If my car looked like this, I wouldn't lust after a DB9
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10-02-2011, 06:09 PM
#23
10-02-2011, 06:46 PM
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actually, that's one of my pet peeves about most new car designs; I prefer the longer flowing lines of a good sized trunk/boot on a car. to me the rear of the DB9 (and also the current generation XK's) more resembles a hatchback than a coupe.
I think what really bothers me more than the overall shape is the location of the rear wheels relative to the rear bumper; it looks too assymetrical compared to the distance between the front bumper and the front wheels.
I think what really bothers me more than the overall shape is the location of the rear wheels relative to the rear bumper; it looks too assymetrical compared to the distance between the front bumper and the front wheels.
Mark
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10-02-2011, 07:34 PM
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#26
10-02-2011, 09:59 PM
Nobody ever mention the boot cover?
I hear lots of discussion about proportion of the X100-gen XK8, but nobody seems to ever mentioned the stupid boot/tonneau cover.
I still fail to understand why that cover exist - considering Ford can engineer a proper automated cover for a dad-gum Mustang ..... Maybe the mechanism for an automated cover would prevent carriage of 2 set of clubs ... ?
I still fail to understand why that cover exist - considering Ford can engineer a proper automated cover for a dad-gum Mustang ..... Maybe the mechanism for an automated cover would prevent carriage of 2 set of clubs ... ?
#27
10-02-2011, 10:20 PM
Well, they were released in the '97 MY, so they must have started producing them in '96, which means they were being designed and engineered in '93-'94. That is technology from about 18 or so years ago.
As is obvious, they pretty much stuck with that same basic design for quite a while, so I guess such a change would require a lot more engineering and design, as well as changes to the manufacturing plant.
You are also probably right that such a cover would have taken up a log more room in the car as well, but I suspect it was more of a cost factor for the redesign required after the initial development.
As is obvious, they pretty much stuck with that same basic design for quite a while, so I guess such a change would require a lot more engineering and design, as well as changes to the manufacturing plant.
You are also probably right that such a cover would have taken up a log more room in the car as well, but I suspect it was more of a cost factor for the redesign required after the initial development.
#28
10-03-2011, 01:27 AM
A reminder of the original:
Last edited by Frog; 10-03-2011 at 01:38 AM.
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10-03-2011, 10:55 AM
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