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- A-line
- The line running over the car, from headlight to taillight, tracing the car's silhouette.
- Axis-to-dash ratio
- The critical relationship between front wheels and the windshield. The most notable differences can be seen between cars with front-engine, front-wheel drive layout and front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout: the former tend to have longer front overhangs with a smaller axis-to-dash ratios, while the latter have shorter front overhangs with much greater axis-to-dash ratios.
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