Editing Station wagon (section)

====Lift-gate====
[[File:VW Passat Variant Typ B5GP Pic06 trunk.jpg|thumb|upright|A lift-gate on a [[Volkswagen Passat Variant|Volkswagen Passat]] Variant]]

A simplified, one-piece lift-gate on smaller wagons. The [[AMC Hornet]] Sportabout was introduced for the 1972 model year and featured a "liftgate-style hatchback instead of swing-out or fold-down tailgate ... would set a precedent for liftgates in modern SUVs."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Notte |first1=Jason |title=29 Classic Station Wagons We Miss From Childhood |url= https://blog.cheapism.com/best-station-wagons/#slide=6 |website=cheapism.com |date=9 April 2021 |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> The 1978-1996 GM's mid-size station wagons also returned to the upward-lifting rear window/gate as had been used in the 1940s.
* '''Swing-up window:''' An upward-lifting, full-height, full-width rear door, where the window on the rear door can be opened independently from the rear door itself. The window is also opened upwards and is held on pneumatic struts. The [[Renault Laguna]] II station wagon and [[Ford Taurus]] wagon featured this arrangement.
* '''Fold-up license plate:''' Wagons (including the [[Volvo Amazon]] wagon, early models of the [[Range Rover Classic|Range Rover]], and the [[Subaru Baja]]) had an upward folding hinged [[Vehicle registration plate|license plate]] attached to the lower tailgate of the split rear door. When the tailgate was folded down, the plate hung down and remained readable. The wagon versions of the [[Citroën DS]], called the Break, Familiale, or Safari, had a different solution: two number plates were fitted to the tailgate at right angles to each other so one would be visible in either position.