The Current State of Automotive Design

Kinja'd!!! by "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
Published 01/13/2017 at 10:05

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Not good.

But I guess it’s only natural for grille designs to get completely insane just before they go away altogether.


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Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/13/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 0

Q8.

Kinja'd!!! "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
01/13/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 2

Wow, an Audi Cherokee! Such collaboration.

Kinja'd!!! "71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter)
01/13/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 5

What has happened to our world, the Lamborghini Huracan RWD has a more subtle front facia

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Kinja'd!!! "SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/13/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 0

I wonder what the worst designs are.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/13/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 1

I’ve got a coworker going to the show this weekend. I, on the other hand, am going here . 1930s automotive design state: excellent.

Kinja'd!!! "Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/13/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 2

It just looks like they’re all trying far too hard to be something they’re clearly not.

Kinja'd!!! "fintail" (fintail)
01/13/2017 at 10:24, STARS: 1

1958 all over again. Now that fins would never pass safety regs, we are relegated to ever more extreme and pointless grille designs. Bold!

Kinja'd!!! "OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
01/13/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 0

with everyone pushing for aerodynamics to improve efficiency, its seems counter productive to use such large grills. I’m guessing the production versions will have most of those grills replaced with the fake imitation grills

Kinja'd!!! "benjrblant" (benjblant)
01/13/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 1

Conspiracy to sell more replacement parts? There’s no chance in hell that any of those would survive an impact greater than 0.5mph.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 0

Yup. 3 mph tap that cracks a headlight? That’ll be $3000.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:21, STARS: 0

Good point - they still have to breathe, but you’d think all that would give some serious turbulence.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:23, STARS: 0

Sad!

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 0

Yup.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 0

Nice move... Jealous. Did you get there for the Porsche exhibit?

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:26, STARS: 0

http://ncartmuseum.org/exhibition/porsche-by-design-seducing-speed

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:28, STARS: 1

best cars =/= best design

But “best” for me will always have a design component.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:28, STARS: 0

Hahaha!

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 11:29, STARS: 0

So angry and shouty.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/13/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 1

I did not get there for the Porsche stuff. It’s a bit far from where I am just to go down there for the lulz routinely. On the other hand, I happend to see an exhibit at the High Museum in Atlanta some years ago which had Steve McQueen’s Jag and a Delage and some things.

Kinja'd!!! "Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/13/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0

Except the bus. It kinda looks stoned.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 0

It looks exactly like that.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/13/2017 at 12:42, STARS: 0

Awesome. If you haven’t yet, make sure to watch all the videos that were made in conjunction with that exhibit. They’re fantastic - https://vimeo.com/album/2337580

I actually bought the exhibit book, since I couldn’t go (live in Tulsa).

Kinja'd!!! "Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
01/13/2017 at 13:02, STARS: 1

It’s embracing it’s ancestors owners

Kinja'd!!! "ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
01/13/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 2

1961 did it better.

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Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/14/2017 at 10:33, STARS: 0

Haha! Nice.