Appearance, wind noise, windshield cleaning, strength. Most likely some combination of the above, or some factors known to only to Volkswagen engineers.

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

> On Apr 17, 2015, at 6:20 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> In the Don't Hold Your Breath department:
> 
> http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/16/volkswagen-t6-transporter-official/#image-1
> 
> Except for the stupid creases on the hood, it looks VERY nice. Why are
> carmakers into swoops and creases these days? Is it because computer aided
> design makes it easy?
> 
> Jim