The CX sedan was always a fastback sedan with a separate trunk, like the current Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class "four-door coupe", but unlike almost every other 1970s sedan, which had either a hatchback — like the successful Saab 99 and Saab 900 or the less successful contemporaries as the Rover SD1 and Renault 20/30 — or received an ungainly modified notchback roofline, like the Lancia Trevi.