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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:31 AM
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Interesting article on automotive design

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/perso...ex.html?hpt=C2


Not rx7 related but worthy of discussion. I completely agree with Tim Allen. There are very few cars in recent years that are potentially classics.

I live in downtown Toronto and everyone has a porsche here that they use as winter beaters. lol What happened to elegant timeless designs (ie. jag e-type)? It seems new cars must have the biggest this, the biggest that, and the most exaggerated lines to make an impression (Veyron and Enzo are some of the ugliest). I think the early ninties era japanese cars will be classics.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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The aston martins db9s would be classic and jags' xkr....
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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I completely agree with you Hevnsnt. There really isn't a tasteful modern car available nowadays. Everything is big and bulky. With crazy exagerated lines.
The 90's were the hay days of artistic "classical" looking cars.

Now a days everyone is worried about fuel economy and how "safe" a car is.

Including all the models we have available today, there are only a handful of cars that are done tastefully.

At least some of us already own "classic" looking vehicles.
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