What happened to styling?
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Laughing Gas
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What happened to styling?
I'm seeing all these new cars and trucks coming out that are modelled after classics. Ex: 2004 Mustang, Chevy SSR, etc.
I'd like to know what your thoughts are on this. Bringing back old styles good or bad? Is it just another marketing ploy to a new generation?
I've noticed that the price tags on these new ones aren't very small either. Let's see.....40+ grand. Spend it on a bunch of things or throw it at one car that can't do anything more than look good?
I'd like to know what your thoughts are on this. Bringing back old styles good or bad? Is it just another marketing ploy to a new generation?
I've noticed that the price tags on these new ones aren't very small either. Let's see.....40+ grand. Spend it on a bunch of things or throw it at one car that can't do anything more than look good?
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From: Big Bear CA. 6,800 elev. Mountain Retreat.
What happened to styling?
They,ve run out of ideas. They have lost the art of auto design. So they try to copy the tried and true, and the 'already been done.' Design is a job for artists, art is being phased out. These 'engineres' who are designing today have NO natural 'artistic' ability. They are using 'computer aided design'. The true eye of an artist cannot be 'computer aided'. Artists are not involved in auto design these days.
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From: Illinois
What happened to styling?
todays cars look like a giant bubble..or some piece of crap..the year might be 2003 but they dont need to make everything so futuristic..its all just ugly and i wouldnt buy one of those cars or trucks if my life depended on it
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What happened to styling?
I love the looks of the new Thunderbird. I thing most new cars look OK but GM has a problem in the styling department. Take the Pontiac Aztec and Chevy Avalanche.
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From: Black Hills of SD
What happened to styling?
I think the new MonteCarlo is a decent looking car. At least it isn't the typical rounded off half used bar of soap look. The retro look will fade in the next few years. It wasn't projected to be a long lived fad anyway. The Thunderbird is scheduled to end in a year I think. As for the SSR. I have been reading about it for so many years and still not seeing one that frankly I have just lost interest in it all together. Why has it taken over 4 years from a concept car to production? Most of the time the auto industry can answer the competition in one model year which is two real years if you count the spying. The P-51 Mustang went from an idea on a piece of paper to a flying prototype in 90 days.
