300 Glassback lets the sun shine in
Well, Glassback has a better ring than "big ol' moonroof". Either way, Classic Design Concepts of Novi, MI came up with a slick way to augment the light coming through the 300's gun-slit sideglass. CDC's SEMA-award winning mod installs a piece of metallized glass where once there was only metal. Harking back to the '58 Eldorado, a stainless overlay covers the little bit of roof left. Rounding out the change from 300 to Glassback is CDC's Stainless Effects body kit. There's a new chin spoiler, rockers, a bit for the decklid that proudly announces Glassback, as well as other bits of brightwork.
Beyond style, there are a couple of real-world benefits to the glass roof. First, the Vanceva® glass panel attenuates noise in the 1000-6000Hz range by up to six decibels. That's a lot, as dBs are a logarithmic measure, so six dB is twice as quiet as a standard as a metal roof. That 1-6K frequency range just happens to be where a lot of voice action occurs, so conversations inside your Glassback will be easier. The glass is also excellent at blocking out UV and Infrared radiation, due to it's metallic layers. You'll have nearly the same experience as a convertible, without the noise, or the sunburn on your melon. You may have to rumble up the exhaust a bit to get through that noise attenuation, but that's nothing a couple Flowmasters can't handle.
Thanks for the tip, Jason!
Gallery: Glassback
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
M. 1:43PM (3/29/2007)
I still take either the Opel Astra GTC, the Peugeot 307 SW or the Citroen C4 Picasso...
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,14731,00.html
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Buzzsaw 1:52PM (3/29/2007)
The codename during development of Ford Edge's Vista Roof™ was BAMR. (Big Ass Moon Roof) ;)
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cdiddy67 2:07PM (3/29/2007)
I think this looks very classy and nice...scratch off the obnoxious "GLASSBACK" off of the rear and its a deal
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Howard Kerr 2:15PM (3/29/2007)
I realize this is the age of aggressive, "in your face" styling....but could they make the Glassback "emblem" on the trunklid any BIGGER?
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the vette makes them wet 2:35PM (3/29/2007)
Or buy a BMW with a panorama roof option. Available now.
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Joe 12:33AM (3/31/2007)
Oooooo, wet. Yea, that's sweet, especially if you prefer to choose the car you want with the options you want, rather than just choosing the options you want and getting whatever car has them.
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Cheezedog 3:39PM (3/29/2007)
I don't much like convertables, or sunroofs, but this is nice... And the 300 is such a preatty car to get such a intresting treatment. It's really too bad that the interior is so plain jain when compaired to rest of the car.
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DPC car videos 3:17PM (3/29/2007)
Mercedes also offers the panoramic roof, but I have to admit these 300c cars are very cheap for what you get. I rented one for a trip to Vegas and it was a very nice car for the money.
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Don 3:43PM (3/29/2007)
That's pretty damn cool.
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RickDom 4:03PM (3/29/2007)
Yes, let's remove the brace that bridge between the B-Pillars in the roof and see how well it does in a side impact. Unless they added some serious bracing. Any vehicle with the panoramic sunroofs has a huge brace built into the sunroof for just that reason.
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Ben 5:39PM (3/29/2007)
Everything from Minis to Maybachs have this as an option. I guess I fail to see how this is impressive
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Deezee 5:48PM (3/29/2007)
Looks great on the 300. The badge is slightly big tho.
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MikeW 8:33PM (3/29/2007)
What happened in Jurassic park? Don't people learn, if you put a big hole in the roof that is just an open invitation for a t-rex to put his mouth through.
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AMcA 1:09AM (3/30/2007)
Please. That's an Eldorado Brougham. It was one of three Eldorados available at the time - the Biarritz, the Seville and the Brougham.
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