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Cars all look the same now because, due to fuel economy regulations, they are all designed in a wind tunnel to minimize drag. Also, regulations cover all kinds

Cars all look the same now because, due to fuel economy regulations, they are all designed in a wind tunnel to minimize drag. Also, regulations cover all kinds of things, mainly to reduce injury to pedestrians. You cannot even tell if a car is a Ferrari these days, unless you can see the badge.

scandox 1y ago
> reduce injury to pedestrians Strange then that everyone around me is driving some kind of high fronted armoured car
- WalterBright 1y ago
  I think trucks are exempt from a lot of those rules.
- goodcanadian 1y ago
  I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with reducing injury to pedestrians and everything to do with reducing injury to occupants.
aloha2436 1y ago
> You cannot even tell if a car is a Ferrari these days, unless you can see the badge. This seems like excessive hyperbole, I can reliably tell apart every marque on the road in my country by lights and grille shape.
- WalterBright 1y ago
  So you can't tell from the side?
  - antonvs 1y ago
    The current Ferrari lineup helpfully has a badge on the side. But even without that, something like the SF90 is pretty recognizable from the side: https://www.gtrent.com/upload/images/modelli/ferrari/sf90_spider/ferrari_sf90_spider_dimensioni.png https://www.gtrent.com/upload/images/modelli/ferrari/sf90_sp...
    - WalterBright 1y ago
      Kinda looks like a Corvette :-( Then there's this one: https://www.caranddriver.com/ferrari/roma https://www.caranddriver.com/ferrari/roma
      - antonvs 1y ago
        I suspect that's because Corvette has copied a lot of the Ferrari and Lamborghini design language in recent decades. The Ferrari 308 was released in 1975, and it's recognizably similar to the SF90, aside from its side air scoop. Compare to the Corvette Stingray from the same year, which has that classic "we don't really do design but it's got a V8" Detroit look. I'm not saying emissions standards haven't had an effect, but there have been other forces changing the styling of cars as well. If anything, some body shapes like Corvette's for example have become more interesting in recent years - the blocky rear end from the 80s and 90s was replaced by something that actually has curves.

scandox 1y ago

> reduce injury to pedestrians Strange then that everyone around me is driving some kind of high fronted armoured car

WalterBright 1y ago
I think trucks are exempt from a lot of those rules.
goodcanadian 1y ago
I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with reducing injury to pedestrians and everything to do with reducing injury to occupants.

aloha2436 1y ago

> You cannot even tell if a car is a Ferrari these days, unless you can see the badge. This seems like excessive hyperbole, I can reliably tell apart every marque on the road in my country by lights and grille shape.

WalterBright 1y ago
So you can't tell from the side?
- antonvs 1y ago
  The current Ferrari lineup helpfully has a badge on the side. But even without that, something like the SF90 is pretty recognizable from the side: https://www.gtrent.com/upload/images/modelli/ferrari/sf90_spider/ferrari_sf90_spider_dimensioni.png https://www.gtrent.com/upload/images/modelli/ferrari/sf90_sp...
  - WalterBright 1y ago
    Kinda looks like a Corvette :-( Then there's this one: https://www.caranddriver.com/ferrari/roma https://www.caranddriver.com/ferrari/roma
    - antonvs 1y ago
      I suspect that's because Corvette has copied a lot of the Ferrari and Lamborghini design language in recent decades. The Ferrari 308 was released in 1975, and it's recognizably similar to the SF90, aside from its side air scoop. Compare to the Corvette Stingray from the same year, which has that classic "we don't really do design but it's got a V8" Detroit look. I'm not saying emissions standards haven't had an effect, but there have been other forces changing the styling of cars as well. If anything, some body shapes like Corvette's for example have become more interesting in recent years - the blocky rear end from the 80s and 90s was replaced by something that actually has curves.