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hatchback

[hach-bak] / ˈhætʃˌbæk /




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The family-sized four-door hatchback went on to lead global sales of all passenger vehicles over the three-year period, 2023-2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

I lived in my red Toyota hatchback by choice, to clear my head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The new models will include three all-electric vehicles – the hatchback, a small SUV and an electric van called the Transit City.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

It’s the type of song that probably sounds best coming out of the tinny speakers of a 1992 hatchback, and that’s frankly one of the highest compliments you can give to a grupero banger.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

He stopped at a red hatchback I had never seen before.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

Nowhere to be found: staid family sedans, cheap hatchbacks or frumpy minivans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

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 Europe in 2018, 3.27 million small hatchbacks – both those powered by fossil fuels and those by electricity – were sold while 2.13 million were sold in 2024, according to GlobalData.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

Volkswagen shut down assembly lines churning out its popular Golf hatchbacks and converted the factory, which has its own exit on the autobahn, to make six electric models.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024




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