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{{Short description|Auto design layouts}}
[[File:Three body styles with pillars and boxes.png|thumb| Typical [[Pillar (car)|pillar]] configurations of a sedan/saloon (three box), station wagon/estate (two box), and [[hatchback]] (two box) from the same model range]]
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==Two-box design==
'''''Two-box''''' designs articulate a volume for engine and a volume that combines passenger and cargo volumes, e.g., [[station wagon|station wagon/estate]] or (three or five-door) [[hatchback]]s like the [[Saab 900]], and minivans like the [[Chrysler
== Three-box design ==
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[[File:Hatchback three box.jpg|thumb| A three-box [[hatchback]], the [[Ford Escort (Europe)#Ford Escort Mark III (1980–1986)|European Ford Escort]]]]
[[File:Three-box & rear engine.jpg|thumb| A three-box [[Sedan (automobile)|sedan/saloon]], the [[Renault Dauphine]]]]
Three-box design is a broad automotive styling term describing a [[coupé]], [[Sedan (automobile)|sedan/saloon]], [[notchback]] or [[hatchback]] where—when viewed in profile—principal volumes are articulated into three separate compartments or boxes: engine, passenger and cargo.<ref name="www.cardesignnews.com">{{cite web |title=Starting Out: Car Design Glossary - Part 2 pg 3 |url=http://cardesignnews.com/articles/resources/2008/09/starting-out-car-design-glossary-part-2/starting-out-car-design-glossary-part-2-pg-3 |website=www.cardesignnews.com |access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123317/http://cardesignnews.com/articles/resources/2008/09/starting-out-car-design-glossary-part-2/starting-out-car-design-glossary-part-2-pg-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Three-box designs are highly variable. [[Hemmings Motor News]] said:
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| url = https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15100094/on-the-death-of-the-sedan-column/}}</ref> In 2018, the Wall Street Journal wrote: "from gangster getaway cars and the Batmobile to the humble family sedan, the basic three-box configuration of a passenger car—low engine compartment, higher cabin, low trunk in the rear—has endured for decades as the standard shape of the automobile. Until now."<ref name="love"/>
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==Car roof classification==
A related classification is based on the style of roof in the car design. The DrivAer aerodynamics model of the Technical University of Munich<ref>{{cite web |title=DrivAer Model |url=https://www.epc.ed.tum.de/en/aer/research-groups/automotive/drivaer/ |
==Motorsport applications==
The bodies of stock cars can be modified for motorsport purposes while retaining their main characteristics. The [https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/collections/DrivAer_hp-F_the_CAD_geometry_pack/3969120 DrivAer high-performance (hp)] configuration,<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAE MOBILUS |url=https://saemobilus.sae.org/content/2018-01-0725/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=saemobilus.sae.org |language=en}}</ref> a parametric academic model, provides an open-source wind tunnel dataset and serves as a benchmark, particularly valuable when combined with the original DrivAer [[Fastback]] (F) variation variant for aerodynamic analysis. Aero kits applied are in line with those found in motorsport categories like European DTM and American NASCAR series.
==See also==
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