Not exact matches
Northrup started doing things he'd never tried before, including cutting 8 inches from bottom of the steel body, shortening the bed by a foot, and carefully
chopping 4 inches from the
roof without
making the rear window look wonky and disproportional.
Combined with the lower sills the large opening
made by the doors
chopping into the
roof dramatically improves access to the interior over previous McLaren models.
The car was caught testing at the Nürburgring, Audi no doubt fine - tuning suspension and handling to
make sure the
chopped roof doesn't affect the R8's dynamics too much.
They should have either
made it glass if they wanted that look, or left it body color, for a gansta -
chopped roof look.
That
makes Range Rover's decision to
chop the
roof off its cute - ute more dramatic and unexpected than the biggest wing ever affixed to the likes of a Lamborghini.
That's because the
roof of the car can't just be
chopped off in an aftermarket conversion shop the way many other convertibles of the past decade were
made.
It isn't going to blow the
roof off of the industry but in a general sense it is a great media device with enough
chops to
make it usable as a counter - or coffee table - top browsing tool.