They featured unit construction, pass-through trunks and front-wheel drive.
And while the rear seat does fold down to expand the modest 12-square-foot capacity of the pass-through trunk, no one would ever buy a New Beetle for the cargo space.
Also, although the rear seats split 60/40 to allow pass-through trunk access, the subwoofer takes up the whole right half of the cavity between the right seat back and the trunk, eliminating most of the pass-through's functionality.
Raindrops trickled from the forest canopy, and tendrils of steam drifted up from the rough bark of the pass-through trunk, where redwoods store much of their moisture.
"They just pass through".
They always pass through, though, during migration.
And in case it is February in Vermont, Audi incorporates in this car an extra-large ski sack pass-through (from trunk to rear-seat compartment) that can handle a few snowboards or pairs of skis.
Though that enlarged pass-through between trunk and cabin can reduce chassis stiffness, Lexus engineers used new welding and bonding (engineer-speak for "glueing") techniques to make the IS even stiffer than before.
Time seems to stand still at the north coast's kitsch roadside attractions, like the Drive-Thru Tree Park, where a square-cut driveway lets an SUV pass through the trunk of a still-living, 96m-high tree.
First, even though the car has 60/40 split rear bench seats that allow for long loads to pass through the trunk, the opening behind the seats is rather small, which limits how much use you might get out of this function.
The center console runs from the dashboard clear back to the cover of the small pass-through to the trunk.
