Combi coupé
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Combi coupé is a marketing term used by Saab for the liftback car body style.
The term is meant to denote that the hatchback car is mixture of saloon (sedan) and estate car (station wagon). For the USA market this body style was called a 'Wagon Back'. The name 'Combi coupé' was coined by Saab and only used by them.
The bodystyle was designed by Björn Envall and first introduced in the 1974 Saab 99 but Saab also discussed making it available for the Saab 96/Saab 95 model range and Envall even went so far as to create the prototype Saab 98. The body style was later incorporated in the Saab 900 model line-up. Volvo also made a prototype combi coupé[1].
Some observers regard the Saab 900 three-door Combi coupé as 'sportier' than the sedan, despite having larger loading space. This may be due to the fact that the look is reminiscent of a 'fastback'.sv:Combi coupé pl:Combi Coupé
