Awkward design details on production cars
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Grumps. said:
SteBrown91 said:
Nickbrapp said:
Dont understand why some transits have this as in-laws have a 20 plate one and its integrated into the plastic trim above the numberplateThe small ones over the number plate are the reverse cameras.
https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/news/2021/f...
patmahe said:
The robot above reminded me of the Seat Altea XL (above), any time I was behind one I remember thinking I couldn't have one of those walking up to it in a car park it'd make me depressed. How that got signed off by Seat (whose cars I normally like) I'll never know. Not an awkward detail really but its hardly the best they could have come up with.
Edited by patmahe on Friday 9th June 17:30
As we're talking about Clios, the old shape 5 door had what was the tiniest useless window behind the rear door, and the door handle in the back edge of the door trim. I'm pretty sure I've posted it here before
The current one has fixed this and cleaned things up, no more useless window, and the door handle in its place.
To me anyway, the new design is a lot better and neater.
The current one has fixed this and cleaned things up, no more useless window, and the door handle in its place.
To me anyway, the new design is a lot better and neater.
F1GTRUeno said:
I already thought that the lack of a continous screen panel on the new Astra interior was terrible but I didn't realise that it was two separate bits stuck together where the part next to the steering wheel curves towards the driver and there's a visible rise/seam that even appears in the current adverts.
Awful.
You have to think about costs though in this scenario.. this is a 'budget' car compared to where we have seen this technology before and no doubt one huge screen is much more expensive than two smaller ones. Awful.
On the S-class that introduced this stuff back in 2015 it was still 2 smaller screens stuck together than one continuous one.
Pica-Pica said:
Grumps. said:
SteBrown91 said:
Nickbrapp said:
Dont understand why some transits have this as in-laws have a 20 plate one and its integrated into the plastic trim above the numberplateThe small ones over the number plate are the reverse cameras.
https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/news/2021/f...
Nickbrapp said:
Pica-Pica said:
Grumps. said:
SteBrown91 said:
Nickbrapp said:
Dont understand why some transits have this as in-laws have a 20 plate one and its integrated into the plastic trim above the numberplateThe small ones over the number plate are the reverse cameras.
https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/news/2021/f...
Red 5 said:
I’ve always liked the idea of smoothed and hidden door handles. Not a fan of tue Smeg fridge efforts on lots of modern stuff still!
However, this is how to do it badly
I have never seen so many intersecting surfaces / materials, in such a small space!
Bringing this up again, this is how that door handle placement looks on the insideHowever, this is how to do it badly
I have never seen so many intersecting surfaces / materials, in such a small space!
Good luck if you want to see out.
Staying with rear doors, the BMW 1 Series current model, and the size of the rear door quarter light glass. It’s massive, and the black trim on the rear pillar makes it look bigger, then the rear edge of the glass is blacked out for the door frame.
I know the split has to be there because the glass won’t wind down into the door. If they moved the pillar trim forward to be the rear edge door trim where the blacked out glass is, it would be the same size window to see out of, and would look better.
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