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Detroit Auto Show: Looking at the Slope of Things to Come

“WHAT is it?” asked a judge for the Eyes on Design Awards as he contemplated the Chrysler ecoVoyager, a long blue capsule with a stubby front end grafted onto a minivan body.

Finding new names for new vehicle silhouettes was a preoccupation during last week’s press previews of the North American International Auto Show, according to the New York Times.

The hot news in design here was not the latest look of grilles or the lavish use of chrome (though both trends were evident), but rooflines. Designers offered up a variety of profiles, casting aside the tried-and-true types and terms.

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