The document discusses the body proportions of different types of vehicles, including hatchbacks, sedans, luxury sedans, SUVs, coupes, roadsters, and sports cars. For each vehicle type, it provides diagrams showing the proportional measurements of wheel distance, front and rear overhangs, waist line, and roof line. The goal is to understand how body style influences a car's proportional dimensions.

1. UNDERSTANDING CAR
PROPORTIONS
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2. BODY PROPORTIONS OF A HATCHBACK
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F R1 2 3
1/2
1/2 1/4
Waist Line
Roof Line
Wheel Distance : 3
Front Overhang : ½
Rear Overhang : ¼
Waist Line : ½
Roof Line : 1 ¼
Toyota Etios

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BODY PROPORTIONS OF A SEDAN
F R1 2 31/2 1
1/2 Waist Line
Roof Line
Wheel Distance : 3 ¼
Front Overhang : ½
Rear Overhang : 1
Waist Line : ½
Roof Line : 1 ¼
Hyundai Sonata

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BODY PROPORTIONS OF A LUXURY
SEDAN
1 2 3 41/2 1
Waist Line
Roof Line
Wheel Distance : 3 ½
Front Overhang : ½
Rear Overhang : 1
Waist Line : ½
Roof Line : 1
BMW 7 Series

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BODY PROPORTIONS OF A SUV
1 2 1/21/2 1/2
1 Waist Line
Roof Line
Wheel Distance : 2 ½
Front Overhang : ½
Rear Overhang : ½
Waist Line : ½
Roof Line : 1
Range Rover
Evoque

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BODY PROPORTIONS OF A COUPE
1 2 1/21/2 1/2
Roof Line
Waist Line
Wheel Distance : 2 ½
Front Overhang : ½
Rear Overhang : ½
Waist Line : 1/3
Roof Line : 2/3
Jaguar F- Type

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BODY PROPORTIONS OF A ROADSTER
123 1/41/4
Wheel Distance : 3
Front Overhang : ¼
Rear Overhang : ¼
Waist Line : 1/3
Roof Line : 2/3
Caterham 7

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BODY PROPORTIONS OF A SPORTS
CAR
122/3 1/22/3
Waist Line
Roof Line
Wheel Distance : 2 2/3
Front Overhang : 2/3
Rear Overhang : ½
Waist Line : 1/4
Roof Line : 2/3
Ferrari 458 Italia

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