Yep Sick em, you are spot on, the Chrysler had the forward hinge on their Wagon before we did it. We wanted the fast roofline, the program team had an internal pass through dimension on the tailgate that they wanted to meet. Moving the hinge forward achieved both objectives and had the added advantage of changing the tailgate swing path so you can open it when you have reversed in close to walls.
I was heavily involved in the design, we are a team so can't claim to be the designer. Original theme and scale model done by the now design director Richard Ferlazzo who did the Efijy above. I took the theme and executed the full size with the team.

Noice!

Front wheels by Nike Air?