What the hell is with car designers these days?

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: j00fek

Originally posted by: Ryan
GET A BRAIN MORANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you also forgot that your beloved Volvo was once a bubbly car

pwnd

Once again, you miss the point, and my explanation as to including the Volvo as a "modern" car, nor do I find it beloved as I would never buy a car that looked like that (even then), only the general shape. Hence the red drawn around it for one to infer the general idea.

They are challenging your stupid notion that the boxy Volvo is considered "normal" and "modern". Rounded eccentric designs once dominated the car world. Everything comes full circle and car designers are starting to put a little more effort into their vehicles.

It isn't about aerodynamics or else every car would look like a teardrop.

I said the volvo has the generic car shape in the modern (80's-now) styling.

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Mainly in the low to middle-end price range cars, the recent trends of body styling is driving me crazy. It's that bubble shape that just hits a nerve. Take for example the Nissan Maxima, nice car with nice features (really nice interior), but then look at its tacky body shape.

Example:

Old car with normal body style:
Normal

New car with stupid tacky cheap looking bubble shape:
Is it car? Is it a station wagon? No, its just fugly.

I think it started back about 5 years ago with the ford taurus, that looked like a friggin turtle Turtle. The ford focus is also a big offender So ugly.

And, what pisses me off is everyone is now copying eachothers crappy designs!! :| Why can't they make a decent looking car without the tackyness (Mercedes does this well), that has the same look as an expensive brother, but is still cheap because it still has low end characteristics.

It seems like these guys are sitting in a room smoking pot and randomly drawing this crap up. Maddox expressed this best.

And, if the guys at Honda, Toyota, Ford, and the like are smoking pot, then what are the guys at Scion on?


Sure I may be old fashioned, and people may still buy the cars, but I am all for welcoming in future looking tech, but we don't have to settle for this crap.

Aerodynamics and the like improve overall efficiency. You seem to be approaching retirement age and have nothing better to rant about.

 

[archcommus]

That's why I like Sable.

Don't like bubbly, either.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Mainly in the low to middle-end price range cars, the recent trends of body styling is driving me crazy. It's that bubble shape that just hits a nerve. Take for example the Nissan Maxima, nice car with nice features (really nice interior), but then look at its tacky body shape.

Example:

Old car with normal body style:
Normal

New car with stupid tacky cheap looking bubble shape:
Is it car? Is it a station wagon? No, its just fugly.

I think it started back about 5 years ago with the ford taurus, that looked like a friggin turtle Turtle. The ford focus is also a big offender So ugly.

And, what pisses me off is everyone is now copying eachothers crappy designs!! :| Why can't they make a decent looking car without the tackyness (Mercedes does this well), that has the same look as an expensive brother, but is still cheap because it still has low end characteristics.

It seems like these guys are sitting in a room smoking pot and randomly drawing this crap up. Maddox expressed this best.

And, if the guys at Honda, Toyota, Ford, and the like are smoking pot, then what are the guys at Scion on?


Sure I may be old fashioned, and people may still buy the cars, but I am all for welcoming in future looking tech, but we don't have to settle for this crap.

The maxima looks a billion times better than the POS you compared it to.

You missed the point, I was showing an extreme example of the basic design I think good looking cars should be based off of.

Oh I got the point, I just completely and utterly disagree with you. I dont think the sharp angle design looks good.

 

[Gimli43Orcs]

The ultimate bubble

 

[Shawn]

boxey cars = fugly

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Mainly in the low to middle-end price range cars, the recent trends of body styling is driving me crazy. It's that bubble shape that just hits a nerve. Take for example the Nissan Maxima, nice car with nice features (really nice interior), but then look at its tacky body shape.

Example:

Old car with normal body style:
Normal

New car with stupid tacky cheap looking bubble shape:
Is it car? Is it a station wagon? No, its just fugly.

I think it started back about 5 years ago with the ford taurus, that looked like a friggin turtle Turtle. The ford focus is also a big offender So ugly.

And, what pisses me off is everyone is now copying eachothers crappy designs!! :| Why can't they make a decent looking car without the tackyness (Mercedes does this well), that has the same look as an expensive brother, but is still cheap because it still has low end characteristics.

It seems like these guys are sitting in a room smoking pot and randomly drawing this crap up. Maddox expressed this best.

And, if the guys at Honda, Toyota, Ford, and the like are smoking pot, then what are the guys at Scion on?


Sure I may be old fashioned, and people may still buy the cars, but I am all for welcoming in future looking tech, but we don't have to settle for this crap.

i see, then go buy your oldsmobile and buick :roll:

 

[Fenixgoon]

i love that honda element thing from maddox

 

[Tylanner]

i dont care about bubbles or whatever, i know i hate the toyota solara

 

[lozina]

FUGLY

 

[SVT Cobra]

Good to see I am not the only one who thinks so. And, it is not just aerodynamics, or else as someone said, everything would really be a pure bubble, its just the stupid styling. Cars do not have to be a box or have sharp angles, I just do not like the bubble design, cheap and tacky looking to me. To each his own I guess.


Also, I wish I could retire at the ripe old age of 26.

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Blame Ford for the jellybean design:

From Wikipedia:

The 1986 Ford Taurus was a very important and successful mid-size sedan that introduced a radical new design philosophy to the United States. Replacing the Fox-body RWD midsize Ford LTD, the front-wheel drive Taurus introduced a much rounder and more organic design. Often described as "jelly bean" shaped, the design proved successful and helped to launch Ford into a new era of prosperity. The Taurus, along with the earler Thunderbird ultimately led to a US automobile design revolution that saw the end of the "boxy" cars of the 1970s and 1980s.[citation needed]



I always thought that the 4th Generation Nissan Maxima was the best looking: J30

 

[clickynext]

I don't think most new cars look ugly... and I LOVE the look of the focus, and especially the new Focus MKII.

 

[DrWeasel]

i dont think you know what you are talking about :0 most new cars look like someone vomited and then decided they wanted their car to look like whatever shape came out of it