastback?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Boss 351
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Boss 351

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Real fastback


hatchback, 3 door, etc...


I hate calling it a hatchback, makes it sound like a POS civic Some guy at a car show called it a fastback and I really prefer hearing that...
 

woodyy24

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id stick to hatchback
 

BK_CAULEY

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i call mine all kinds of stuff. its yours call it what you want
 

foxmustangman

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Hatchback sounds fine, but fastback means the same...go ahead, we dont mind.
 

Strype

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It's a peave of mine to hear it called "fastback", but ur in Canada so US law doesn't mean jack there so there's nothing I can do
 

poneypower89

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hatchback and fastback arent the same things....
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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It's a hatch back hands down, because it doesn't have a truck lid, the entire back end including the rear window opens...that designates a hatch back. The fast back is the shape of the back end and still has a trunk lid.

You would have to take a coupe and somehow slope the back window down or something stupid to make a fast back, and it would look real stupid. Or you can weld up the hatch along the window and make that small little metal area underneath into a trunk lid...then you can call it a fastback.
 

Skoobie

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Mehhh. I always go generic and call it a fox, or a fox body. They can see it has a hatch so I don't feel the need to elaborate on it. hehe
 

SVT32VDOHC

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I call my 91 "The Notch", so doe smy girlfriend and it's sexy!!!!
 

Aliate X

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I just call it a fox as well, nobody knows the diff between a hatch and a notch anyways. **** if I had an older mustang and it had a trunk Id want to call it a notchback instead of a fastback! I still like my hatch though.
 
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Sicarius428

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Don't sugar coat it... it's a hatchback. lol. Fastbacks have a real trunk for one...
Kevin
 

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No.
 
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hatchback
 

mob

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Our cars are hatchbacks...the fastback mustangs had trunks.
 

Darkwriter77

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You're ALL wrong. There. That settles it.

FWIW, my Notch is classified in some circles (like the DMV) as a "sedan," and a hatchback is considered a "coupe." I think we should consult Mr. Webster for a true definition of what constitutes a sedan, coupe, hatchback, and fastback.

(I'm kind of inclined to agree that a fastback is defined as a sloping-rear-windowed 2-door coupe with a short trunk at the end. A hatchback is where the window and trunk all lift up together in a single unit, thus technically making it a 3-door instead of a 2-door.)
 
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Sicarius428

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatchback

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastback

Kevin
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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i believe when you refer to the title and/or decode the vin, a hatchback is a 3 door hatchback and a coupe is a sedan.
 
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