late night oppo

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 04/09/2020 at 03:55 • Filed to: Late night Oppo, vw, concept, carsoftumblr

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Volkswagen IRVW Futura (c1989)

Concept presented as a car we would be driving in 2000.

ignoring the gullwing doors, many of the car’s features, ABS, LCD screen for driver info, proximity radar and direct injection petrol engine are now commonplace.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/09/2020 at 04:05

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On the other hand...my 2001 built VW Transporter has none of those things.

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 04/09/2020 at 04:30

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and for the better too

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/09/2020 at 05:39

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So many of these late 80s and 90s concept cars are so generic. You can slap any other badge on the front and it could be the vision of the future for Chrysler/Toyota /Peugeot/whatever.

It’s still cool and I love this kind of stuff, but most of them look the same. Or is it just me?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 04/09/2020 at 05:47

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i haven’t given it much thought to be honest, so you could well be spot on with that assessment 

OPPOsaurus WRX > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/09/2020 at 07:56

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I love cars with that one shape style.

duurtlang > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 04/09/2020 at 08:00

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No ABS? No direct injection either?

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > duurtlang 04/09/2020 at 08:32

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No ABS... given it’s a turbo diesel then one could argue direct injection but it’s not a common rail (it’s all mechanical).

There is a driver's airbag...

duurtlang > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 04/09/2020 at 08:36

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I already expected it was a TDI :)

phenotyp > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 04/09/2020 at 09:26

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It’s not just you. Design trends overall were pretty uniform until the early 90s, from wedgy, boxy, and angular to gooey, rounded beans. J Mays and Freeman Thomas were pretty much the standard bearers for reaching back to a company’s own history for design reference. From the AVUS concept, to the TT (concept), to the VW Concept 1 (New Beetle), they really drive the industry to its deep-dive into the retro trend of the late 90s/2000s.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > phenotyp 04/09/2020 at 10:17

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Yeah I’m looking up these guys, thanks for the knowledge bomb.
I had a diecast model of the AVUS concept when it came out, it really stuck with me.

phenotyp > phenotyp 04/09/2020 at 11:31

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Stuck with me, too. J Mays was the reason I got into car design in the first place. Having him compliment my internship project at Ford was none of the biggest highlights of design school.

On mobile, so I’m not gonna type much, but feel free to keep the convo going.