Originally Posted by cgocifer
A few years ago, higher environmental restrictions called for the elimination of a certain compound used in paint as a hardener. Since then, manufacturers have had to use much softer paint formulas.
Make sense to me, but I still feel interesting that my 04' crossfire get a lot more chips on the paint but not the windshield, while my 06' corolla get plenty of chips and a crack on the windshield but none on the paint. Maybe just luck