Monte Carlo SS Reply #15 – December 15, 2005, 08:06:31 AM QuoteThe idea of making their cars look about the same is not something new though. I think all manufacturers do it to an extent to help make all of their cars look like they are from the same family.The Camaro and Firebird (from their beginning to current)Late 70's: Oldsmobile Regency and Caddy Coupe DeVilleEarly 80's: Chevy Caprice and Pontiac Parisienne......and the list goes on and on....Case in point OUR CARS;) Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #17 – December 15, 2005, 10:43:46 AM QuoteThe GTO is kinda neat, but overpriced with blah styling.Spoken by someone who has never driven one, obviously. Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #18 – December 15, 2005, 12:50:24 PM Quote from: Paul FlockhartThe Camaro and Firebird (from their beginning to current)Actually I always thought the Camaro and Firebird were pretty different looking over the years, for cars that both shared the exact same platform. On the last generation, the only thing between the two cars that was really exactly the same was the roofline :dunno:And no, I haven't driven a GTO, but they still look way too much like a Grand Prix. I've also seen the concept sketches of the next generation GTO, which looks like a mitsubishi galant :bs: Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #19 – December 15, 2005, 01:19:15 PM Quote from: Red_LXActually I always thought the Camaro and Firebird were pretty different looking over the years, for cars that both shared the exact same platform. On the last generation, the only thing between the two cars that was really exactly the same was the roofline And no, I haven't driven a GTO, but they still look way too much like a Grand Prix. I've also seen the concept sketches of the next generation GTO, which looks like a mitsubishi galant I don't if it was you who posted this in another thread, but those weren't pontiac concept sketches. They were illustrations (and shoddy, poor quality, hack skill ones at that) made by a magazine on what they think the next GTO could look like. I'd put as much stock in that as I would an icebox company in the arctic circle. Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #20 – December 15, 2005, 05:05:43 PM Most cars now don't really appeal to me. I think that some of the last good designs to come out of Detroit were the aero Fox Birds and Cougars. There are still some nice cars being made (ie 300C, Mustang, Fusion, Charger) but most of the cars that come out just suck in the styling department. Of course I think that the late 60's-early 70's cars were some of the best designs to come out of Detroit. I'm only 20 and I couldn't give a rats ass about most of the cars that come out today. Mabey I'm just old fashioned;) Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #21 – December 15, 2005, 06:11:35 PM Quote from: 5.0willgoThe idea of making their cars look about the same is not something new though. I think all manufacturers do it to an extent to help make all of their cars look like they are from the same family. Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Dodge and even Ford all do it. Have you noticed that the front of the Ford trucks no matter if it's an Escape or a full size truck look about the same in the front? Or that about every Dodge has the cross hair grill? They've done this since cars started being designed and manufacturers wanted to distinguish themselves from one another.But then you look at the cobalt a econo can of a car then look at the monte a nice car this in my mind brings down the value of the monte and brings up the value of the cobalt. Say you walk into the dealer and see them sitting side by side. Why pay for the style of the monte when the cobalt looks like it only smaller. But thats the way I see it. Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #22 – December 15, 2005, 09:14:45 PM Quote from: slamedcatBut then you look at the cobalt a econo can of a car then look at the monte a nice car this in my mind brings down the value of the monte and brings up the value of the cobalt. Say you walk into the dealer and see them sitting side by side. Why pay for the style of the monte when the cobalt looks like it only smaller. But thats the way I see it.I see that. I got you. The same applies to say a Ford Five Hundred and a Focus along with a ton of others. Quote Selected
Monte Carlo SS Reply #23 – December 15, 2005, 10:26:46 PM I am not impressed with any new car on the road right now. Not one. Well the new mustangs are nice. Quote Selected
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