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Topic: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)

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utee94

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4088 on: Today at 10:21:44 AM »
Can't overlook the AMC Javelin when it comes to lesser known and/or under-appreciated muscle cars.


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« Reply #4089 on: Today at 10:25:00 AM »
In looking through these, I feel like the AMCs and the MOPARS all shared some very similar lines, while the Fords and GMs were more distinctive from one another.

There are exceptions of course, and as the makes moved from the 60s into the 70s, I think the lines and aesthetics became more homogenized.

Just a general observation.


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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4090 on: Today at 10:29:03 AM »
The currrent crop of small "SUVs" look so similar I have to look carefully, if I care to bother.  My wife a few times has gone to the wrong car in Costco parking lot that is about the same color.  I chirp the horn for her.  

I think AMC tried to be different, at times pointlessly, like with the Pacer.

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4091 on: Today at 11:32:33 AM »
The currrent crop of small "SUVs" look so similar I have to look carefully, if I care to bother.  My wife a few times has gone to the wrong car in Costco parking lot that is about the same color.  I chirp the horn for her. 

This observation is saving me from having to trade my wife's 2015 Honda Pilot in for something newer.  She has opined that everything looks the same.

Ours only has 129K on it, spent the ton-o-money to replace the timing belt before 105K as directed, so hell, might as well keep driving it.

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4092 on: Today at 03:44:54 PM »
The currrent crop of small "SUVs" look so similar I have to look carefully, if I care to bother.  
She has opined that everything looks the same.
They're all designed by the same computer programs to optimize for the same performance in a wind tunnel. They all have to handle driver ergonomics--for a crossover, that driver to be slightly higher seating position / visibility than a sedan. They have to hold 5 passengers. And they're going to have a lifting rear gate and decent cargo capacity. That's the recipe. Therefore, the shape is going to be the shape. Beyond that, there might be some unique styling cues, but for many of them, there just isn't much differentiation. 

I've always sort of liked the Acura styling cues, with sharper lines and angles. It's actually one of the reasons that I like my wife's 2017 Lexus RX--they'd been a little too "bubbly" in the previous generation but her generation has sharp lines and angles that just look fantastic--more like an Acura than a Lexus, traditionally. That generation RX is the best I've ever seen from Lexus. (Now they've gone boxy, which I don't like). For me, my Acura RDX is probably a little "softer" than I like for Acura. The front end I like and has decent lines, but the rear is kinda round. I like my car, but the styling to me looks "good" but not something special.

But I wouldn't be shocked if most people ( like @utee94 ) look at my car and say that it looks like every other midsize crossover on the market. Because it's the same shape as every single other one of them. 


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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4093 on: Today at 03:56:32 PM »
I mean, you don't HAVE to design a car to be optimized in the wind tunnel.  It's a choice, and it's a choice that results in so many of those vehicles looking the same.  But it's not a requirement.

And there are several examples of SUV-type vehicles that don't fit that typical aerodynamically designed humpy profile.







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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4094 on: Today at 04:34:43 PM »
Well admittedly a Land Cruiser and Jeep Wrangler are not exactly remotely the same class of vehicle. A Land Cruiser is a true SUV, and a Wrangler is an off-roader. 2

I'm not as familiar with exactly what the Rivian is trying to be, but the R1S is built on the same platform as the R1T (a truck), so it is almost by design more truck-like than car-like. 

 

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