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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Wandering Connecticut
Posts: 9,294
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I agree that car design isn't really moving forwards right now... looking back, the middle 1990s looked like a golden age of car design.
I think even Ferrari is declining in the quality of their designs. I mean, the F355 is probably the best-looking car that Italy has produced since the 250GTO... but all things must come to an end. So they replaced it with the 360. Nice, but it's no 355. And what now? The 430? Looks like a ricer's idea of what a 360 should look like!
Porsche went through a similar situation about 5 years ago when they replaced the 993 with the 996 - the 993 was arguably the best-looking 911 ever... and the 996, as good a car as it was, looked boring in comparison. At least Porsche has listened to its customers and improved in the looks department with the 997. The new 987, on the other hand...
Lamborghini's Murcialago is their best-looking car to date, if you ask me. Even though the Gallardo is a similar look, there is something just off about it, and I actually think it is one of Lambo's WORST designs.
So who has been getting it right? I think every Aston Martin that comes out is more beautiful than the last... and the DB9 might just be the most attractive car on sale right now...
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