I'm a little confused about the presence or absence of a rear hatch - versus - trunk.
Because....
1. There have been comments along the lines of "...so glad it's not a hatchback..."
2. Mr Musks's introduction specified "font and rear trunk"
and
3. He also asserted one could fit a 7'-long surfboard.
To me, those statements are mutually incompatible. Any help, here?
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More important to me for the long-term success of the Model 3:
Can those at the reveal suggest how narrow the vehicle is? For NoAm roads - even most urban ones - this is NOT a concern but it most definitely is for Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, India, most Latin American cities and I'll assume for a lot of places I don't know personally, like China.
Assuming the rear seats fold down, I don't see why you couldn't fit a long surfboard in the trunk.