article_snippet.sent: The car shape originally designed to help French farmers transport French farmers sheep to market now accounts for a staggering two in every three cars sold in the UK.
article_snippet.sent: ’s first ever hatchback was the Renault 16 unveiled in April 1965 .
article_snippet.sent: the Renault 16 unveiled in April 1965: the forerunner to the Renault 16 was first designed to allow French farmers to transport sheep .
article_snippet.sent: ’s first ever hatchback was unveiled to the public with the launch of France’s Renault 16 in April 1965.
article_snippet.sent: This is defined as a car which has a boot that lifts up from the roof but the outline of the car is no bigger than if the car were a standard saloon (so estate cars and 4x4s are not classed as hatchbacks for instance.)
article_snippet.sent: ‘liftback’ for such cars.
article_snippet.sent: The Renault 16 was the first mass produced hatchback in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Like the earlier Renault 4, the boot was hinged to the roof but unlike the R4, the chassis had not been extended to facilitate this.
article_snippet.sent: There had been clique luxury cars with a similar boot but the R16 was revolutionary for a mass produced car with a hatch at the back and seats which folded down.
article_snippet.sent: And the R16 became the first time cars were called either ‘three door’ or ‘five door.
highlights_snippet.sent: Car first designed to help French farmers transport French farmers sheep for sale .
  