car design thread

https://www.motortrend.com/features/ugliest-coupes-of-all-time-part-1/?sm_id=organic%3Asm_id%3Afb%3AMT%3Atrueanthem&fbclid=IwAR1t5UtT0VBycAFxw7gxLQtVNuKTKafKYKkahBDFqa6v7-4l5BJi55DHngI

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https://axleaddict.com/auto-industry/Sculptural-car-design
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"Ask the Man Who Owns One"
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They/we just don't make 'em like this anymore.......
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/AM23/Amelia-Island/lots/r0041-1934-Packard-Twelve-Sport-Coupe-by-LeBaron/1326357?utm_source=SCM&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AM23

 

Very cool!

 

That's the hardtop version of the Monkeymobile!

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“Automotive design as we know it is……..dead”

makes some good points

 

I had a Corgi toy of that when I was a little kid.

 

Stunning- can you imagine what this must have seemed like in 1934


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Not exactly sure of the point here...
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I was OK with 2 fins but 3 just seems like overkill..
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One of the few times 3 headlights worked.
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it can handle rough seas better -

 

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Tarf tribute?

 

When I worked at Boeing we also used clay for the interior design. A lot of ex-Auto sculptors moved to Seattle to help make clay models of interior panels.

There is something about that smell you can never forget.

 

Did you know Ken Dowd there?

 

I saw this today and it just made me sad.
Caterham CSR GT
Is a one-off creation in 2013, designed by a former Sauber F1 designer in Switzerland and built by the Helvetic Motor Company, based upon a (2009) Caterham Super7 (CSR200 platform).
The coupe effectively a fully enclosed seven with fiberglass and carbon fibre bodywork, powered by a Ford Cosworth 4-cyl 2.3litre (200hp) engine with a 6-speed manual transmission."
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Ooooph!!!

That's what happens when someone can't model 3d surfaces.

 

It’s just so wrong in so many ways, and yet I’m sure it’s creator must have thought it is pretty cool.

 

"Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson




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You expect me to remember people from 1979? LOL! But that name actually sounds familiar...

 

He was a Chief Designer there. Worked with him when I was atFord Design

 

The point being 'aero' via reduced frontal area. The car from OSI was supposedly inspired by a twin boom record car designed & driven by Piero Taruffi in the early 50's, and was thus nicknamed 'the Silver Fox'

 

You know better, the proper way to refer to it is Fords'. Plural possessive.