Vehicle window assembly with louvered window

A method for forming a vehicular side window assembly configured to mount at a side portion of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of window panels at least comprising (i) a forward window panel having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion and (ii) a rearward window panel having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion;
• arranging the forward and rearward window panels relative to one another with the trailing edge portion of the forward window panel being adjacent to and offset from and non-coplanar with the leading edge portion of the rearward window panel;
• and
• fixedly joining the adjacent trailing and leading edge portions of the adjacent forward and rearward window panels via fixedly attaching a joining element at the adjacent trailing and leading edge portions of the adjacent forward and rearward window panels.

A vehicular window assembly, the vehicular window assembly comprising:

• first and second window panels arranged adjacent to one another;
• wherein adjacent edge portions of the adjacent first and second window panels are fixedly joined by a joining element, and wherein the joining element is fixedly attached at each of the respective edge portions of the adjacent first and second window panels;
• and
• wherein, with the adjacent edge portions of the adjacent first and second window panels fixedly joined by the joining element, an outer surface of the first window panel at the adjacent edge portion of the first window panel is non-coplanar with an outer surface of the second window panel at the adjacent edge portion of the second window panel.