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Continuing the trend of all cars looking the same.

by msla 4y ago

germinalphrase 4y ago
Is this sameness driven by aerodynamic constraints? Design has always been such a significant part of automotive development…
- qbrass 4y ago
  There are various other hard and soft constraints (aero, weight, safety, general component placement) that are all fed into a constraint solver to generate the basic design of the car. Each class of vehicle tends to have the same set of constraints, and they more or less use the same constraint solver software industry-wide, so they all get the same basic shape at the end.
bryanlarsen 4y ago
Hardly, that trend is reversing IMO. https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/2/23434740/weird-cars-gimmicks-ev-hyundai-kia-genesis https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/2/23434740/weird-cars-gimmi...
dymk 4y ago
Aside from them (mostly) having four wheels... do you really think they look the same? I can usually guess the make of a car from its headlights and grill in my rear-view mirror. There's plenty that differentiates the look of a car. And I'm far from a car buff.
- msla 4y ago
  Yes, they do look the same. I have to look at the decal and text to tell one model from another.
rapsey 4y ago
Kia, Hyundai, Peugeot, Citroen, Honda have some pretty unique looking cars on the market.
- msla 4y ago
  Kias look just like Fords unless you're comparing a sedan to a pickup truck.
  - Tagbert 4y ago
    Only if you really squint your eyes and ignore details. EV6 https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.6a1fbdbf2c19407a9a3707142cbd65f1?rik=rN0QOHQ3QPeMfw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fres.heraldm.com%2fcontent%2fimage%2f2021%2f05%2f05%2f20210505000028_0.jpg&ehk=AFtdtHdDRDo3yq9dfspSiiMFnG4ea%2fqzRYiMDWxH%2b8M%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.6a1fbdbf2c19407a9a3707142cbd65f1... Soul https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--anPXhP3S--/v1563182808/autoexpress/2018/11/01_44.jpg https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--anPXhP3S--/...
alphabettsy 4y ago
I see this occasionally and I wonder when cars didn’t look somewhat similar. A ‘57 Chevy and ‘57 Ford look very similar if you don’t know what to look for. Can’t be the 80s either.

Continuing the trend of all cars looking the same.

by msla 4y ago

Continuing the trend of all cars looking the same.

Is this sameness driven by aerodynamic constraints? Design has always been such a significant part of automotive development…

qbrass 4y ago
There are various other hard and soft constraints (aero, weight, safety, general component placement) that are all fed into a constraint solver to generate the basic design of the car. Each class of vehicle tends to have the same set of constraints, and they more or less use the same constraint solver software industry-wide, so they all get the same basic shape at the end.

bryanlarsen 4y ago

Hardly, that trend is reversing IMO. https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/2/23434740/weird-cars-gimmicks-ev-hyundai-kia-genesis https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/2/23434740/weird-cars-gimmi...

dymk 4y ago

Aside from them (mostly) having four wheels... do you really think they look the same? I can usually guess the make of a car from its headlights and grill in my rear-view mirror. There's plenty that differentiates the look of a car. And I'm far from a car buff.

msla 4y ago
Yes, they do look the same. I have to look at the decal and text to tell one model from another.

rapsey 4y ago

Kia, Hyundai, Peugeot, Citroen, Honda have some pretty unique looking cars on the market.

msla 4y ago
Kias look just like Fords unless you're comparing a sedan to a pickup truck.
- Tagbert 4y ago
  Only if you really squint your eyes and ignore details. EV6 https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.6a1fbdbf2c19407a9a3707142cbd65f1?rik=rN0QOHQ3QPeMfw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fres.heraldm.com%2fcontent%2fimage%2f2021%2f05%2f05%2f20210505000028_0.jpg&ehk=AFtdtHdDRDo3yq9dfspSiiMFnG4ea%2fqzRYiMDWxH%2b8M%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.6a1fbdbf2c19407a9a3707142cbd65f1... Soul https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--anPXhP3S--/v1563182808/autoexpress/2018/11/01_44.jpg https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--anPXhP3S--/...

alphabettsy 4y ago

I see this occasionally and I wonder when cars didn’t look somewhat similar. A ‘57 Chevy and ‘57 Ford look very similar if you don’t know what to look for. Can’t be the 80s either.