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Old 12-07-2017, 08:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
I was headed for Interesting Aerodynamic... but I'll drop this here:.......................

Single box, high beltline, mirrors well back from the A-pillar; it doesn't have a visor over the back window though.
Not a + 2018 release, and not an SUV but it is interesting.

Looks like most of the articles on it are from 2009.

Anyway, here is the trend I've been noticing, sloping roof, not flat.

https://www.cars.com/research/land_r...r_evoque-2017/


https://www.porsche.com/norway/no/mo...an-gts-models/


https://www.carannouncements.com/2018-ford-escape/


https://www.cars.com/research/buick-encore-2018/


Just a few years ago the roof top would have been level.

Even the old Range Rover Classic got a roof line redo.

2016 - Current roof - slopes
Range Rover’s $244,500 Holland & Holland Edition Made By And For Gun Lovers


2011 HSE model - Flat roof
2011 Land Rover Range Rover HSE - Editors' Notebook - Automobile Magazine
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