posted on Dec, 6 2022 @ 10:54 AM
originally posted by: robsmith
a reply to: Flatcoat
Agreed! this is a hot front clip:
journal.classiccars.com...
Older cars have both style and substance.
Studied transportation design out of high school (Art Center College in Pasadena, CA), until I decided to switch majors to something practical.
The biggest "problem" with vehicle design nowadays is that, due to safety requirements, aerodynamic efficiency requirements, and "shared platform
utility" the designers are constrained to a very limited form factor.
There just isn't much room left to "create" in.
These considerations were far less of a concern back in the 50's and 60's (the Golden Age of design IMO).
Heck, there was a time I could identify the year, make, and model of a car, in the dark, by its taillights alone.
But just recently, a Mercedes, a Chevy, a Toyota, a Ford, and a Nissan were diagonally parked, nose first, in a lot and from the side, looking just
from the leading edge of the wheel well forward, you couldn't tell one from the other.
A damn shame!
edit on 6-12-2022 by Mantiss2021 because: (no reason given)