Ed Herman wrote:
> Don't the styles of autos reflect the style of the times? Why do
> the cars of the twenties and thirties still give people a thrill? Even
> thoses of us that were not around in the twenties.
> I thing the late fiftyes aand early sixties were the same. Cars all
> reflected a search for a new style, and new idea.
> I'm afraid we lost track of the search in the 70's and 80's. Every
> manufactuer tried to made their car look like the other guy. That's why
> I'm dissapointed in the new Audi TT, it looks like a Beatle.
> Lets all hope that now is a time of devolping some new ideas in auto
> design. It gives us so much to talk about, and enjoy.
> BTW did you see the drawings of the new Morgan. You can see the on
> the GoMog site, Lorne has posted a new article. Not bad.
> Ed.
Perhaps its not so much that one manufacturer wants to imitate another
than they all have to bend to the same safety and smog rules, and that
the airstream design used to make the cars more efficient produces the
similarities. As someone said, the Morgan has the drag coefficient of
the Winchester CAthedral. Hondas don't .
Cordially,
Rich Rollins
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