car design thread

OK all you stylists and designers. Here is your opportunity. The Post Office needs a new dinky mail truck in the shape of a box.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/u-s-postal-service-new-mail-truck

Here are the finalists. All creations have state-of-the-art-design black wheels and LEDs!

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Looks as if USPS has 30 MPH no damage bumpers....LOL

 

BTW, has anyone else noticed FCA recent promo info for the Maserati Quattroporte Trofeo, Alfa Stelvio, and Giulia all feature dark green paint?
What's going on there? Trying to project a "green" image...
This colour reminds me very much of the mid-60s Audi return to the U.S. market when they proudly sent 80% of the colour preferred by their German clients only to have it ignored by the N.A. - oops.

 

To hit the mailboxes even harder!

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The Pontiac GTO wearing Verdoro Green >

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A ugly as these all are they should have gone to an RV company to get a Class A.

It is as if they had to make them intentionally ugly so it had a proper functional appearance.

 

Yeah! With the effort they put into that first one (multiple materials and parts etc), it could have been pretty cool.

 

Interesting.

As the name implies, green/gold, and very appropriate. Amazing how Fitzpatrick captures the color and metallic sheen in those paintings, especially the last one.

 

I don't know how much Pontiac paid those guys but between the stylists and these two I think they were responsible for a good chunk of Pontiac sales.

Do you know if these were done with paintbrushes and what size were the originals?

 

It's interesting that the 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix is shown. The Motor Trend 'Car of the Year' was actually given to the whole Pontiac model lineup for 1965 rather than a specific model! Pete Estes accepted the COTY award on behalf of the Pontiac Motor Division.
The art work often featured exotic locales enjoyed by the 'beautiful people' which added to the allure of a special 'wide-track' Pontiac...

 

Although Pontiac may or may not have been fully deserving of the COTY that year, please grasp that Petersen Publications viewed the award as a business proposition for Motor Trend. Advertising commitments for the year by a manufacturer was an element in the selection process. Two stories on that point: (1) When the Grand Am lost to the Monte Carlo in 1973 it was because Chevrolet was willing to make a larger ad buy than Pontiac. (2) When the initial Import Car of the Year was awarded to the Citroen SM, Bob Petersen went ballistic. Citroen never advertised and having the award was not going to change that.

 

Cool story.

So was Fitzpatrick (he did the car—as opposed to the background—yes?) a designer? He must have been because a “non car guy” artist, even as good as he was, I think would not be able to appreciate how to present the car for maximum effect and mostly would not be able to capture the form, details but mostly the proportions of a car like the stylist intended.

Also, did he use any aids like straight edges, French curves or other templates or was it all freehand? I ask because the shut lines for example are so clean and straight and the ellipses of the wheels in perspective are spot on.

 

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I want to be there too.

 

That vertical rear window reminds me of the 1964 Mercury Park Lane sedan! Some very interesting design ideas back then, especially the use of a bold shade of yellow.

 

Before that was the 58 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser with an almost vertical rear window... that actually rolled down, on a coupe.