Talk:Notchback

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[edit] American Terminology

Whilst I have no problem with the use of American terminology, I think this article would do well to comment that the term "Notchback" is almost exclusively an American, or perhaps I should say North American, term. As a professional writer based in the Uk this is a term I have never head used in any publication, press release or conversation. As I say, no objections to it having an entry, just think regional clarification would be a useful addition. --Timetrial 23:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I believe the term was used fairly often in UK publications around the time of the launch of the Ford Escort mark III, and the Ford Sierra. Their shapes were fairly unusual at the time. Those articles suggest the official name was Aeroback, but I don't recall ever hearing that at the time. Unfortunately, the shape is far from that described in this article, so perhaps a "European usage of the term" section is in order; I'll try to dig out some examples of the usage to use as references first, though. – Kieran T ^(talk) 15:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I've made some changes, most importantly breaking out the part about the European Fords, and adding references from a dictionary to show how it comes about. 81.178.67.229 (talk) 10:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Kieran I can't find any "notchback" reference for the Escort or Sierra. (Which doesn't mean you're wrong! Just that I can't find one.) Where the Sierra is concerned, wasn't the term used (by the public) as shorthand to distinguish the later 4-door Sierra Sapphires from the original 5-door hatchback Sierras? Writegeist (talk) 05:44, 25 May 2008 (UTC)