The Audi A7 quarter window continues to proliferate

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 04/21/2015 at 12:30 • Filed to: None

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When the Audi A7 first came out, it was a pretty unique design. It still is, but many other cars have adopted the same general shape for their greenhouses, particularly the rear quarter window on the C-pillar. Whether they’re directly copying the A7 or not, I don’t know. But they’ve all got the same quarter window.

Rico > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:33

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Dat Kammback

Party-vi > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:37

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“it was a pretty unique design”

...that rode the coattails of the CLS just like the 6 Gran Coupe did :3

Svend > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:37

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It’s a pain cleaning these damn tiny windows.

Thankfully the next car won’t have them. 2015 Skoda Superb (out in september).

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:39

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It’s basically just setting a quarter window like that on the Chrysler Crossfire *into* the Hofmeister kink. So many cars already had a bit of the kink that adopting this is relatively easy - and possibly a natural extension of a swept roof profile. It’s about the only way to have a strong C-pillar that’s also swept and has any amount of visibility at all - I don’t know that copying the A7 in that is even a *choice*, so much.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Party-vi 04/21/2015 at 12:39

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So, once BMW and Audi both came out with stunning 4-door coupes to match the CLS, Mercedes decided to differentiate themselves by making the CLS hideous! AHA! Bet you didn’t see that coming!

alwaysmiata > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:41

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I’m sorry but.... that fusion window has been around long before the A7.... look at this 2008 Mondeo. Sorry if I come off rude I am just tired of the blah blah (insert new car) looks like a ripoff of (insert some other car) especially when people aren’t versed in the design of said cars. It’s the same thing with “THE FUSION TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE AN ASTON ZOMG”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Svend 04/21/2015 at 12:42

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Why the crap did they put the Hofmeister kink and quarter window *on the door*? That’s totally insane.I’m sure the larger door is a bonus for some things, but it’s not of itself a fix to the weird proportions and can’t be that great for body strength.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:43

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So the CLS has one.. but it’s incorporated into the door? porque

Party-vi > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/21/2015 at 12:43

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I...have mixed feelings about that. I do not envy the poor designer that had to follow up Michael Fink’s gorgeous vehicle, but at the same time the new one looks way better in person than it does in photos.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/21/2015 at 12:46

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Totally agree. First gen was so much better looking.

Textured Soy Protein > alwaysmiata 04/21/2015 at 12:47

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Yes it has been around on cars before the A7, but since here in ‘Murrica we didn’t get that particular Mondeo, I associate the shape with the A7.

Textured Soy Protein > Svend 04/21/2015 at 12:49

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Its rear doors look familiar though.

Textured Soy Protein > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/21/2015 at 12:50

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Typically that’s done so the window can retract fully into the door. Notice how the separator between the main and quarter windows lines up about with where the wheel arch starts.

Svend > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/21/2015 at 12:52

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I like the kink. It works on this and the Octavia really well.

The rear quarter window has been on the rear door for some time now.

Svend > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 12:55

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I like it. I don’t like the tiny rear quarter windows or the faux black plastic trim that finishes off the rear side window appearance purely for aesthetic reasons alone.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Party-vi 04/21/2015 at 12:55

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I’ll agree to that.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 13:03

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Oh ok now in see it. Because the door is so narrow there at the end the glass would be wider than the door if pulled straight down. Makes sense now.

alwaysmiata > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 13:13

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I’m from the land of the free and the brave too. I get what you are saying though, that sloping rear roofline and quarter window has made its way into evvverything now.

Textured Soy Protein > alwaysmiata 04/21/2015 at 13:15

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Yeah see it started for me with the A7 and Fusion. The A7 had been out for a bit, and then this current Fusion came out. They started popping up all over the place, I’d see one from the side and think “oh look an A7” and then realize it was yet another Fusion.

Cé hé sin > Party-vi 04/21/2015 at 14:02

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Even Audi have replicated it!

This isn’t an A7 despite appearances...

Rico > Party-vi 04/21/2015 at 14:49

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Agreed, in person the most recent gen looks awesome. The one you posted is before the most recent facelift which brings a little more cohesion at least in person anyway.

F10M5 > Cé hé sin 04/21/2015 at 16:17

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Yeah, but the A5 Sportback came out one year before the A7.

So, theoretically, they’re all copying the A5 (if that’s the case).

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 17:05

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Yea, that roofline is everywhere. It will be played out and some other new trend will start. But quarter window in the C-pillar to create a continuous looking sheet of glass? That’s nothing new. And everyone rolled with it back in the day too.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Textured Soy Protein 04/21/2015 at 21:59

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There’s only so much you can do with a window shape. It’s got like 4 sides max, but has to have at least 3.