Editing Fastback (section)

==History==
Automobile designers in the 1930s began using elements of aircraft aerodynamics to [[Automotive aerodynamics|streamline]] the boxy-looking vehicles of their day.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dmVQc0XKjVUC&q=In+the+1930s,+the+principle+was+further+stretched+to+become+'streamlining'&pg=PA16 |page= 16 |title= Golden Miles: Sex, Speed and the Australian Muscle Car |first= Clinton |last= Walker |publisher= Wakefield Press |year= 2009 |isbn= 9781862548541 |access-date= 24 December 2015}}</ref> Such designs, which were ahead of their time when exhibited during the early 1930s, included a [[Drop (liquid)|droplet]]-like streamlining of the car's rear, a configuration similar to what would become known as the "fastback" 25 years later.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last= Georgano |editor-first=Nick N. |author-link=G. N. Georgano |title= The Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile |publisher= Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |year= 2000 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bxMUKaqcUPoC&q=fastback+automobile+origin&pg=RA1-PA960 |isbn= 978-1-57958-293-7 |page= 960 |access-date= 11 June 2012 }}</ref> Merriam-Webster first recognized the term "fastback" in 1954,<ref name=":0" /> many years before the popularization of the term "hatchback", which entered the dictionary in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchback |title= hatchback |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date= 24 December 2015}}</ref> Opinions vary as to whether the terms are mutually exclusive.

Early examples of fastback cars include the 1929 [[Auburn Automobile|Auburn]] Cabin Speedster, 1933 [[Cadillac V-16]] Aerodynamic Coupe, 1935 [[Stout Scarab]],<ref name=eyes07>{{cite web |url= http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event/146/2007-EyesOn-Design.html |last= Clements |first=Rob |title=EyesOn Design 2007 Report |website=ultimatecarpage.com |access-date= 24 December 2015}}</ref> 1933 [[Packard]] 1106 Twelve Aero Sport Coupe,<ref>{{cite book|last=Adler |first=Dennis |title= Packard |publisher=MotorBooks/MBI |year=2004 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9VByLctg5UAC&q=Packard+fastback&pg=PA60 |isbn=978-0-7603-1928-4 |page=960 |access-date= 24 December 2015}}</ref> [[Bugatti]] Type 57 Atlantic, [[Tatra 87]], [[Porsche 356]], [[Saab 92| Saab 92/96]], [[Standard Vanguard]], [[GAZ-M20 Pobeda]], and [[Bentley Continental#1952 to 1965|Bentley Continental R-Type]].

[[File:Fatback IT.svg|thumb|left|Fastbacks produce less [[turbulence]] (hence less [[Drag (physics)|drag]]) than conventional [[Car body configurations|three-box]] (Tre volumi) designs]]