![]() 10/27/2017 at 22:51 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I am 1000% okay with this form of retro styling. I need it in my life.
The worst part is it’s a Daihatsu so even if it made it to production it wouldn’t make it to the US.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:01 |
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We live in a strange time, cars were invented and the styling of the vehicles has gone through so much as tech changed. So at some point aero might just dictate how a car looks unless we dip back into the past. Before too long there won’t be much else we can do with the general layout of a passenger car or SUV, truck. Boxy, swoopy... I mean the best thing is the shape of an Aptera (RIP). I too like we’ll done retro and it’s cool to see designs that make it past the regulations.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:02 |
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Hell, it wouldn’t even make it anywhere outside of Asia, possibly not even Japan because of Daihatsu pulling out of Europe, which was one of the last places they still sold cars.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:05 |
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Yeah, it does look fantastic. They could always slap a Toyota or Subaru badge on it and try to find some export potential.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:30 |
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I think things will continue as they always have. There will be cars with inspired design, and cars with no inspiration for the masses.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:32 |
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The first time I saw it I assumed to was a Toyota
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:34 |
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Why does Japan have to be so selfish with their best cars.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:37 |
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It does have a family resemblance, for sure, especially the pseudo tail fins like on the Prius and Mirai, only attractive.
![]() 10/27/2017 at 23:45 |
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Daihatsu pulled out of Europe years ago also.
But we can at least grey import them to the U.K. legally new and as soon as they hit Japanese showrooms.
![]() 10/28/2017 at 00:10 |
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Yes, I would be so okay with this being the next gen Corolla, or even Prius. Although I’d love it even more with RWD.
![]() 10/28/2017 at 02:18 |
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Daihatsu tried coming here in the late 80's, early 90's but didn’t do very well because their cars were small, and gas was cheap then, so why bother buying a small car?
![]() 10/28/2017 at 06:18 |
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Are there really any similarities between those two designs? The color maybe...Perhaps the grill...
![]() 10/28/2017 at 06:54 |
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chances of it actually making it into production?
my bet is zero.
![]() 10/28/2017 at 08:49 |
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That’s why I loot it. It’s entirely retro without being entirely derivative.