Vehicle transparency

1. A transparency, comprising:

a first ply having a first visible light transmission, said first ply having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface, and said first ply being an outboard ply;

a second ply having a second visible light transmission, with the first visible light transmission being greater than the second visible light transmission, said second ply having a No. 3 surface and a No. 4 surface, said No. 2 surface facing said No. 3 surface, and said second ply being an inner ply; and

a solar control coating formed over at least a portion of said No. 2 surface,

wherein the solar control coating has a first infrared reflective metallic layer, a second infrared reflective metallic layer and a third infrared reflective metallic layer, said first infrared reflective metallic layer formed over said No. 2 surface, said second infrared reflective metallic layer formed over said first infrared reflective metallic layer, and said third infrared reflective metallic layer formed over said second infrared reflective metallic layer; and

wherein the first infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the second infrared reflective metallic layer and the second infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the third infrared reflective metallic layer.

2. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the first ply and the second ply comprise glass.

3. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the first ply has a visible light transmission of at least 87% at a reference wavelength of 550 nm.

4. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the infrared reflective metallic layers comprise metallic silver.

5. The transparency of claim 4 , wherein the first silver layer has a thickness in the range of 90 Å to 205 Å, the second silver layer has a thickness in the range of 100 Å to 140 Å, and the third silver layer has a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 120 Å.

6. The transparency of claim 1 , further including an antireflective coating over at least a portion of the second ply.

7. The transparency of claim 6 , wherein the antireflective coating is a multi-layer coating comprising at least one layer comprising a material having an index of refraction of less than or equal to 1.75 and at least one layer comprising a material having an index of refraction of greater than 1.75.

8. The transparency of claim 7 , wherein said antireflective coating is provided over at least a portion of the No. 4 surface of the second ply.

9. The transparency of claim 1 , wherein the first and second plies comprise annealed glass.

10. A vehicle transparency, comprising:

a first glass substrate having a visible light transmission of at least 87%, said first glass substrate having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface, and said first glass substrate being an outboard glass substrate;

a functional coating provided over at least a portion of said No. 2 surface of the first glass substrate, the functional coating comprising, in the following sequence:

a zinc stannate layer having a thickness in the range of 250 Å to 310 Å, formed over said No. 2 surface;

a zinc oxide layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 105 Å;

a first silver layer having a thickness in the range of 90 Å to 205 Å;

a zinc oxide layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 110 Å;

a zinc stannate layer having a thickness in the range of 585 Å to 680 Å;

a zinc oxide layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 110 Å;

a second silver layer having a thickness in the range of 100 Å to 140 Å;

a zinc oxide layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 100 Å;

a zinc stannate layer having a thickness in the range of 530 Å to 565 Å;

a zinc oxide layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 105 Å;

a third silver layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 120 Å;

a zinc oxide layer having a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 105 Å; and

a zinc stannate layer having a thickness in the range of 210 Å to 305 Å,

wherein the first silver layer is thicker than the second silver layer and the second silver layer is thicker than the third silver layer; and

a second glass substrate having a visible light transmission less than that of the first glass substrate, said second glass substrate having a No. 3 surface and a No. 4 surface, said No. 2 surface facing said No. 3 surface, and said second glass substrate being an inner glass substrate.

11. The transparency of claim 10 , further including an antireflective coating over at least a portion of the No. 4 surface.

12. The transparency of claim 11 , wherein the antireflective coating is a multi-layer coating comprising at least one layer comprising a material having an index of refraction of less than or equal to 1.75 and at least one layer comprising a material having an index of refraction of greater than 1.75.