What is going on at automotive design college?

[Jon39]

Driving along, then suddenly spun into the undergrowth.

Edited by Jon39 on Friday 30th August 10:33

[ds666]

Doesn't a rectangle with sides at the correct ration 1.61ish:1 conform to the Golden Ratio ?
So they are still teaching the same thing , but getting lazy in its use ?

[Peterpetrole]

I don't see anything similar in the quoted designs above.

And that's not the only ways a golden rectangle / golden ratio would be applied, there's plenty of other design keys e.g. clusters of three look better than two or four, logos centered on intersecting ligns.

Although I certainly don't agree with all of his tastes, Frank Stephens on YT gives good insight on how this stuff comes together.

[quench]

Jon39 said:

The students left college and we now see the results.

Jon, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Americans have been ahead of the curve for a long time, and were producing these designs before the current college kids' parents were even a gleam in their parents' eyes!

[ian in lancs]

crumple zones and/or pedestrian/cyclist etal safety? Spread force over a greater area?

[FA57REN]

ian in lancs said:

crumple zones and/or pedestrian/cyclist etal safety? Spread force over a greater area?

I believe the preferred mechanism for protecting pedestrians in an impact is to "scoop' them onto the bonnet, rather than slamming them with a vertical slab of metal and plastic backed by an engine.

[thepritch]

FA57REN said:

I believe the preferred mechanism for protecting pedestrians in an impact is to "scoop' them onto the bonnet, rather than slamming them with a vertical slab of metal and plastic backed by an engine.

Yes, there is now a requirement that for a certain region across the bumper, the lowest point of the bumpers (in height) must also be the furthest forward. You can’t just sculpt a surface back and under to the wheel arch - which is why most cars have a ‘splitter’ type effect on those lower edges to protrude as far forwards.