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Tailgate confirmed
I don't know about the split tailgate being gone, the more I look at those photos the more I think that pronounced "indent" along the width of the tailgate, under the license plate, seems carved to mate with the bulge over the upper edge of the rear bumper when lowered... Hard to see where it would split. Just under the tail lamps, perhaps?
The current swooped design of the rear glass/tailgate makes it easy for the dogs to miss the jump with their right rear paws and tumble a little as they get in...