car design thread

I dig it, but nothing original there.

You dont remember the 80s trend?

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Honestly, no... I was born in the 1980s, so perhaps a lot of those wings had been removed by the time we got to the 1990s and I started discovering a passion for cars.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Got kinda Niagara vibe; diggin' it!

 

Corvette EV by Art Center design student Xusheng Zhao via Auotweek -

https://www.autoweek.com/news/future-cars/a42269844/artcenter-design-student-pens-electric-corvette/?source=nl&date=122222&user_email=9098eb71dbb5872ceda0b64fcb6d9d9fde5cc7cf13e4a1a5eb543a3e1db70b5c


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Go big or go home - Chris Rado's Time Attack Scion tc from 2010
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I think Chris was, in an inspired bit of lateral thinking, the first to us a wing on a front drive car and he smoked everyone.

 

It lacks elegance compared to the Kode by Ken Okuyama

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This is an update to the old children's game Button, button, who's got the button.

Find the Goddess(es) on the new Caddy. Hint: it's not on the hood.

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https://www.motor1.com/news/616736/cadillac-celestiq-production-car-debut/​

 

All those sharp lines are Asian influences. I prefer rounded body parts.

 

Took me a bit, but finally found it.

I'm really struggling to like much about the Celestiq. The exterior makes me think of a family car rather than ultra luxury, while the interior looks cold, hard, and unwelcoming. The dashboard is horrible, with straight flat surfaces and tablets stuck to it. The whole thing comes across to me as trying far too hard to be futuristic with LEDs to compensate for the minimalist effort on the interior surface shapes that just look cheap. The rear seats basically have open trunk space behind them. Even the presentation video sucked, the design director sounded like she was delivering a book report. Nothing about the Celestiq or the way it is presented says to me that the driver or passengers are going to feel cocooned by luxury when they're in it.

"Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Looks like a cross between the Bertone Ramarro Corvette concept and the Aston Martin Vulcan concept. The internet is ruining originality!!

 

Reminds me a little bit of the oriental origami paper folding technique.

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Asian influences? Maybe now, but Modulo, Stratos Zero, Carabo, Manta, Deze Alfa, Countach, Marzal, Pirana, Athon...LOL!

 

Love the ram air scoop. All this car needs is a screaming chicken decal.

 

Agreed.

Everything about this car is the exact opposite of what I like about the cars I, well, like; it reminds me of some sort of over-styled, futuristic Roadmaster station wagon. On top of that, it certainly does appear very cold, very clinical; a perhaps interesting but not very inviting place to be.

Then again, I am not the "target audience" for this vehicle, lol.

I'm starting to realize I am not the "target audience" for most new vehicles being produced anywhere, today.

 

This may be one of the only benefits of getting old. You can ignore the consumer hype because they don't want you.

 

I'm not even 40 yet... what am I going to be like when I'm as old as you guys?

With concern for people on my lawn,
Andrew.

 

My 2016 Porsche diesel Cayenne will probably be the last new car I ever buy.