The marketing term liftback describes a hatchback car body style with a rear cargo door, where the overall roof line and rear cargo door are sloped more like that of sedans or coupe — as compared to t
1973 Toyota Celica, one of the world's first "liftbacks", in this case a fastback-styled hatchback
Škoda Rapid liftback. Note how the tailgate is hinged from the roof and the rear window is lifted along with the rest of the tailgate. It is not a fastback as it does not have an uninterrupted slope in the roofline.
A 1974 Leyland P76. It can be considered both a liftback (the tailgate is hinged from the roof) and a fastback (the roofline is an uninterrupted slope).
The Toyota Celica is an automobile produced by Toyota from 1970 until 2006. The Celica name derives from the Latin word coelica meaning heavenly or celestial. In Japan, the Celica was exclusive to Toy
Liftback
…flexibility vs. a conventional sedan or coupe. In 1973, Toyota used the marketing term, liftback, to describe the sloping roofline variation of the Celica with a cargo door hinged at the roof, as opposed to the regular hardtop coupe variation which the company introduced three years earlier. As its roofline…
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205, UK)
Toyota Celica coupé 1600 GT (TA22, Japan)
Pre-facelift Toyota Celica 1600 ST Coupé (TA40, UK)
Pre-facelift Toyota Celica Coupé GT-TS (TA64, Japan)