Combi coupé is a marketing term used by Saab to describe cars with a sloping coupé-like rear hatchback. The term joins the European term "combi" (for an estate car / station wagon) with coupé.
The design combines the functionality of a hatchback with the appearance of a fastback (as in liftback). As per a hatchback, the combi coupé incorporates a shared passenger and cargo space.
Origin
The term was coined by Björn Envall and first introduced with the 1974 Saab 99. Saab also discussed making a hatchback available for the Saab 96/Saab 95 model range and Envall created the prototype Saab 98. The "Combi coupé" term was later applied to the Saab 900 model line-up.
Volvo also made a prototype combi coupé. Similar automobiles from other manufacturers were marketed as liftbacks.
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Saab 99 - front
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Saab 99 - rear
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Modern examples
At the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Saab showed models that indicated that the Saab 9-3 would be available as a combi coupé. It was since then confirmed that the 9-3 would be available as a combi coupé, convertible and crossover.
References
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- "1993 Saab 900i 16V 2 1 3 Door Combi Coupe". www.car-from-uk.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- Volvomuseet Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Fröberg, Jonas (2010-09-30). "SvD: "Nya 9-3:an blir en kombi-coupé"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- Valdemar Lönnroth valdemar.lonnroth@ttela.se. "ttela: Kommande 9-3 i tre huvudvarianter" (in Swedish). ttela. Retrieved 2011-11-03.