Automotive design today.

[Lefty]

What do you think?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Consumers are sheep.

 

[Blmpkn]

Normal disgusts me.



Thus.... my bigass toxic avenger tattoo

 

[DRanger024]

I see more and more Subarus on the road now than any one of those. In this area, no matter where you are going, there will be someone holding up a huge line of cars in a Subaru or a Chevy.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

My jeeps on there

 

[Lefty]

Consumers are sheep.

You would fit right in with the guys who hang out in my garage. It's a wonder that any of us get anything done

 

[Lefty]

My jeeps on there

You're forgiven. You are one of us.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

And old cars are so much different?

1910's to early 50's are rough for me to Id. .

 

[RobbieD]

View attachment 100545

What do you think?

I'll take the white one!

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

And old cars are so much different?

1910's to early 50's are rough for me to Id. .

There is a definite likeness to different makes across the decades. For example, I used to own a 68 year Torino and people would mistake it for a Baracuda. Yeah, designs are copied all the time

 

[rusty ol ranger]

There is a definite likeness to different makes across the decades. For example, I used to own a 68 year Torino and people would mistake it for a Baracuda. Yeah, designs are copied all the time

The difference back then though...atleast 50s into the mid 80's was not everything was a monotone shade of beige with a black or grey interior.

 

[19Walt93]

We're on our second Escape, we replaced our 2011 with a 2016. It does what we need and got an average 26.8 mpg since I put the all seasons back on this spring, we didn't but it for the looks. I enjoy driving my Ranger and Mustang much more, the Escape is an appliance. I consider SUV's and "crossovers" to be station wagons but no one but Subaru calls them that. Actually, Subaru just calls them wagons.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

We're on our second Escape, we replaced our 2011 with a 2016. It does what we need and got an average 26.8 mpg since I put the all seasons back on this spring, we didn't but it for the looks. I enjoy driving my Ranger and Mustang much more, the Escape is an appliance. I consider SUV's and "crossovers" to be station wagons but no one but Subaru calls them that. Actually, Subaru just calls them wagons.

I wouldnt class my GC like that. Low range t case, engine mounted correctly, decent ground clearence and towing capacity...

I think "crossover" is more of a spectrum really, at one end you have obvious cars trying to be something (subarus, escapes, CRV's, etc) and at the other end you have your Expeditions, tahoes, suburbans, etc....and everything else kinda falls somewhere in between toward one end or the other.

The only "real" SUV's left IMO are the wrangler and bronco...atleast since the demise of the excursion and GM going IRS on their big rigs.

 

[Lefty]

We're on our second Escape, we replaced our 2011 with a 2016. It does what we need and got an average 26.8 mpg since I put the all seasons back on this spring, we didn't but it for the looks. I enjoy driving my Ranger and Mustang much more, the Escape is an appliance. I consider SUV's and "crossovers" to be station wagons but no one but Subaru calls them that. Actually, Subaru just calls them wagons.

This is an important thought. Without design, the "dream" of driving is forgotten. So is the desire to own something that reflects your own personality and lifestyle. The car becomes an appliance: nothing more. It will be driven for ten or fifteen years and then recycled in the crusher.

Take, for example, the '55 Chevy. Designers copied Ferrari and gave it an egg crate grill.

It might have been just another family car, but it was elegant in its simplicity and somehow looked ready to race. It was a lead sled, heavy, built on the cheap. But every dad wanted to have one. It was more than an appliance. It was the dream of driving. Sooner or later, it would find its way to the junk yard, of course, but the old double nickel dream never died. Years after, their sons would resurrect them, restore them, modify them, maybe even put a big block engine inside and make the dream complete.

Good design tells us something very important. A car need not be a mere appliance. The whole is greater than its parts.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

This is an important thought. Without design, the "dream" of driving is forgotten. So is the desire to own something that reflects your own personality and lifestyle. The car becomes an appliance: nothing more.

Unfourtantly though car culture is about dead in this country and people care more about onboard wifi and infotainment then good visual design and personlized options.