Do you like new vehicles styling direction?
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As I said in another thread, I am very old school, and DO NOT like the new cars. Well, the new (last few years) Mustang isn't to bad. As someone else said I used to be able to tell the make, model, and year of a car at a glance. Now, if I don't see the grill or nameplate, I can't tell a ford from a chevy from a toyota, or a kia or anything else. Personally I think the reason is they all have the same basic shape due to aerodynamics for gas mileage. Can't change the shape to much from certain parameters or you will be out of the optimum zone. So they have to play with weird grilles etc.
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Originally Posted By: surfstar
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Originally Posted By: sleddriver
Big, wide A & C pillars + high belt-line is just dangerous to me. The 98 sled looks like an aquarium in contrast. Just how is that "safer" overall?
This is why cars are starting to come equipped with electronic sensors for parking assist, lane changes and frontal impact. Because nobody can see out of them properly anymore. In a few years we'll probably be driving in completely enclosed pods.
The 2017 Infiniti QX30. Windows as an afterthought:
That car can't be driven in a safe manner without electronic assists.
Originally Posted By: sleddriver
Big, wide A & C pillars + high belt-line is just dangerous to me. The 98 sled looks like an aquarium in contrast. Just how is that "safer" overall?
This is why cars are starting to come equipped with electronic sensors for parking assist, lane changes and frontal impact. Because nobody can see out of them properly anymore. In a few years we'll probably be driving in completely enclosed pods.
The 2017 Infiniti QX30. Windows as an afterthought:
That car can't be driven in a safe manner without electronic assists.
UGLY UGLY UGLY and way too complicated. I wish I had my 54 Ford with 239 cu. in. romping and stomping Y block V8. That's a joke boy, that's a joke son.
A lot of the newer designs look like a Spacecraft out of Star Wars.
No, dislike high belt lines intensely, along with smaller rear windows. I do not like the most important safety device I have, my peripheral vision limited.
I saw online pics of the new Toyotas, and did not like. In person they are better. But I still don't like.
I also am not a fan of the high beltline nor the blind spots from the pillars. Speaking of which, I have found myself starting to turn the opposite direction at interestings so as to get better visibility. Seems odd, but it helps.
I also am not a fan of the high beltline nor the blind spots from the pillars. Speaking of which, I have found myself starting to turn the opposite direction at interestings so as to get better visibility. Seems odd, but it helps.
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I was listening to Michael Berry this morning and he was saying Anerica's Love Affair with the automobile is over because of the way cars' styling has gone. I agree totally.
Everything looks like a Kia or a Fusion,whether it's a $10k throwaway car or a $100k exotic. Like the other poster said,I could tell you make model and year of a car at one time,even at night seeing them off in the distance. I honestly think most of the cosmetic parts used today are all coming from the same batch because they all look the same.
Everything looks like a Kia or a Fusion,whether it's a $10k throwaway car or a $100k exotic. Like the other poster said,I could tell you make model and year of a car at one time,even at night seeing them off in the distance. I honestly think most of the cosmetic parts used today are all coming from the same batch because they all look the same.
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