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how come only exotic car makers can make exotic "looking" cars?

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really, it's just the body on the chassis that makes a car look the way it does.


how come honda or GM can't just put a ferrari body on their frame, and keep the rest of the hardware (engine/trans/interior) the same?
surely it can't cost that much in R&D.

is there some agreement among the car manufacturers that only exotics can look like exotics?
 
I mean this in the most polite way possible, but I think you might want to look up the word "exotic" in a dictionary.
 
Part of the reason is probably because people are naive and dumb. They see what looks like a shiny red super car for only $20,000, they jump into the "too good to be true" deal in a heartbeat, and take it home. A week later they're back at the dealership wondering why it doesn't handle like their friend's Miata, doesn't have the power of the Corvette they test drove once, and why there isn't a button to cloak the whole car like they do in the movies.

If exotic-looking cars were that cheap, they'd be everywhere. And then, they wouldn't be exotic anymore.
 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
really, it's just the body on the chassis that makes a car look the way it does.


how come honda or GM can't just put a ferrari body on their frame, and keep the rest of the hardware (engine/trans/interior) the same?
surely it can't cost that much in R&D.

is there some agreement among the car manufacturers that only exotics can look like exotics?
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Of course they could do it. You can buy kits for not too much and turn a POS into something "exotic" looking.

But seriously, how many people want one of those? They make mass market cars, I don't see how they'd have any interest in such a small market.

Anyway as somebody points, it wouldn't be exotic looking if there were a ton of them around. E.g., I don't find a vette exotic looking because so there are so many of them.

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Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
really, it's just the body on the chassis that makes a car look the way it does.


how come honda or GM can't just put a ferrari body on their frame,
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Do you realize how many vehicles utilize a unibody structure? This isn't 1960 😛
 
How would an exotic looking minivan appear? I have seen what the japanese do to theirs and no thanks.

Any manufacturer could make an accord look like a bastardized ferrari but I suppose it wouldn't sell.
 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
really, it's just the body on the chassis that makes a car look the way it does.


how come honda or GM can't just put a ferrari body on their frame, and keep the rest of the hardware (engine/trans/interior) the same?
surely it can't cost that much in R&D.

is there some agreement among the car manufacturers that only exotics can look like exotics?
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What you want is factory-riced car, not exotic car. 😛

Some Kia's (For instance, Amanti) looks like Mercedes. Why don't you buy it since it's Mercedes-looking!!
 
1. Awesome looking cars usually trade practicality for looks - and quite a lot of it. There's a reason why four-door Ferraris and Porsches inevitably look like buttkus. (The 4-door Lambo is pretty nice, but then again, it is almost as long as the Exxon Valdez.)

2. Awesome looks are expensive to produce. Swooping exteriors with intricate body panels will result in a far more expensive car than a metal box with wheels.

3. Part of a car's looks are tied, simply, to how it looks - for example, Fiat did some convertibles in the 70s that looked brilliant and were quite cheap, but not particularly nice to drive, and we simply can't forget the Karmann Ghia. However, for the most part, people don't actually want wild cars - they want boxes with wheels. As such, many high-end cars - Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar are particularly guilty of this, IMO - are pretty ugly, but we ignore this because they're Jaguars and Benzes.

 
Because the majority of people do not want exotic looking cars and the majority of people are the ones buying cars.

Let me give you more examples

Why can't they make a Toyota Camry sporty and fun to drive? - Because most people like boring, easy to drive cars.
Why can't they make Chevy interior as classy and good as a Mercedes - Because most people want to buy a Mercedes at that price point.
Why can't they make a Honda Civic with a v8 inside - Because most civic buyers could care less about power.
Why can't they make a Diesel commuter cars in America - Because most Americans stay away from diesel passenger cars.

The point is money talks. Catering to the few will only work on high margin, high profit cars to remain economically viable, thus you have Ferrari.
 
I think that's what the celica or the tiburon attempted to do, and it failed. Well it did have its market, chicks who go oh shiny car! without caring much about anything else.
 
Originally posted by: astroidea
I think that's what the celica or the tiburon attempted to do, and it failed. Well it did have its market, chicks who go oh shiny car! without caring much about anything else.
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Sort of like the Eclipse from '00+ 🙁
 
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