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Will this one also "move the door handles to the back" before it actually hits the streets? (if it ever does.......)
Although I do like the look.....an improvement over the first fisker.....I'm fine with

 

Kind of a 7/8 scale 1st gen Fisker. The front is unfortunate.

 

Oh my...

 

Yes that front end does look a little off. Saw this a few weeks ago. Good to see the new design is smaller as the 1st gen is HUGE.

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Next Aston Martin Vantage......



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Ya'll were remarking on unfortunate fronts.....this one could really 'clean up' (the road....)

what they say:
aston martin’s ‘vantage’ boasts pure, sculptural forms creating an athletic, predatory stance, while the minimal front and rear overhangs, muscular flanks and broad haunches express agility. new head and tail lights form dramatic new signatures giving the super coupé an unmistakable road presence. aerodynamic performance was central to the design concept — the front splitter directs airflow underneath the car, where a system of fences channels cooling air where it is needed, and also ensures the rear diffuser is fed with clean airflow. the design of the diffuser creates an area of low pressure air, while simultaneously preventing turbulence generated by the rear wheels from disrupting the flow of air exiting centrally from beneath the rear of the car. together with side gills, which have been integrated into the body surface and bleed air pressure out from the front wheel arches, and the pronounced upswept rear deck lid, the supercar generates a significant level of downforce.

 

like Fiskar's latest effort.........the front on this is rather unfortunate.
Did an informal survey in class yesterday, and the overwhelming verdict was thumbs down on the 'unfinished' looking front end design solution.
gotta love those PR releases for design verbiage

 

Yeah, the front is not good. I wonder if it would be better without the odd fold, different shaped lights, and without that weird bit of chrome that looks like a large irregular sticker. So... basically just completely different to how it is now.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

the lower grille aperture looks unfinished.......

 

Remove the chrome bit with the black 'decal' and it's not too bad.

 

It is missing the number plate!
The rear; specifically the upswept trunk lid shape is the car's downfall with those tail lights. Looks like something they borrowed from Volvo. Give it back!!!!!

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Hard to believe they are showing that...

 

This one looks like they borrowed some paint from Lamborghini.
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whelp, if you are going to break your streak of being some of the best looking cars on the market may as well go all the way the other direction...

 

Trying SOOOOooooo hard to be an NSX......

 

Or the new Fisker? Kinda dig it, though ...

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login Chris Bangle debuted his latest design for automobility http://cardesignnews.com/articles/cdn-live/los-angeles/2017/1

 

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Hey John,
Are you in LA for the show?

 

No, but my boss is!

 

As attention-getting as it is.......is this really in our future? Seems more likely to be overtaken by something 'autonomous'.....though I suppose this works just as well autonomous as (whats the oppo?) nomous?
The future of mobility is more 'frothy' than ever! (you read it here first!)

 

In the spirit of automobility, that thing looks a bit like a New Orleans trolley car. Especially the circular windshield. You step on and sit or stand for your ride.

 

I suspect Bangle was paid well. Hopefully so well that he can afford to live down this disjointed attempt at design. Bet he going to need all his political skills to "spin" the story that this makes complete design sense.

 

Have mixed emotions about this effort. Initial reaction was 'clown car'. Different for the sake of being different. But the thing that really bothers, is the 'styling' of the thing. Random patterns, reverse windshield for no apparent functional reason, odd window graphics, etc . The whole thing comes off as random and arbitrary. I have a whole class of students that are exploring autonomous/ride sharing alternatives, with all the functionality of this car's interior. Yet this screams 'look at me' for no apparent design reason other than to scream 'look at me'.

I'm sure Mr. Bangle is dead serious with this proposal. Or maybe he's being playful and winking at all the 'serious' car designers around the globe. He certainly spit on the table and has garnered everyone's attention, which he is a master at doing.

I give Mr. Bangle kudos for really trying to step outside of the cliche' design vocabularies so prevalent on today's roads. But in the end it comes off as a 'styling' exercise. Decorating the cake as it were. It's taken 50 years to kill the stigma of styling vs. design. This just set the profession back 50 years for no reason other than 'i can do this'. It takes an incredible amount of chutzpa to make this bold of a statement. It just didn't have to come out looking the way it does IMVHO.

Maybe i'll get used to it

 

ice cream wagon for the masses...

 

This new TVR shows some potential with a carbonfibre chassis and good names like Gordon Murray and Cosworth Ford V8 involved in the effort to...

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