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Car makers do it all the time. I have curves of our older BMW 5 series (f11) burned in my head. New VW passat came out, I saw it from up close and all subtle f
by saiya-jin 3y ago
Car makers do it all the time. I have curves of our older BMW 5 series (f11) burned in my head.
New VW passat came out, I saw it from up close and all subtle front and side curves are there, at same spots, done in >98% same way.
These automakers are mega corporations now, not some passionate geeks working out of garages. They follow trends, curb any unique excellence in order to have uniform brand design. Chinese, they take western brands with just copy&paste, I havent seen much more. Everybosy should see Taycan in that design.
- decafninja 3y agoThere’s “taking inspiration from” and straight out copying. The line is admittedly blurry. But in this case, I kind of feel it leans a bit towards the latter. This isn’t the first instance Chinese automakers have copied designs. There have been outright shameless egregious clones of various BMWs, Porsches, etc. I don’t know what the legalities are, but those were never intended for sale outside of China IIRC.
- cpursley 3y agoThis “all the Chinese do is copy” meme needs to be put to rest. Every nation copies as first while they industrialize and learn the ropes. I’ve seen a lot more experimentation and unique designs in Chinese cars recently than European or American cars. Followed by the Koreans.
- rad_gruchalski 3y agoNo idea where do you find similarities between the f11 bmw and a passat except both having 4 doors and 4 wheels. They look completely different, especially the f11 with that beautiful round front and that round muscular rear line of the touring.