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> ... aside from the American auto industry up through the 1980s or so. Planned obsolescence drove automotive design for years, prompting people to pursue new v
by EADGBE 9y ago
> ... aside from the American auto industry up through the 1980s or so. Planned obsolescence drove automotive design for years, prompting people to pursue new vehicles every few years.
And now that everyone makes dependable cars, they simply change the headlight/taillight configuration every year to make one's car seem out-of-date much sooner.
Those infotainment centers don't help at all, either.
- DrScump 9y agothey simply change the headlight/taillight configuration One example of this: the exaggerated "tail fins"[0] that characterized late-1950s American sedans started small, then grew almost annually for a decade. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_tailfin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_tailfin