Best design details one the rear of a car? 

"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 07/20/2017 at 19:59 • Filed to: None

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What’s the best design detail on the back of a modern car? I’m going to say the VW hatch handle hidden in the VW badge. They’ve been using it it for like 10 years now and it’s brilliant, it’s even easy to use as the badge is a bit over the width of a grown mans hand, and deeper than your average rectangular handle.

And a close second is the Sienna’s hidden windshield wiper, putting the unsightly wiper arm in the spoiler? Genius!

interstate366, now In The Industry > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:05

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*villainous laughter*

Averyrm - GTI YUP > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:05

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Bonus points: If the VW has a backup camera, it’s in the badge. It transformers its way out when you go in reverse. That way you don’t get all the dirt on the lens from driving around.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/20/2017 at 20:07

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Nononononono

theloudmouth > Averyrm - GTI YUP 07/20/2017 at 20:08

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I do love that my backup camera is always clean no matter the weather no matter the road.

Conversely, I was fine for most of my life with a rear window and a rear wiper.

Averyrm - GTI YUP > theloudmouth 07/20/2017 at 20:09

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And if you shift in reverse with the wipers on, it gives you a courtesy swipe!

It’s really the little attention to detail that makes me like this car so much.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:13

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A badge that is a latch that opens things? Tell me more.

For Sweden > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:14

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Button that lowers the rear headrests

Wobbles the Mind > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:14

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Im still trip out over the last gen Sonata Hybrid’s “Illuminati Flux” rear lights.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Averyrm - GTI YUP 07/20/2017 at 20:28

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A lot of cars do that, for example, my Fiesta.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Wobbles the Mind 07/20/2017 at 20:28

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That’s the most bold and exciting thing Hyundai has ever done.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:29

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The BMW badge that is also the backup camera

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:30

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On the Fiesta ST, you can have clean racing stripes between the rear window dirt due to the holes in the spoiler.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 20:34

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The hidden ladder in the f-series trucks

Orange Exige > For Sweden 07/20/2017 at 20:53

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Hoho!

Some hatch engineer actually drives a hatch, huh?

Wobbles the Mind > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/20/2017 at 20:53

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It’s a very short list topped by the 5.0L Tau.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden 07/20/2017 at 21:07

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The rear headrest button in my 300D isn’t lowering one of the headrests properly. My life is over

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Averyrm - GTI YUP 07/20/2017 at 21:52

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BMW puts it in the roundel

Svend > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 22:24

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I like that mine has umbrellas in the front doors.

Windscreen scraper in the fuel door.

The hidden bonnet shut line.

Kiltedpadre > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/20/2017 at 22:33

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Hidden fuel fillers! Ok, not exactly modern.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > For Sweden 07/21/2017 at 00:28

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I that’s normal in 3 row SUVs nowadays is it trickling down to hatchbacks?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 07/21/2017 at 00:29

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Yes, too bad the front of the car was so ugly

For Sweden > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2017 at 00:30

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I think it’s in all Volvos after the switch to front-wheel-drive platforms.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2017 at 04:51

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I’ll go with the fuel door on 1960 chevy full size sedans

Found no picture of it, but have an Impala anyway.
I always get interested looks when I flip down the license plate

Oh and fins, obviously

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 07/21/2017 at 04:56

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Wut? I need this!

Cé hé sin > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2017 at 04:56

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Well, there’s this:

The “0" in the 407 badge is the release button.

pip bip - choose Corrour > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2017 at 06:27

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Peugeot boot button in the middle of the badge.

Averyrm - GTI YUP > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/21/2017 at 07:45

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I guess to be fair, it’s the only car I’ve owned with a rear wiper. The trucks never did that. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Averyrm - GTI YUP 07/21/2017 at 07:52

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I think it’s a relatively new thing.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/21/2017 at 08:32

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That is awesome!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Cé hé sin 07/21/2017 at 08:33

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Some one else mentioned this on another pug model. That’s totally awesome.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > For Sweden 07/21/2017 at 08:35

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Oh wow. I suppose it is a safety feature when you think about it. Makes sense Volvo would be the one who pioneered it.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 07/21/2017 at 10:24

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cmill189 - sans Volvo > Averyrm - GTI YUP 07/21/2017 at 14:18

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I noticed this on a rental Beetle I had. It was a really cool idea except I worried what would happen if the car was covered in ice.