Automotive design today.

[stmitch]

Cars of a similar era and purpose have always looked very similar

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Cars of a similar era and purpose have always looked very similar

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Yes but to be fair each make had a corporate styling structure. So yes a buick will resemble an olds, or a mercury resemble a ford, or whatever.

But nowadays everything resembles everything. Its really the taurus's fault.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Here...

Heres an 85 Crown Vic, and an 85 Caprice...

Now a 2019 taurus and 2019 impala..,

If i saw the two 85's coming down the road 100yards away...id be able to tell what they were. The 2019's? Pry not so much.

 

[stmitch]

Here...

Heres an 85 Crown Vic, and an 85 Caprice...

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Now a 2019 taurus and 2019 impala..,

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If i saw the two 85's coming down the road 100yards away...id be able to tell what they were. The 2019's? Pry not so much.

Those 85s look incredibly similar to me. I see about the same amount of difference between the 80s barges and the 2019s honestly. Corporate design languages are still very much A Thing. These vehicles in the same segment look the same because they're subject to the same economic environment, regulations, and customer preferences/expectations. Just like all vehicles have always been.

I think there's the same amount of copycat/variety now within a given segment as there ever has been. It's just that there aren't as many segments now. You used to be able to get a lot of the same vehicles as a 2 door, 4 door, wagon, and convertible. You used to see a lot of vans. Now, many of those bodystyles are unavailable and/or unwanted by buyers. So because you don't have as many sports cars and convertibles and station wagons and vans, all of those buyers have moved to crossovers and trucks. which makes it seem like they're all the same now even if they've always been mostly the same within the segment.

 

[sgtsandman]

Those 85s look incredibly similar to me. I see about the same amount of difference between the 80s barges and the 2019s honestly. Corporate design languages are still very much A Thing. These vehicles in the same segment look the same because they're subject to the same economic environment, regulations, and customer preferences/expectations. Just like all vehicles have always been.

I think there's the same amount of copycat/variety now within a given segment as there ever has been. It's just that there aren't as many segments now. You used to be able to get a lot of the same vehicles as a 2 door, 4 door, wagon, and convertible. You used to see a lot of vans. Now, many of those bodystyles are unavailable and/or unwanted by buyers. So because you don't have as many sports cars and convertibles and station wagons and vans, all of those buyers have moved to crossovers and trucks. which makes it seem like they're all the same now even if they've always been mostly the same within the segment.

The 80's is when the vehicles started really resembling each other quite a bit.

 

[rumblecloud]

I used to take pride in being able to identify cars coming at me or going away from me from a few hundred yards away. That ended in about 1975 due to "design flaws" mostly.

I can still do that now only I've narrowed my scope to 50s and 60s. I've also shortened the distances cuz I can't F'ing see that far