Amazing models

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:31 am

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/

Karl Molitoris · Post by **Karl Molitoris** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:01 pm

Nice!

Those are CARS. Unique...each one.

It used to be that one could tell if it was a Mustang or a Camaro (etc) coming at you from 1/2-mile away (on a long strip of road - like the rt. 83 drag spot just into MA from CT). Now one has to literally look for a name on the car or a hood insignia to differentiate among them all.

And don't even get me going on the "every car out there nowadays is silver-gray in color". :cry:

Karl

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:07 pm

Don't tell me this car doesn't scream CAMARO !!!!

Karl Molitoris · Post by **Karl Molitoris** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:49 pm

Now take that picture and blow it up to life-size.
Take a picture of "today's" Mustang and blow IT up to life-size.
Place them 1/2-mile away.
Look.
Guess.
Guess wrong 50% of the time!

My point exactly.

Karl

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:54 pm

not me.......... been a car guy(from Detroit, GM designer) all my life.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:59 pm

Eh? From the front maybe.............

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:13 pm

much easier to spot the difference from the side....

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:15 pm

Dead giveaway from the rear.

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:24 pm

this thread is completely misleading and should be removed immediately or changed to include real models.... :wink:

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:34 pm

Ryan Brunelle wrote:this thread is completely misleading and should be removed immediately or changed to include real models....

was only a matter of time til someone caught that.

this better?

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:43 pm

Ryan Brunelle wrote:this thread is completely misleading and should be removed immediately or changed to include real models....

I was just about to say.... :lol:

Sean Curcio · Post by **Sean Curcio** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:00 pm

CaptainAnhyzer wrote:much easier to spot the difference from the side....

that's a joke, right?!? same car different color as far as LOOKS are concerned. JMO

Karl Molitoris · Post by **Karl Molitoris** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:18 pm

That's what I'm saying!!!

Somewhere along the way (probably in the 80's), the car designers lost all their guts and succumbed to the plain jane / generic / tried and true / same 'ol same 'ol and forgot about being "new".

MAYBE the recent shake up (economic snafu, etc.) will change that; let's hope so.

Karl

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:48 pm

You two are both crazy!! :lol:

Four major syling differences with the cars in side view.
1.The way the headlight & taillamp openings wrap around the side.
2. Side mirror area is different.
3. Quarter windows(kinda above the rear wheel) are completely different.
4. "Fish Gill" features(front of rear wheel) on the Camaro are not on the Mustang.
.....again, I worked at GM for many years, I notice these things.

Karl Molitoris · Post by **Karl Molitoris** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:06 am

Jeff,

So are you saying that now-a-days cars have the same amount of "difference" as those of 40 years ago?
If you are, you're blinder than a bat.

Sure, there are some minor differences in those 2 cars (in your pics) but overall they're VERY similar in height, profile, length, angles, etc.

Copy, copy, copy! No one is gutsy enough to think / design for themselves any more!

Heck, today I walked up to a "generic car" (yes, it WAS silver-gray) and said to myself "I can't tell what MAKE this car is, let alone what MODEL this is, and I'm less than 3 car lengths away". I was not until I saw an emblem (never DID see a model name-plate) that I found out the brand.

Karl

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:07 am

Are we still talking about cars?

Karl Molitoris · Post by **Karl Molitoris** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:12 am

Yeh.

Karl

Ps: Otherwise, people might think we're all just a bunch of dirty old men. Which IS the truth.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:29 am

Karl wrote:Jeff,

So are you saying that now-a-days cars have the same amount of "difference" as those of 40 years ago?
If you are, you're blinder than a bat.

I understand where you're coming from, Karl.......... and yes, I AM as blind as a bat(glasses?).

Felix Harvey · Post by **Felix Harvey** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:06 pm

CaptainAnhyzer wrote:I worked at GM for many years, I notice these things.

Now there's a smoking gun on the blind as a bat theory.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:14 pm

felixh wrote:
CaptainAnhyzer wrote:I worked at GM for many years, I notice these things.

Now there's a smoking gun on the blind as a bat theory.

Just a lowly designer, no real say on styling(or lack of).......... thanks for the chuckle, Felix

Sjur Soleng · Post by **Sjur Soleng** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:48 pm

[quote="CaptainAnhyzer"][quote="Ryan Brunelle"]this thread is completely misleading and should be removed immediately or changed to include real models.... :wink:[/quote]

was only a matter of time til someone caught that. :P

this better?

[img]http://www.europeword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/models-europe.jpg[/img][/quote]

Cant find a nice body in the pic...WAAAAAAAY to skinny!

Gary Cyr · Post by **Gary Cyr** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:41 am

I do think that having a very distinct model of car is cool. I've always loved Corvette's (not to make Bobby's head any bigger than it already is). But I do like owning a car that is plain and most people have no idea what they are dealing with on the road. Sometimes the looks on people faces are just priceless when they try and make a move on me and in a brief second it's so "over" they don't even know what hit them.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:14 pm

yea Gary, i always thoght those GTOs were the stealthy-type cars. They look like something that should be a front wheel drive V6 but nooooooope. :wink: