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== English-speaking countries == While many car models have notchback characteristics, the category is largely unused outside North America, with their body style being described using other terms. For example, a [[Three-box styling|three-box]] [[Sedan (automobile)|sedan]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=sedan&title=21st |work=Chambers 21st Century Dictionary |language=en |title=sedan |access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref> is more generally known as a "saloon" in British English.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=saloon&title=21st | work=Chambers 21st Century Dictionary |language=en |title=saloon |access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref> "Notchback" has appeared in a few British English publications; however, it is not a term that is used in common parlance in Britain.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | quote=a car with a back that extends approximately horizontally from the bottom of the rear window so as to make a distinct angle with it. |encyclopedia=Concise Oxford English Dictionary| title= notchback |edition=Luxury |page=978 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011| editor-first1=Angus |editor-last1=Stevenson |editor-first2=Maurice |editor-last2=Waite |isbn=9780199601110 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sYScAQAAQBAJ&q=notchback}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Barnard |first=R.H. |title=Road Vehicle Aerodynamic Design |publisher=Longman |year=1996 |isbn=9780582245228}}</ref>
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