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I don't see why you're getting down voted so much. Other than it's a pretty vacuous comment with nothing to back up the statement. Nevertheless I do agree. I g
by icc97 8y ago
I don't see why you're getting down voted so much. Other than it's a pretty vacuous comment with nothing to back up the statement.
Nevertheless I do agree. I get really frustrated at how people are willing to accept cars that are so ugly.
The Bolt is better than others, but I personally think it's still a really ugly car. It's a complement to say that it's only as ugly as most regular cars are, but still it's ugly.
I'm impressed by the new leaf, it actually looks like a nice car. But the front of the first leaf looked ridiculous.
Tesla somehow figured out that people who want to buy electric cars, like cars that look nice too. It's the most obvious piece of advice, yet no car company could think of it.
Nice looking cars add something to the road scenery, bring pleasure to those who pass by them.
What I'm most impressed about is that Tesla have done what almost no luxury sports car brand has done and try and sell a mass market car and keep the nice looks of the brand. I'd liken the Model S/X to more like a Porsche/Aston Martin than a BMW. It's actually a bit simialr to the Porsche Boxter but that only makes up 10-20% of sales [0].
Personally the major attraction for me is that for $35k (when it comes in 2035...) you can get a car that has similar styling to a luxury sports car.
Making nice looking cars is worthwhile. The new Mini achieved it, the Fiat 500 managed it. Beauty is something to be cherished, and when you're going to make a million of the things and you only have to design it once, why not make it beautiful.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche#North_American_sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche#North_American_sales
- Coincoin 8y agoI never understood the obsession of all car makers to always design EV and hybrid cars with ugly shapes and black plastic all over the body. Can I just have a regular car that works on electricity please? Spare me the tacky from-the-future look please.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoI think its to disguise the ultralight frame? Has to be plastic; sketchy frame means it has to stick out to cover all the bases.
- dingaling 8y agoI'd argue that no car is actually 'ugly', as in repulsive. Awkward perhaps, like the early versions of the Fiat Multipla and Ssangyong Rodius. But I'd rather look at something odd than something bland. You quote the new Mini and 500 as nice looking. To me they are bland and unadventurous, and the Mini looks ridiculously bloated. I'd walk past them in a carpark to look at an Aztec. Compare a 500 with a Panda on the same platform. The latter has much more internal volume and looks just as ... bland.
- icc97 8y agoI do find ugly cars repulsive, but as other's say it's a personal taste thing. It's the same guy, Dante Giacosa, who designed the Multipla and the 500. I too dislike bland cars, but almost any mass market car is going to be bland. By mass market I mean anything under $/€20k and designed to appeal to the mass market. At least though with bland cars they just fade into the background and you can ignore them.