I think it looks pretty cool from the side and kinda futuristic for the times. Image Unavailable, Please Login Mind you, the same company made possibly the worst looking thing on wheels ever:
I hate to say it, but I like the amateur's Photoshop better, but the Ford version looks good too. A good, old fashioned yet "modern" sedan would be nice.
Except I think the scale of the front end on that concept is off (over-exaggerated), especially compared with this '66 Ford, which feels much more harmonious to me.
I agree. I think whoever did the Photoshop was on the right track, but I also think he got some details and proportions wrong.
The '66 Ford was referred to as being the box that the Pontiac came in. Ford had clearly developed theirs as the iteration of the Pontiac design.
2018 marks the 50th anniversary for the milestone 1968 Corvette design. From a time when car designs changed every year the Corvette design shape endured for parts of three decades. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I never liked it after they went to the rubber bumpers. I did like the hatch they put in the '82, however. Always wanted to see a Photoshop/build of a '68-'72 car with the rear hatch from an '82.
It wasn't supposed to run as long as it did. Lots of replacement programs halted or pushed out. It was an easy target for budget cuts when other needs came along.
Until the '84 (there was no 30th Anniversary Corvette!), then it got beautiful again! Image Unavailable, Please Login
That blue Bonneville reminds me of this > Chevrolet was already thinking ahead in 1964 with this fullsize showcar. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes of some 43 Pilot Build 1983 Corvettes only this car #23 survives today in the museum > Image Unavailable, Please Login
There was a story years ago about a prototype 1983 Corvette that was sent by GM to the company in Australia that supplied brakes for the production Corvettes. Once the 1983 Corvette had served it's purpose for that Australian company the car was to be destroyed in Australia. This was thought to be a cheaper solution than shipping the Corvette back to the United States. Some enterprising individual found the Corvette at a wrecking yard and rescued it. I don't know where the Corvette went after that...
Using color to differentiate- Lexus LC 500 Structural Blue Edition Article indicates that perhaps Lexus styling is based on butterfly wings. A 15-year research project into butterfly wings has finally resulted in unique paint from Lexus, and it arrives first on the LC 500 Structural Blue edition that gives the grand tourer an iridescent look. Painting one requires 12 steps and 20 quality inspections. The blue color takes inspiration from with shimmering wings of Morpho butterfly. Where conventional pigments reflect less than 50 percent of light, this shade takes the level to almost 100 percent, according to Lexus. In creating this color, Lexus initially needed 40 layers of paint to get the effect. Further development reduced it down to seven coats, which made the shade realistic for production. The process is still quite complicated, though, and the company can only make two examples of the Structural Blue edition each day. https://www.motor1.com/news/182830/lexus-lc-500-structural-blue/
Ive forgotten what the seats looked like. I just remember my friends and the dash felt like a cheap plastic casing to a home appliance. The first interior I remember sitting in that blew me away with comfort and quality was the 1987 Toyota Supra. Image Unavailable, Please Login
