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glyph posted:Does Cumberford still do the design critiques in Automobile magazine? Hell, is he still alive? Those two pages alone kept me subscribing for years longer than I would have otherwise. Thank you for this link, I've never heard of the guy but he's clearly a lot more considered about design than most people who write about cars.
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That thing is parked right across from me, and the owner - I can only assume - died, because it never moves. It just sits there, and every day, of every week, I drive my car onto the street, and my eyes are glued to this car. My simple mind struggles to find design patterns, lines, anything to hold onto, and while I suffer, the capitalistic part of my brain tries to find a solution why someone buys this. I have to endure this every day, every morning, and I never manage to NOT look at that thing for couple of seconds, while traffic honks at me. It simply sits there, silent, since weeks or months, taunting me, questioning all of my (bad) automotive tastes I aquired over the years. It never makes a sound. It never lights a light. It sits there, and looks at me. I think it follows me, even when I drive past it. Hundreds of meters away, I know it's still there, and I know once I return to my place, it still sits there, because it waited for me. I'm sure it'll kill me one day, as it did kill it's owner. I need to make the first move....
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Apr 8, 2019 17:16
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I've just seen some studio photos of this car and it's made me notice another thing about this car that I hate. The thing is if it was implemented better I'd think it was kinda cool but it's just pointlessly done because it adds nothing. nice steelseries
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For me I can't help but think the C-HR was somehow designed by or related to these guys:
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Goober Peas posted:Those boots always creeped me out. It's like a rubbery corrugated scrotum. My Cherokee had exactly the same boot. glyph posted:My first car was a [hand me down] Plymouth voyager. The shifter on mine was very similar, boot and all. The fact that it's a *manual* minivan is pretty much all that's needed to lust after it.
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glyph posted:Does Cumberford still do the design critiques in Automobile magazine? Hell, is he still alive? Those two pages alone kept me subscribing for years longer than I would have otherwise. Not Cumberford, but one of the other writers thinks the 2020 Hyundai Sonata is "stunning":   https://www.automobilemag.com/news/2020-hyundai-sonata-design-in-depth-feature/ Interestingly, there appears to be a much less aggressive variant that looks better. For one thing, the grille doesn't look all twisted up.  edit: oh, God, I just noticed the chrome strip following the hood line from the headlights. Ugh.
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So Hyundai is ripping off Lexus now instead of Mercedes?
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Apr 8, 2019 21:00
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All will succumb to THE MAW
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Wrapping all chrome on that red sonata black would make it look worlds better. Hot take The edge st ain't bad at all in a straight line, but it also doesn't deserve the st name Where's the loving 6 speed, ford Where is it
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:Wrapping all chrome on that red sonata black would make it look worlds better. Exploding galaxy brain: the ST name isn't that special
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lexus was cool when basically all they did was put a twist in the sideskirts but toyota can't let go of the electric razor designColostomy Bag posted:So Hyundai is ripping off Lexus now instead of Mercedes? ironically that one hyundai elantra's success was the reason all FWD ecobox lights across the board have the anime 'tude slant now regardless if its german, american or japanese
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Darchangel posted:Not Cumberford, but one of the other writers thinks the 2020 Hyundai Sonata is "stunning": This is clearly ripping off the Audi A7. Both are bad.
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Apr 8, 2019 22:29
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The A7 is incredible and I will fight you
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That looks absolutely nothing like an A7, the proportions are all off. It's much closer to a current shape Civic.
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While you're murdering Toyota what do y'all think of the new corolla hatch?
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dissss posted:That looks absolutely nothing like an A7, the proportions are all off. It's much closer to a current shape Civic. The hood and trunk portions of the Hyundai look very similar to me. 
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cakesmith handyman posted:While you're murdering Toyota what do y'all think of the new corolla hatch? I think the overall shape is decent but I'd like a 2 door version better. The weird arcs on the beltline are kind of a wtf I guess. The front grill in an abomination, but you can't really hate too much because literally everyone has gone full dumb when it comes to front end styling.
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Apr 8, 2019 23:13
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Powershift posted:Exploding galaxy brain: the ST name isn't that special The ST cars are supposed to be engaging and fun to drive. it's a 4000lb suv It ain't an ST. Maybe an st.
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Apr 8, 2019 23:36
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Rhyno posted:I dig the red one. That would be the Genesis sedans, then. G60, G70, and G80. I liked those at the auto show a couple weekends ago. Available V8! Kia Stinger is the same platform, but with Kia's less razor-edge styling, of course. cakesmith handyman posted:While you're murdering Toyota what do y'all think of the new corolla hatch? xzzy posted:I think the overall shape is decent but I'd like a 2 door version better. The weird arcs on the beltline are kind of a wtf I guess. I appreciate that they brought the hatch back (heh.) Some of the surfacing is definitely finky, but not outright awful. The front end is a tad too boy-racer for me, but it's downright conservative in the face of some of the other Toyotas and Lexii.
