by "Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
Published 01/10/2017 at 23:09
by "Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
Published 01/10/2017 at 23:09
Tags: Toyota
STARS: 0
It really was an amazing design in how much it completely neutralized the perception of depth. I sincerely hope Toyota doesn’t give up on this design path because they are really getting close to that Mecha/Kaiju design that is extremely Japanese and plays on nostalgia while being futuristic. Like if Mothra need to take the kids to school in a Gundam, well it would be a Lexus LX.
Toyota needs to go crazier. Take that look of the sheet metal being pulled tight and exaggerate it to the point where it looks as if the skin is being torn off and revealing a monster beneath. Like the werewolf transformations in that Van Helsing movie with Hugh Jackson. These are so close to 80s/90s dystopian anime design while looking like the Michael Bay transformers and the Pacific Rim Kaijus that I want to see these cars become so exaggerated that they are Toonami/Adult Swim action figures on the roads.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
01/10/2017 at 23:12, STARS: 8
Shoulda left the camo on, it looked better when we didn’t have to look at it.
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
01/10/2017 at 23:22, STARS: 6
The thing is it looks like a HORRENDOUSLY modified 08 Camry.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
01/10/2017 at 23:31, STARS: 0
Yeah, it really does.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/10/2017 at 23:51, STARS: 6
Watch a Michael Bay film, then watch a Kurosawa film. You’re advocating for the Trump school of car design. Fuck our society. These cars appeal to the lowest common denominator.
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
01/11/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 8
100% this. Car design is going the way of the McMansion, using elements without understanding what they actually do.
Vs
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/11/2017 at 00:50, STARS: 1
Does it bother anyone else that the side “intakes” are slatted while the grille is mesh?
"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
01/11/2017 at 01:00, STARS: 1
The architecture comparison explains why I like the new Lincoln Continental.
A classic idea and format, but done in a modern and inviting way.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/11/2017 at 01:01, STARS: 0
Wow. The more you look at the details the uglier it gets.
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
01/11/2017 at 01:11, STARS: 2
Or, as you’ve shown, “badly copying things I’ve seen better designers do as a facade over cheap underpinnings”
Both the Lincoln and that house are disasters.
"fintail" (fintail)
01/11/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 0
That’s effectively what it is, isn’t it?
Bold!
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
01/11/2017 at 10:44, STARS: 0
Bold doesn’t have to be disgusting.
"fintail" (fintail)
01/11/2017 at 10:48, STARS: 0
Sadly, the current design ethos is quantity over quality, and different for the sake of different.
What gets me is how many applaud it.
"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
01/11/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 0
While I usually like modern architecture, I’m not sure I’d want to live in a house designed as such. Likewise, I do like the Volvo S90, but I’m not so sure about living with one. However, I would happily live in a modern take on a ranch house, and would happily live with a Continental.
Also, wouldn’t a Hummer H2T be the equivalent of brutalism?
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
01/11/2017 at 22:01, STARS: 0
I know. Even if a lot of people do like it, it will be outsold by the RAV4
"fintail" (fintail)
01/12/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 0
At least the RAV4 is relatively tame looking. For now.
I think we’re entering a new 1958 in terms of car design, where busy is better and the volume of styling is most important.
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
01/12/2017 at 10:37, STARS: 0
I think you are right. I just think 5 years down the line how godawful every Toyota will look.
"fintail" (fintail)
01/12/2017 at 11:08, STARS: 0
As you probably know, there was a backlash about overdone 50s styling (and size). By 1965, most makers had switched gears and were making very clean modern designs. Of course, that changed to bloated barges around 1970. Maybe there is hope, but I am skeptical.
"cesariojpn" (cesariojpn)
01/15/2017 at 02:05, STARS: 0
You’ve never seen the Mark X then.
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