Chevy SS Malibu Maxx-Wagon or Just A Hatchback?

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Wagon or Hatchback Car?

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Well my Art teacher recently bought this car, and we've been arguing over wether or not it was a wagon or just a hatchback. I say its a wagon, but she says hatchback-she hates wagons, so she's fighting this to the end. So I want y'all to finally settle this for us. So what do you think-wagon or hatchback.
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I wasn't real sure where to put this exactly but I figured this place would do...
 
It is clearly a wagon, me and my mom also had a debate about whether the Nissan Stegea is a SUV or wagon. Now back on topic. That car has the dimensions of a wagon, just an unusual one. Also hatchbacks wouldn't be as long.
 
To be specific it seems more like a liftback to me.

Poke around the wikipedia articles on the various body styles and see if you can find something conclusive.
 
Wolfe
To be specific it seems more like a liftback to me.

Poke around the wikipedia articles on the various body styles and see if you can find something conclusive.
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Took your advice, I looked for the car at Wiki and found this, probably what I should of done in the first place but still.

Originally Posted by WikiPedia
When the new Malibu arrives, Chevrolet will no longer offer the Malibu Maxx station wagon.
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So it is a wagon!

Sorry for wasting space with this.
 
Well, everything on Wikipedia is user-created of course, so I'd trust the general guidelines of the bodystyle articles more than that one specific statement.

I mean, I could hop on Wikipedia right now and change that to say "...Chevrolet will no longer offer the Malibu Maxx Hatchback."
 
If wikipedia says it, it must be true.

I would not say that it's station wagon, in fact at the dealership they referred to is as either a hatchback or a liftback. I can't seem to find what GM calls it but I tend to agree with the liftback statement.
 
So I suppose we're both wrong then. Vaguley the descriptions of the 3 types of cars are...

Liftback- A car with a hatch that is sloped.
Hatchback- A car with a hatch that is pretty much vertical.
Station wagons- To be considered a Wagon the roof of the car would have to extend fully to the end of the vehicle.
 
I think a wagon is best defined as having an extra window on the sides where the cargo area is, between the rear window and the rear door windows. The Malibu has a really small one of those, but the sloped rear window is more prominent.
 
We'd call it a hatch-back in the UK (a fugly hatch at that :yuck: )

Loon
Hatchback- A car with a hatch that is pretty much vertical.
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I don't think there is a single car available today that fits that discription.
 
TheCracker
We'd call it a hatch-back in the UK (a fugly hatch at that :yuck: )



I don't think there is a single car available today that fits that discription.
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I'm not sure, thats what the wiki said and we all know wiki isn't exactly the mosy dependable source. Maybe it depends on the degree of the slope of the hatch.
 
A wagon should really be extended behind, the rear wheels, further than a saloon or hatchback version. I would also say that a wagon/estate is more likely to have a vertical rear window than a hatchback would.
 

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