“The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.” —Dudley Moore

Five doors, more space, but less length, a hatchback, or hatch is one of the body styles commonly associated with the compact and subcompact segment of cars. In the Philippines, the hatchback is usually sold alongside a sedan counterpart as an alternative or as a flagship for the nameplate.

Developed in the 1960s, hatchbacks became popular almost a decade later in the 1970s and gets its namesake from its hatch-style fifth door. Because of the rear hatch, loading items into the cargo area of a hatchback is easy. The fifth door coupled with the vertical cargo volume make loading and unloading things a breeze. The cargo area also shares the same space as the passengers in the cabin. It is because of this extended roof that the hatchback employs a two-box design, different from the sedan’s three-box layout, and similar to the wagon’s.