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General Motors developed a clam shell style "disappearing" design where the rear window rolls up into the roof and the tailgate slides down and beneath the load floor.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Binder |editor-first=Alan K. |title=General Motors in the 20th century |date=2000 |publisher=Ward's Communications |isbn=9780910589529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsXhAAAAMAAJ&q=Station+wagon+introduces+retractable+%22clam+shell%22+tailgate+that+slides+beneath+the+load+floor |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref>
 
If the door is hinged at the top it is termed a ''hatch'', and isa car with a usedrear onhatch a ''[[hatchback]]''.<ref name="PS-05-1975"/><ref>{{cite journal|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SNgDAAAAMBAJ&q=station+wagon+top+hinged+tailgate&pg=PA126 |page=128 |title=Front wheel drive to the fore! |first=Bill |last=Hartford |journal=Popular Mechanics |volume=136 |issue=5 |date=November 1971 |access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> A bottom opening door is now common on [[sport utility vehicle|SUV]]s.
 
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