Purple front windows on Euro cars..?

[Troy711]

Anyone else ever noticed this? Is it some sort of polarizing film or something?

[Reaper]

No but eurofag chic doesn't surprise me.

Reaper

[old mate]

yeah i've seen it and i think you're right about being polarising or something.

theres an older renault scenic getting around locally that has purple glass.

[Essassin]

I only notice it on Renault's and Citroen's, buts its definitely there...I've always wondered wtf it is too

[Jesterarts]

Stole this from another forum:

It's an athermic windscreen coating...

The main purpose of these is to reduce the oven effect and increased stress on air-con when driving. Why on these cars? Why now?

To cut a long story short, (involving the way pedestrians bounce from the front of bars and cD drag co-efficients) the design direction of many small-medium cars which PSA and Renault excel at is to a very raked windscreen on many models, exposing a wide area of black plastic dash to get all cooked up when parked. This effort aims to reduce the heat effects of this.

Two knock-on effects are that radar detectors are less effective mounted inside the vehicle and it can be difficult to see into the car in certain cirumstances - like a head-on speed camera. Win some, lose some. Radar detectors have a patchy legality in the EU, being entirely legal in the UK and sketchy elsewhere.

In a nutshell, it's a UV coating to prevent the car getting hot and the suns rays damaging the dash.

That and it ####s with your GPS signal.

[VS 5.0]

I only notice it when I have my polarised sunnies on. Take them off and I can't see it.

[calais24/7]

renualt scenic are the ones that ive seen