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There are lots of cars where form follows function. A Toyota Camry, for example. The form follows from its function as a safe, cost-effective family sedan. All
by tlb 9y ago
There are lots of cars where form follows function. A Toyota Camry, for example. The form follows from its function as a safe, cost-effective family sedan. All other cars with the same function are slight variations on the theme.
If you want interesting forms, you have to start with an interesting function. The Beetle was a novel combination of function and cost constraints in its day. So were the classic Jeeps.
But if you want a safe, cost-effective family sedan, there's no way you can follow that function to get a form much different than a Camry. Thus all such cars look like a Camry with some gratuitous styling.