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Ugly American Cars (My Vanity Rant)
count-your-change
| 9/9/2012
| count-your-change
Posted on 09/09/2012 9:23:53 AM PDT by count-your-change
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There are some exceptions to the ugliness of the new car designs but they are the exception.
Can anyone imagine some future car collector looking back with affection for the classic lines of a Chevrolet Aztec like I do for the '34 Cord?
To: count-your-change
No car has had classic lines after 1972.Ugly is the trend style is gone.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:27:29 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: count-your-change
Hopefully the US car makers don’t ever make them as ugly as the riceburners.
To: count-your-change
The big A pillars(air bags) slit trench windows(high belt line due to compliance with
europeaon safety regs make for ugly cars IMO.
Look at the new Taurus, freaking ugly.
Simply lowering the beltline (the line that extends the length of the car and defines the window body demarkation) 5 inches would make this a pretty decent looking car.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:31:29 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: count-your-change
I hate to say it but I agree with the Top Gear UK hosts. America produces an occasional (Highly overpriced) bright automotive spark but its primarily a long dreary line of nothing. I personally think the muscle cars of the mid 60s to mid 70s were awesome.
That said, I'd still love to have an Aston Martin.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:31:32 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: count-your-change
I remember in the old days, there used to be some excitement in the fall, as the new cars were introduced for the new model year.
And, often there would be interesting styling changes for the new model year. But not anymore. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s hard nowadays to tell a Ford from a Chevy from a Nissan to a Honda, or to tell a 2001 model from a 2008 model of any vehicle out there.
To: Proud2BeRight
I’ve had ricers’ since high school. Burned my money from summer work souping them up. Had no problems getting girls. It’s when I drove a Chevy my social life went down LOL
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:35:31 AM PDT
by
max americana
(Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
To: count-your-change
Toyota, while not technically a US name plate, has gone ugly. The best looking vehicle in their line up IMO is the Tacoma pick up. And that aint sayin much.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:37:11 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Vaduz
I still like the last of the Ford Crown Victoria’s and Lincoln Town Cars. Too bad they don’t make them anymore.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:37:14 AM PDT
by
Nakota
To: Vaduz
I still love the 69 charger. would love to have a General.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:38:01 AM PDT
by
barmag25
To: Dilbert San Diego
its hard ... to tell a 2001 model from a 2008 model of any vehicle out there.
I drive a 2006 Lincoln Zephyr and except for some very subtle changes, it looks just like every new release right through 2012.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:39:03 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Dilbert San Diego
You are correct...add to that, fall television programs...TV guide did a brisk business in September back in the day.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:39:30 AM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
To: count-your-change
Old guy-itis. My father couldn’t stand the sleeker lines of 1960’s cars. He never understood why the pregnant elephant look of 1940’s and 1950’s cars went out of style. Except for the 80’s, I think cars have just gotten better looking with each passing decade.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:40:20 AM PDT
by
Melas
(u)
To: Nakota
This looks almost exactly like my first car. I paid $300 for it in about 1983.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:42:00 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: barmag25
Lets analyze why this is a good looking car:
- Small a-pillars
- Coupe with big doors
- Low beltline
- Decent amount of glass, not to much
- Rear deck and front deck about the same size, balance
- Rear wheel drive
- Coke bottle hips
Detroit it isn't that hard to figure out, just dust off the old blue prints and start upgrading technoogy...
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:42:39 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
I still think my 1940 Ford coupe was beautiful. I also got to talk with a a 83 year old woman that was driving a 1925 chopped and channeled Dodge P/U with a most bodacious hemi in it, that was also beautiful.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:42:56 AM PDT
by
gunner03
To: count-your-change
Wow, I find Asian cars bland and overrated.
But its a free country and spend your money however you want to.
Me I will buy American cars.
To: count-your-change
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:46:29 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: central_va
I’ve never understood why American cars and trucks have the ugliest grilles. It’s like the designers have a disease that’s unique to Americans.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:48:02 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: desertfreedom765
I was going to point that out...to my eyes, Hondas and Toyotas are by far the most dull cars on the road. I wonder if they’re deliberately marketing the Civic and Camry to people who just want to drive as little as possible and mope about it when they have to.
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posted on
09/09/2012 9:49:17 AM PDT
by
Windcatcher
(Obama is a COMMUNIST and the MSM is his armband-wearing propaganda machine.)
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