Combi coupe
A station wagon is a closed two-door automobile with a fixed roof that is supported by three pairs of vehicle pillars. This is a hatchback - coupe with a large tailgate . Thus, the body shape of the station wagon coupé is a hybrid of coupé and station wagon .
Concept development
The term originated in the 1970s when more and more coupés with hatchbacks appeared. But it is nowhere near as common as that of the related station wagon . The earlier produced models Jaguar E-Type (1961–1974), MG B GT (1965–1980), Jensen Interceptor (1966–1976), Peugeot 204 Coupé (1967–1970) and Datsun 240Z (1969–1978) can be used as Combined coupes are considered.
When Combi Coupé the tailgate in the German language as the Kombi and the hatchback is often referred to as additional door so that one of the three-door vehicles speaks.
In contrast to the Shooting Brake with hatchback , which is primarily used as a sporty station wagon, the station wagon coupé mainly retains its coupé character.
Combi Coupé
In 1974 a variant of the Saab 99 appeared , for which the manufacturer coined the expression Combi Coupé to distinguish it from the sedan that had already been introduced . The name should express the claim to combine the practical advantages of a station wagon with the sportiness of a coupé. On the US market, Saab called the Combi Coupé "wagonback". As early as 1970, Saab had presented the Saab Sonett III, a coupé with a tailgate and took up this body shape in numerous other models into the 21st century, but dropped the name Combi Coupé after a few years and from then on referred to the five-door model only as the hatchback and the Three-door coupé, both of which were built on the same platform .
In the summer of 1971 Renault launched the Renault 15 and 17 , two variants of a station wagon coupé based on the Renault 12 and Datsun presented the Cherry Coupé. It was derived from Datsun Cherry . In 1973 Peugeot followed with the 104 Z based on the Peugeot 104 .
In the spring of 1975 Lancia presented its first station wagon, the Beta HPE . It was derived from the Beta Coupé; the body up to the B-pillar has even been taken over from the Beta Coupé, while the floor pan with the longer wheelbase came from the sedan. The HPE remained in the program until the end of the beta series in autumn 1984. There was no longer a direct successor to this body line from Lancia. The Lancia Prisma , which is comparable in size , never came onto the market as a station wagon. Only the Lancia Delta III is reminiscent of the Beta HPE.
In spring 1975, the Fiat 128 Sport Coupé , which had been in production since autumn 1972, appeared in a new form with a large tailgate instead of a stubby tail and a small opening. It was called "3p" (from "tre porti"; in Germany it was called Berlinetta ). The 128 Berlinetta also had no direct successor after its end in the summer of 1978. The VW Scirocco, which was manufactured in two generations from spring 1974 to late summer 1992, also had a comparable tailgate .
From the mid-1980s, there were also various more compact vehicles that are viewed as station wagons. Examples from Japan were the Honda CRX (1983–1991) or the Nissan 100NX (1990–1995) and from the German side the Opel Tigra (1994–2001) and Ford Puma (1997–2001) models . However, the trend for small sports cars declined sharply towards the end of the 1990s, which is why manufacturers gradually removed them from their product range.
One of the few more modern examples of a station wagon coupe was the Volvo C30, built from autumn 2006 to the end of 2012 . The vehicle was reminiscent of its predecessors P1800 ES and 480 , which also fell into this category. With the third edition of the Scirocco introduced in summer 2008 , VW returned with a station wagon coupé.
Datsun 240Z (1969–1978)
Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970-1975)
Saab 99 Combi Coupé (1974-1980)
Lancia Beta HPE (1975-1984)
VW Scirocco (1981-1992)
Honda CRX (1983-1987)
Ford Puma (1997-2001)
Volvo C30 (2006-2012)
In English
In the English- speaking world, a station wagon coupé, like a station wagon, is called a hatchback or hatch (hatch (en.) = Flap (dt.)).