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Old 06-18-2017, 12:15 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
Unless Honda actually reports on it we may never know if there's any actual utility to the feature,or just a styling gimmick.
It smells of some mistake discovered late in the R&D game,and an attempt to fix it with a Band-Aid different from someone else's patented Band-Aid.
Or a concession to some interior volume target (it's worth noting that the hatch is a full 5" shorter than the sedan on the same wheelbase). The sedan and coupe, with more tumblehome and a shallower rear glass angle, have no such gimmicky add-ons.
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