hatchback
Americannoun
noun
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a sloping rear end of a car having a single door that is lifted to open
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( as modifier )
a hatchback model
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a car having such a rear end
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The typical age of U.S. vehicles on the road today keeps getting older, pushed upward by aging cars like my Vibe hatchback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The BYD Dolphin, an all-electric hatchback, starts at less than $14,000 in China.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
By the 1990s, its Fiesta hatchback had become such a staple of British streets that Ford was almost considered a local brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
For years its Focus model was the UK's most-popular, but the US company axed the hatchback and the last Ford Focus rolled off factory lines in Germany last week.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
When Mom steers our old two-door Toyota hatchback into a parking space in front of Kroger, I mumble, “I hate grocery shopping.”
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
If you’ve been to Europe recently, you’ve seen the increasingly popular Chinese-made BYD hatchbacks and SUVs, often with starting prices below $30,000.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Even the smaller "crossover" versions, more closely related to conventional cars, tend to be taller and wider than traditional saloons, hatchbacks or estates.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Why shouldn’t their town square prioritize strolling couples and amateur oil painters and kids tossing softballs over parking meters and hatchbacks?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
In 2018, demand for large SUVs and pickups overtook sedans and hatchbacks in the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Think of all the tropes you’ve ingested over the years — the forest-green hatchbacks conquering rugged Western landscapes, the miles of mozzarella stretched by major pizza chains.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
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