This is pretty nice

"RMudkips" (rmudkips) 03/15/2014 at 22:29 • Filed to: None

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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > RMudkips 03/15/2014 at 22:52

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What is nice is Ferrari learning how to make beautiful cars again after a somewhat meh streak last decade. :p

RMudkips > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 03/15/2014 at 22:54

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Especially the 458 for me. Car design nowadays is pure excess, so it's nice to see simpler designs from any automaker in general.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > RMudkips 03/15/2014 at 22:57

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Heh, I just commented somethig along those lines on Ballaban's article about the Focus' fake vents. Those are my thoughts exactly : )

RMudkips > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 03/15/2014 at 23:03

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Nice to see we're on the same boat. The emphasis on form for makes like Jaguar, Volvo and Maserati are great for car design today.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > RMudkips 03/15/2014 at 23:34

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Agreed, the way Car and Driver once put it, is that they focus on a strong basic shape without much tack on trim to make it stand out. That was in the 70's, but I think the same is still valid today, except instead of tack on trim, we get lots of creases and dramatic angles just for the sake of creases and angles.

RMudkips > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 03/16/2014 at 17:27

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Very true. I think we have all those creases and angles for "disguising" safety features, instead of incorporating them.