Re: Where to look for sensible, well-styled cars, now that the German auto industry has been reduced...

Spot on! The designs of German cars are now quite post-modern, in the sense that they have lines and creases where none should be and are adorned with trashy looking details. Come to think of it the bulk of their production is sold in North America (well the USA to be more precise), could there be a connection? Now that MB and Chrysler are one, it is hard to tell who is to blame for what, but it seems that there is some fairness in the distribution of ugliness; case in point the new large Chryslers. When you have to look at hot-rods for design inspiration in a production car you are in trouble. Nothing wrong with hot-rods and customs, I admire them for what they are, but they answer (or should answer) to a different aesthetic than production cars. Squashed greenhouses seem to be THE design statement right now. Inspiration comes from the past. Have you ever seen anything as homely as the Audi TT? The coupe is frightening to look at. The roadster with top down looks like an old bathtub on wheels. Most can't remember the Auto Union racecars of Nazi Germany, so why dig up those old cars for inspiration and design allusions?

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Topic - Where to look for sensible, well-styled cars, now that the German auto industry has been reduced... - Neil49 21:15:01 09/03/04 (23)

Kho tang meo vat Viet Nam - meovat 06:16:10 07/10/06 (0)

Porsche & MB still stylin' - triode 21:53:55 01/25/05 (0)

Re: Where to look for sensible, well-styled cars, now that the German auto industry has been reduced... - middleground 05:32:13 10/14/04 (1)

your TT opinion definitely in the minority - triode 21:56:07 01/25/05 (0)

Volvo - e1618978 12:03:56 10/12/04 (1)

Porsches are actually getting better looking... - geof 15:19:55 09/26/04 (0)

Saab Aero - xr628 16:38:07 09/25/04 (0)

Sigh.... - Rich Brkich 19:39:15 09/13/04 (6)

"Audi A4 (better yet the S4) is one really nice looking ride" - Peterloplop 03:57:20 09/14/04 (2)

Re: "Audi A4 (better yet the S4) is one really nice looking ride" - Neil49 11:20:31 09/14/04 (0)

Already seen the pics... don't make me look at them again!!! :-) nt - Rich Brkich 09:06:31 09/14/04 (0)

Re: "The Audi A3 looks promising..." - Neil49 19:54:37 09/13/04 (2)

I was thinking more along the lines of this A3.... - Rich Brkich 09:42:25 09/14/04 (0)

Re: "The Audi A3 looks promising..." - Rich Brkich 09:10:14 09/14/04 (0)

Like Steve R. sez.....vintage is where it's at (pic) - otari 17:54:38 09/08/04 (3)

That's a real beauty, otari, and only 60k?... (pic) - Neil49 18:32:42 09/08/04 (2)

Re: That's a real beauty, otari, and only 60k?... (pic) - otari 18:53:44 09/08/04 (1)

Awesome E24... the S38 is a gem - the_stranger 01:40:19 08/10/06 (0)

Forget new, go vintage :) PLUS... - Steven R. Rochlin 17:28:32 09/07/04 (0)

Re: Where to look for sensible, well-styled cars, now that the German auto industry has been reduced... - Peterloplop 03:28:03 09/04/04 (3)

Re: "The new A3 isn't so bad" - Neil49 04:48:29 09/04/04 (2)

Re: "The new A3 isn't so bad" - Peterloplop 16:55:50 09/04/04 (1)

Re: "The new A3 isn't so bad" - Neil49 19:31:38 09/05/04 (0)

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Re: Where to look for sensible, well-styled cars, now that the German auto industry has been reduced... - middleground 05:32:13 10/14/04 (1)

your TT opinion definitely in the minority - triode 21:56:07 01/25/05 (0)

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