Hatchback or Liftback - Toyota Yaris Forums

Lorenzo1950 · 08-12-2010, 03:21 PM

What is the difference?

RedRide · 08-12-2010, 03:23 PM

The short answer is, nothing.

eTiMaGo · 08-12-2010, 03:29 PM

a hatchback is a liftback but by any other name...

*tomato* · 08-12-2010, 04:23 PM

same car, different name.

TRDMarty · 08-12-2010, 04:47 PM

You LIFT the HATCH. The one on the BACK.

Lift-Hatchback or Hatch-Liftback =

*tomato* · 08-12-2010, 04:51 PM

Yeah, people, let's not hatch in the back of the lift!

Stove · 08-12-2010, 06:22 PM

I think the common American term is "Hatchback", Toyota markets the car as a "Liftback".
Not that it really matters either way, but when I hear "Liftback" I think of cars like the Yaris, Civic or Mazda 2 with a near verticle rear door that goes to the floor. When I hear "Hatchback", I think of cars like Saab with a lifting rear cover but there is still a rear wall that you have to lift thing over.

yarisugi · 08-12-2010, 11:27 PM

My registration says 2 dr wagon.

BluYrs · 08-13-2010, 02:49 AM

My Estonian registration actually says "MPV"

To Stove: I see it vice-versa and I've got this Wikipedia quote to back it up

Quote:

A liftback is a broad marketing term for a hatchback where the profile aspect of the rear cargo door is more horizontal than vertical, with a sharply raked or fastback profile.

Stove · 08-13-2010, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluYrs

My Estonian registration actually says "MPV"

To Stove: I see it vice-versa and I've got this Wikipedia quote to back it up

The quote is from a RMIT University, Melbourne Australia article and we all know everything is backwards south of the equator.

thebarber · 08-13-2010, 10:06 PM

toyota only marketed the yaris as a "liftback" in the United States to change up the perception of what the car is. in Canada they call it a hatchback

ddongbap · 08-13-2010, 11:17 PM

Its the one with out a trunk.

Qmobile · 08-14-2010, 03:21 AM

I call mine both actually sometimes liftback sometimes hatchback. But I think it's called a liftback b/c the whole back literally lifts up! meaning everything but the quarter panels and bumper lifts up. I think it really don't matter.

MadMax · 08-14-2010, 12:38 PM

It doesn't, there is no difference between a hatchback (the more common term in the US) and a liftback (the term Toyota likes to use "to be different"). They are one in the same, and most (myself) use the terms interchangeably...

Personally, I prefer "hatchback" as it does provide access to the area I refer to as the "hatch." I think the opposite of Stove, to me a hatchback means when the entire back of the car opens up (like on the Yaris), and a liftback is more like the Saab. But it's a free country, and everyone is entitled to think the way they want...

Cheers! M2

08-12-2010, 03:21 PM	#1
Lorenzo1950 Drives: 2010 5 door Hatchback Join Date: May 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 51	Hatchback or Liftback What is the difference?

08-12-2010, 03:29 PM	#3
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	a hatchback is a liftback but by any other name... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

08-12-2010, 04:23 PM	#4
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	same car, different name. __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

08-12-2010, 04:51 PM	#6
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	Yeah, people, let's not hatch in the back of the lift! __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

08-12-2010, 06:22 PM	#7
Stove View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Yaris 5 Door Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tigard Oregon Posts: 314	I think the common American term is "Hatchback", Toyota markets the car as a "Liftback". Not that it really matters either way, but when I hear "Liftback" I think of cars like the Yaris, Civic or Mazda 2 with a near verticle rear door that goes to the floor. When I hear "Hatchback", I think of cars like Saab with a lifting rear cover but there is still a rear wall that you have to lift thing over. Attached Images

08-12-2010, 03:23 PM	#2
RedRide Drives: '09 Yaris carmine red 2d HB Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Middletown, NY Posts: 1,502	The short answer is, nothing.

08-12-2010, 04:47 PM	#5
TRDMarty Drives: Polar White 2008, 3Dr HB TRD ' Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corona CA Posts: 403	You LIFT the HATCH. The one on the BACK. Lift-Hatchback or Hatch-Liftback =

08-12-2010, 11:27 PM	#8
yarisugi やりすぎだ～ View User's Garage Drives: Me: Nuts: Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: ハワイ Posts: 2,041	My registration says 2 dr wagon.

08-13-2010, 10:06 PM	#11
thebarber daily driver View User's Garage Drives: the #wrecho Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,877	toyota only marketed the yaris as a "liftback" in the United States to change up the perception of what the car is. in Canada they call it a hatchback __________________

08-13-2010, 11:17 PM	#12
ddongbap Banned Drives: yw calls me douche and racist. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: hay Posts: 2,183	Its the one with out a trunk.

08-14-2010, 03:21 AM	#13
Qmobile that's right I went there View User's Garage Drives: '08 Blazin' Blue,'10 Dark Red Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hoytville, ohio Posts: 800	I call mine both actually sometimes liftback sometimes hatchback. But I think it's called a liftback b/c the whole back literally lifts up! meaning everything but the quarter panels and bumper lifts up. I think it really don't matter. __________________ Mods: 15" SSC rims, TRD Exhaust, TRD Sway bar, TRD oil filler, TRD rad. cap, TYC tails, Debadged, Painted engine cover, Stock spoiler, Stock mud gaurds, OBX pedals. suggestions always welcome

08-14-2010, 12:38 PM	#14
MadMax Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback (Sprocket) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas! Posts: 2,799	It doesn't, there is no difference between a hatchback (the more common term in the US) and a liftback (the term Toyota likes to use "to be different"). They are one in the same, and most (myself) use the terms interchangeably... Personally, I prefer "hatchback" as it does provide access to the area I refer to as the "hatch." I think the opposite of Stove, to me a hatchback means when the entire back of the car opens up (like on the Yaris), and a liftback is more like the Saab. But it's a free country, and everyone is entitled to think the way they want... Cheers! M2 __________________

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