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Darchangel posted:That would be the Genesis sedans, then. G60, G70, and G80. I liked those at the auto show a couple weekends ago. Available V8! G70, G80, G90 you mean? Also, there is no V8, the top-tier engine in any of those is a turbo V6.
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:The ST cars are supposed to be engaging and fun to drive. Ford's back to their old games. They did this after killing off the SVT group in 2006. The facelifted 2005-7 Focus featured an "ST" that was basically the same as the non-ST with the exceptions of a 2.3 I4 (instead of a 2.0), rear disc brakes and dampers from the SVT Focus. Otherwise the only differences were cosmetic in nature.
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Darchangel posted:edit: oh, God, I just noticed the chrome strip following the hood line from the headlights. Ugh. Don't know how you'll take this news, but the front half of that strip lights up for the DRLs. 
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Oh hey buddy you're sad? Me too
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drgitlin posted:G70, G80, G90 you mean? Also, there is no V8, the top-tier engine in any of those is a turbo V6.
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cakesmith handyman posted:While you're murdering Toyota what do y'all think of the new corolla hatch? it reminds me of the Lexus CT which just makes me wonder if Toyota's hand-me-down styling strats every few years are as intentional as they feel
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Darchangel posted:Lexii. Thank you for pluralizing this correctly
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Thief posted:it reminds me of the Lexus CT which just makes me wonder if Toyota's hand-me-down styling strats every few years are as intentional as they feel I'm so glad I got a '13 CT off-lease because it just beat out the Lexus maw. I really like the "Toyota but kinda nicer" feel of Lexus, but goddamn, gently caress that styling.
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ComfyPants posted:Don't know how you'll take this news, but the front half of that strip lights up for the DRLs. the mazda RX8 concept did this better
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Apr 9, 2019 06:04
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Looks like it should be filter feeding at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
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david_a posted:Both the G80 and G90 still have a V8 in the top trim. There were rumors that they were dropping the V8 in favor of the V6TT they use in the G80 Sport but that didn’t happen for this model year. My bad, there is a V8 but none of the press cars came with one.
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 why this toyota 86 got two radios
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Solus posted:
so you can play sandstorm in a round.
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one of them is the JVC turbo timer to keep that ebay bolton kit from nuking the engine before 100k
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Thief posted:one of them is the JVC turbo timer to keep that ebay bolton kit from nuking the engine before 100k it's done 120k already 
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tuo posted:That thing is parked right across from me, and the owner - I can only assume - died, because it never moves. It just sits there, and every day, of every week, I drive my car onto the street, and my eyes are glued to this car. My simple mind struggles to find design patterns, lines, anything to hold onto, and while I suffer, the capitalistic part of my brain tries to find a solution why someone buys this. I have to endure this every day, every morning, and I never manage to NOT look at that thing for couple of seconds, while traffic honks at me.  My brother. Good luck.cakesmith handyman posted:While you're murdering Toyota what do y'all think of the new corolla hatch? I don't actually hate it simply because there are worse cars out on the road. I notice a few nods to Lexus' current design language with the lip and the body accents by the reflectors on the rear. It does kinda look like a Vauxhall though overall (clamshell bonnet, different coloured roof scream Vauxhall Adam to me personally) which isn't a bad thing, Vauxhall designers are putting out some really nice cars which is hilarious because they're loving VAUXHALL
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Made me think of a Citroen DS3 at first glance personally
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fridge corn posted:Made me think of a Citroen DS3 at first glance personally That too, I was deciding which to put but it was the clamshell bonnet action which swung it Adam's way. I totally see where you're coming from with that comment though.
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Speaking of car stuff I have to see daily: what's everyone's opinion on the Citroen C3? The cactus was a bit weird, but I still think it had some charm to it, but I honestly like the way they integrated those anti-rear end in a top hat-parker-pillows into the C3, especially with the color options. It seems like there are different variations now (saw one couple of days ago that had a lot of those pillows on the rear), but for something that is basically an absolute no-go on paper, it actually looks pretty fitting and good?
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tuo posted:Speaking of car stuff I have to see daily: what's everyone's opinion on the Citroen C3? The cactus was a bit weird, but I still think it had some charm to it, but I honestly like the way they integrated those anti-rear end in a top hat-parker-pillows into the C3, especially with the color options. It seems like there are different variations now (saw one couple of days ago that had a lot of those pillows on the rear), but for something that is basically an absolute no-go on paper, it actually looks pretty fitting and good? We have a DS3 convertible as a leasing car and the quality is god awful. Car was in service for over 10 percent of the leasing time so far including a broken passenger seat that should have quite obviously not made it through QA and that wasn't available as a spare part for over a week. The engine is also horrible and so is the gearbox.
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