Car design trends that have come back around
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RazerSauber said:
Deranged Rover said:
Front quarter-light windows.
They're a lot smaller than they used to be and they don't open but they're cropping up on car front windows all over the place, presumably because of the current fashion for huge, steeply-raked windscreens. They look daft IMHO.
I'd imagine the steeply raked windscreens are for aerodynamics. The bit that irks me most about all that is the sheer magnitude of dashboards. On the passenger side of a Ford Capri, the dashboard is about an inch deep. Modern cars are about 2 feet of black plastic that usually don't do much more than house some vents and maybe a speaker. They're a lot smaller than they used to be and they don't open but they're cropping up on car front windows all over the place, presumably because of the current fashion for huge, steeply-raked windscreens. They look daft IMHO.
Uncle Meat said:
The current crop of kidney grilles are definitely hideous, made worse by the fact that they're illuminated on some models. As for the posts above about touchscreens, I'm assuming as well that nowadays it may actually maximise profits to manufacture a vehicle and have as much as possible dealt with via a touchscreen system (the technology for that getting cheaper, too). I would however much prefer physical buttons /knobs for things like climate control.
captain.scarlet said:
Nickbrapp said:
As we know fashion comes and goes, as does big trends in car design, BMW admit large grills won’t be forever.
What other trends have come back around? I would say sunroofs, very popular in 90s, then died off and now back in a big way with panoramic glass ones.
BMW surely won't permanently do away with the kidney grille.What other trends have come back around? I would say sunroofs, very popular in 90s, then died off and now back in a big way with panoramic glass ones.
I think they'll either incorporate it into the design for functionality in some way, or it'll be there for heritage reasons.
craigjm said:
captain.scarlet said:
Nickbrapp said:
As we know fashion comes and goes, as does big trends in car design, BMW admit large grills won’t be forever.
What other trends have come back around? I would say sunroofs, very popular in 90s, then died off and now back in a big way with panoramic glass ones.
BMW surely won't permanently do away with the kidney grille.What other trends have come back around? I would say sunroofs, very popular in 90s, then died off and now back in a big way with panoramic glass ones.
I think they'll either incorporate it into the design for functionality in some way, or it'll be there for heritage reasons.
captain.scarlet said:
Fair enough, but my view (as a side point) is that because it's BMW's signature design piece, even though it'll become obsolete for the purposes of air intake into an ICE, they'll likely keep it there even with EVs for heritage/throwback purposes. I don't think anyone can fathom a BMW without kidney grilles.
I'd love to see one. Bung the kidneys on the fascia. Or through the windscreen.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff