RE: [non-Scirocco] Any Photo Artists out there?

["Neal Tovsen" <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

I'm not so sure I agree about ALL the new cars being ugly. I just think that
makers are taking more design risks. Sometimes they win. Sometimes they
loose.

Some of the Loosers:
Honda Civic, Accord
Dodge Intrepid
Chrysler 300M (Not bad, but if they woulda just stayed closer to the
prototype...)
Ford Escort (perhaps ugliest car on the market!)
Ford F-150 (um...huh?)

Some of the Winners:
Mercury Cougar (I think that car is up there with the NB!)
VW New Beetle (duh.)
Ford Mustang (I actually think it's better...but I still think 'Stangs died
in the late 60's)
Chevy Corvette (First good-looker since the early Stingrays)
Saab 9.5 (esp. the "GT" version, whatever it's called)

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 16V JASON [mailto:jason@scirocco.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 2:48 PM
> To: SigMac; Neal Tovsen
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: [non-Scirocco] Any Photo Artists out there?
>
>
> At 03:11 PM 1/13/99 , SigMac wrote:
> >Yeah, I sure do miss the 80's.  Listen, though--I don't want you
> >to think I didn't appreciate what you had done--it just got me
> >thinking about what would have happened to the Scirocco if still
> >in production.  I do give credit to VW for holding out at least a
> >little bit in their design evolution.  Look at the Jetta, which
> >until this year or last still held the boxy sharp lines in its
>
>
> I completely agree with you; and luckily, so did VW-- about
> the Golf.  The
> A4 Golf is almost unchanged appearance-wise.  Of course, there *are*
> changes, but VW made it a point to keep the design as close
> to classic as
> possible.
>
>
> >style and you can still see some of that.  I sometimes am dismayed
> >when a car company has come up with a really "classic" design, one
> >that is like no other and has an enduring sense of identity, and
> >then all of sudden completely scraps it.  I guess they think
>
> I was just pondering this the other day.  Look at just about
> every 1999
> model car on the road.  Then, look at the 1996 version
> thereof.  Notice
> anything?  I sure do-- I like the 96 better.  There are, of
> course, a few
> exceptions-- mostly VW cars, and all Germans...  but anything
> Japanese?
> The 92-96 Camry was, in its dull glory, the epitome of graceful
> understatement; it was astonishingly beautiful.. and won
> design awards left
> and right.  The new Camry?  Looks like a cheap, rubber-maid
> ricebox.  Ditto
> the Corolla.  Ditto the Tercel.  Ditto the Honda Civic (I am
> still not used
> to those bug-eyes).  Look at the TAURUS! Look at what happened to the
> MUSTANG this year! What about the ESCORT?!  Even the famed
> Chrysler designs
> are falling victim-- the current Neon is much better looking than the
> replacement; ditto the Jeep Cherokee *and* the Grand
> Cherokee.  Same deal
> for the Concorde/Intrepid ugly ducklings.
>
> What is this world coming to?  Toyota woke up-- they
> offically dumped their
> policy of mandatory redesigns every 4 years...  but they're
> one generation
> too late.  Let's Honda figures this out before we get the
> next round of
> uglies from them. GM's doing just fine, but Ford is a lost cause...
>
> 	One of these days, when I rule the world, companies
> will listen to their
> customers. :)
>
>
>
>
> ----------
> jason@scirocco.org
> 1987 Scirocco 16v
> 57,000 original miles.
> http://members.aol.com/rocco16v
>


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