Notchback

thumb|The three-box styling|three-box, notchback design of the [[Fiat 124 Coupé]] thumb|A three-box styling|three-box liftback in notchback form—with its vestigial third box, the European Ford Escort

A notchback is a car design with the rear section distinct from the passenger compartment and where the back of the passenger compartment is at an angle to the top of what is typically the rear baggage compartment. Notchback cars have "a trunk whose lid forms a distinct deck." In profile view, the body has a step down from the roof with a downward inclined passenger compartment's rear window to meet an almost horizontal trunk lid extending to the rear of the car.