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  1. jm2

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    #7726 jm2, Feb 2, 2019
    Speaking of clay modelers, just came across this American Motors Pacer clay development photo. Before computer controlled milling machines became the 'thing' Image Unavailable, Please Login
     
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    #7727 anunakki, Feb 2, 2019
    My mother had a Pacer. I think it subconsciously inspired my like for squat designs like the CRX and Corrado.
     
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    #7728 jm2, Feb 2, 2019
    :eek:
     
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    #7729 tritone, Feb 2, 2019
    Any idea if clay persists @ the new Centro Stile?
     
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    #7730 jm2, Feb 3, 2019
    It's my understanding they still use clay as well as digital
     
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    #7731 jm2, Feb 3, 2019
    Noted designer, Peter Stevens Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login has this to say about the design coming out of Germany these days:
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    What is happening to car design in Germany? Is it a total lack of taste, a lack of good management, an undercurrent of aggression, personal insecurity, or desperation to be different by following the same brutalism as everyone else? Or maybe they have run out of talent. The BMW X7 has some of the worst surface development ever inflicted on an automobile. Was machst du gerade. #audidesignteam #bmwdesign#mercedesbenzdesign #baddesign
     
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    #7732 anunakki, Feb 3, 2019
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    #7733 NeuroBeaker, Feb 3, 2019
    Well, he's right. All those cars are unappealing.

    That Mercedes looks cheap, like a rebadged Honda, Acura, or something along those lines. Not that Hondas and Acuras are horrible, it's just that you should get a more premium look than that when you pay Mercedes' prices.

    All the best,
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    #7737 energy88, Feb 4, 2019
    Igor. What did you post? Looks like an inkblot test to me! :D Did I pass?
     
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    #7738 Igor Ound, Feb 4, 2019
    Unless what you see is good looking cars... In which case I suggest talking to a specialist. One’s right here ;)
     
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    #7739 NeuroBeaker, Feb 4, 2019
    Design specialist or brain specialist? o_O

    Although, between us, John and I have him covered. :oops:

    All the best,
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    #7740 Igor Ound, Feb 4, 2019
    Either after a quick visit to the optician. ;)

    Meanwhile looks like Ferrari will go the 911 evolutionary way with the 488’s replacement with just another facelift. Good idea? Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke?
     
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    #7741 Tenney, Feb 4, 2019
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    #7743 Wade, Feb 5, 2019
    With popup headlights. No, that wouldn't have helped either.
     
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    #7744 Jeff Kennedy, Feb 5, 2019
    Remember that the Pacer was designed around the GM Wankel motor. Late in the development GM cancelled the motor so AMC had to fit their 6 cylinder in. Notice that with the pop-up headlights how much lower the hood is.
     
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    #7745 Wade, Feb 5, 2019
    I'd forgotten. Thanks.

    Imagine, it could have been called a Hummer. :)

     
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    #7748 Qvb, Feb 5, 2019
    The straight rear view is by far the best view. It looks like a futuristic pod from the rear. The front looks like a generic car and does not tie in with the rear. I have never seen a 3 wheeler that had a "normal" car front end that looked good as a complete vehicle. The front needs to be designed as the front of a 3 wheeler instead of the front of a car. The car front makes it look goofy from any front views, as the body quickly tapers away, making the front seem too big for the size of the vehicle, IMO.
     
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