tumblehome

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Motor Trend notes, "The 9-5's new front-end styling features projector-style headlamps set in a unique matte-black housing," but adds the "nose and tail fail to hide its long-in-the tooth styling and the doors and tumblehome remain unchanged (and are showing their wrinkles)."

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  • Motor Trend notes, "The 9-5's new front-end styling features projector-style headlamps set in a unique matte-black housing," but adds the "nose and tail fail to hide its long-in-the tooth styling and the doors and tumblehome remain unchanged (and are showing their wrinkles)." —  The Car Connection
  • It appears as though we've got an upright windshield, a formal front A-pillar and a sloping tumblehome which looks to retain a hatchback, all classic Saab cues. —  Jalopnik
  • The sides of the greenhouse have been made more vertical than the concepts 'inward-sloping tumblehome. —  Autoblog
  • They feature composite materials, an electric-drive propulsion and an unconventional "tumblehome" hull. —  City
  • Not a fan of Cadillac's new look, he ordered that the STS 'greenhouse be redone to add tumblehome-even though such a major change late in the process cost tens of millions of dollars. —  The Truth About Cars
 

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  1. From tumble, to slope inward (obsolete).
 

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