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Originally Posted by NHRABill
... tell me what you think about making the tail of the car accordion into itself making it easier to park...
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The "accordion" part doesn't sound good to me. The pleats implied by that would be at least somewhat disruptive to air flow, which is pretty important on a boat-tail.
My thought was that the clear section of the vehicle that we see in the model could be hinged, and simply flip up. Since you'd only be needing to do that at very low speeds, that shouldn't be much of a hit on economy and it won't need to hold up to 65 MPH winds.
The joint could be faired over without too much difficulty, I think, and the construction might be simpler than going with the accordion design.
Just a thought.
-soD