RE: In the eye of the beholder

[Twoshoe]

P5BNij said:

Oh god yes, that is lovely, especially in that colour.

[Agent XXX]

swisstoni said:

I think straight lines might make a bit of a comeback soon. These look quite refreshing amongst the blobs ...

[l]

Not with modern 'pedestrian safety' rules dictating car design they wont.

[Jaguar steve]

Quickmoose said:

Curves are better than straight lines.

That said, a skilful straight line is better than a clumsy curve - Aston Bulldog/Countach beats XJ220/XKSS imo
But whenever a smidge of talent is used with a curve it will always be better.

Also real beauty doesn't require specific colours or wheels sizes.

Also Bangle was/is a brave and necessary challenge to the 'norm'.
A lot of what he did was a mess of course, but he was brave and necessary.

Alfa 8C... right near the top.

Curves are much better. Especially those that flow from nothing and appear to be gently sculptured by speed and wind.

Bangle certainly lobbed a big grenade into a small room and in doing so moved the BMW image from rather conservative and understated to a house style more likely to appeal to those who spent way too long playing with Transformer toys and and watching Optimus Prime cartoons when they were little.

Unfortunately that shift has also sparked a host of copycat designs form other manufacturers - the new Honda Civic of all things, as just one example. All of which lean strongly toward a cold hard edged design and results in confrontational and aggressively overstyled vehicles laden with enormous fake brake cooling ducts and fake exhaust tips and ridiculously oversized wheels in an attempt to create a strong road presence.

Just look at the DRL design on the afflicted vehicles - in most cases they present a hooded squinty-eyed impression of purely evil intent.
That can't be by accident surely? Somebody must have spent months in a dark studio designing them that to look like that.

[ZX10R NIN]

kainedog said:

do like this though , the growler

I really like that.

[AppleJuice]

[cmvtec]

I can't get past the looks of the DB7. Newer Astons are almost as lovely, but this is still sensational for me.

[kainedog]

ZX10R NIN said:

I really like that.

not sure , saw them on ph first and they divided opinion, Swedish company from memory and 700 k

[kainedog]

cmvtec said:

I can't get past the looks of the DB7. Newer Astons are almost as lovely, but this is still sensational for me.

Ageing very well, future classic

[InitialDave]

3astard said:

On the subject of BMWs - the Z8
They could release that design again today and it still looks fresh not bad considering it's, what 18/19 y/o

I think many decades from now it'll be the German E-Type looking back.

Well, cribbing the design from the 1950s 507, itself an attractive car, probably helped.

[tomic]

I can’t imagine anyone on PH would think this looks good


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[gazza285]

[ChilliWhizz]

Beauty and the Beast.....

[InitialDave]

gazza285 said:

Always a strange one, Spits and GT6s. They look great from some angles and really awkward from others.

[aaron_2000]

A.G. said:

To be fair the car is just generic 50s Yank convertible and representative of the styling of all the car makers back in the day.

It does however have the misfortune to have a continental kit and similar aberrations were on the options list for many American cars at the time.

Here is one without the kit.

I always thought that was the pinnacle of absolute design. Just over the top fins, colours and lines on everyday cars. I bet it was amazing seeing them everyday on the roads in the 50's.

[AW111]

If you have to post BMW pics, try for good looking ones...

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

Off Topic: stop me if I've told you already but my folks took The Telegraph in my automobilial formative years and in 1967 The Weekend Telegraph Magazine built a car on Jaguar running gear as an exercise. Styled by Bertone, it was called the Pirana.



http://www.motortrend.com/news/12q4-1967-jaguar-be...

[DickyC]

Back on topic.

DB4 Saloon.


Geek Corner: there was one DB5 built with the conventional headlights of the DB4; effectively a high spec DB4 with a 4 litre engine.