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Are your lines dead, or sweet? Do your strakes flow? Is the dead cat hole too big?

For automobile designers, most of these terms are old-hat. But for the uninitiated, a Times article breaks down the terms designers use to describe automotive anatomy (both here and abroad, as the Germans and Italians have their own colorful way of describing things).

The article also includes explanations of how things like "stance," "jounce" and "rake"--and how altering the proportions of specific anatomical parts--changes up the style of the car.

Read on to find out why you want your drawings tagged "M.B.G."