2011tdiproject
Veteran Member
I just had to say something about this. haha. I HATE the style of so many new cars these days. The ones I hate all have the following features:
1) A hood and grille that is way taller than it needs to be, or used to be. This is true wether it is a pickup, or a small car, or an suv. Or course, this extends inside the car to the dash, which is the same height as the hood. This compromises forward visibility and aerdynamics. For trucks, look at the 88-98 chevy, then the new chevy trucks. The new ones seem like the hood is about a foot taller. (The motors are the same size.) For cars, look at the old hondas from the 80s and 90s, or the popular integra, then look at any new car these days. The hood of the old hondas is about 6" lower than any of the new cars.
2) Door sills that start out slightly lower than the hood/dash, and then extend up toward the rear of the car. In other words the rear of the rear door sills is noticeably higher than the front of the front door sills. This does not make the car look "sporty", it just makes it look unbalanced and ugly! As an example of a car not like this, look at the '96 impala ss. Or the old BMWs. The doors are flat along the top, front to back. Then look at any new car. This styling trend leads to my next style complaint.
3)The rear deck, and the bottom of the rear glass is of course at that same height, as is the top of the trunk, or that part of the trunk/hatch. This unecessary height severely compromises rear visibility. It also just looks flat out stupid, having a trunklid that is a foot above the hood. Yuck.
The new styling trend of these tall, almost suv like cars makes me want to puke. They talk about their low coefficient of drag, but totally forget about frontal area! It takes more hp to push my 2011 golf tdi down the road than my old honda accord, and that is flat out retarded.
I wish these designers would get a clue, and start designing cars for overall aero, not just Cd, a lower center of gravity, decent visibility out of them, and make them not all look the same!
And PLease, stop copying styles from the 60s, come up with your own style! I don't care how good the modern powertrains are, I don't want to drive a 2014 1969 camaro! Or a 2014 1970 challenger! Or a 2014 1968 mustang.
I feel a little better now. Just had to get that off my chest. I honestly think the cars from the 90s were a lot better looking than most cars out there these days. (last gen rx7 vs what now, the FRS? Not even close!)Audi is doing their thing properly though, I will say.
1) A hood and grille that is way taller than it needs to be, or used to be. This is true wether it is a pickup, or a small car, or an suv. Or course, this extends inside the car to the dash, which is the same height as the hood. This compromises forward visibility and aerdynamics. For trucks, look at the 88-98 chevy, then the new chevy trucks. The new ones seem like the hood is about a foot taller. (The motors are the same size.) For cars, look at the old hondas from the 80s and 90s, or the popular integra, then look at any new car these days. The hood of the old hondas is about 6" lower than any of the new cars.
2) Door sills that start out slightly lower than the hood/dash, and then extend up toward the rear of the car. In other words the rear of the rear door sills is noticeably higher than the front of the front door sills. This does not make the car look "sporty", it just makes it look unbalanced and ugly! As an example of a car not like this, look at the '96 impala ss. Or the old BMWs. The doors are flat along the top, front to back. Then look at any new car. This styling trend leads to my next style complaint.
3)The rear deck, and the bottom of the rear glass is of course at that same height, as is the top of the trunk, or that part of the trunk/hatch. This unecessary height severely compromises rear visibility. It also just looks flat out stupid, having a trunklid that is a foot above the hood. Yuck.
The new styling trend of these tall, almost suv like cars makes me want to puke. They talk about their low coefficient of drag, but totally forget about frontal area! It takes more hp to push my 2011 golf tdi down the road than my old honda accord, and that is flat out retarded.
I wish these designers would get a clue, and start designing cars for overall aero, not just Cd, a lower center of gravity, decent visibility out of them, and make them not all look the same!
And PLease, stop copying styles from the 60s, come up with your own style! I don't care how good the modern powertrains are, I don't want to drive a 2014 1969 camaro! Or a 2014 1970 challenger! Or a 2014 1968 mustang.
I feel a little better now. Just had to get that off my chest. I honestly think the cars from the 90s were a lot better looking than most cars out there these days. (last gen rx7 vs what now, the FRS? Not even close!)Audi is doing their thing properly though, I will say.
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