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#24927 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [ateixeira] by fintail

Jun 21, 2012 (11:23 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 21, 2012 11:22 am)
I bet Exner would have liked the Juke and some other Nissan weirdness. I wonder if maybe he's been reincarnated.

#24928 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [fintail] by ateixeira

Jun 21, 2012 (11:42 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jun 21, 2012 11:23 am)
Some odd ball designs look better in hindsight, even when initial reaction is bad.
 
I like frog-eye Sprites:
 
http://motoburg.com/29660-austin-healey-sprite-frogeye.html
 
My favorite WRX is the 2002 bug eye. When it came out fans were up in arms, now it's a cult classic.
 
Not sure the Juke will ever get that sort of reception, but...call it bulldog ugly. Some will find the ugliness "cute".
 
GM got so much backlash for the Aztek that they often don't take enough risks with styling.

#24929 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [fintail] by andre1969

Jun 21, 2012 (11:53 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jun 21, 2012 11:23 am)
I wonder if maybe he's been reincarnated.
 
Good lord, for some reason, Ann Southern and "My Mother the Car" just popped into my mind.

#24930 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [andre1969] by fezo

Jun 21, 2012 (12:46 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 21, 2012 11:53 am)
I'm liking the direction this is taking. Maybe the next Venza will just be a modern version of a 57 Plymouth Custom Suburban! Don't forget the push button tranny!

#24931 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [fezo] by fintail

Jun 21, 2012 (12:55 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Jun 21, 2012 12:46 pm)
If the Juke existed in the past, it would probably be a '62 Dodge.

#24932 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [ateixeira] by fintail

Jun 21, 2012 (12:58 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 21, 2012 11:42 am)
Original WRX has some support as later versions changed, and not for the better - designs being bland or weird, and everyone always develops a fondness for the first model.
 
I call the Juke the "deformed toad"

#24933 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [fintail] by ateixeira

Jun 21, 2012 (1:31 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jun 21, 2012 12:58 pm)
Lutz himself referred to some GM cars as angry kitchen appliances.
 
Like I said, though, that scared them out of taking any risks.

#24934 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [ateixeira] by fintail

Jun 21, 2012 (2:56 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 21, 2012 1:31 pm)
Angry appliance = 2003-06 fullsize Chevy truck.
 
Beige is successful, risk is, well, risky...so I can understand their aversion.

#24935 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [fintail] by ab348

Jun 21, 2012 (3:00 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jun 21, 2012 8:54 am)
I do see some resemblance between the '61 Plymouth front end and the new Lexus "spindle" front end. Both are ugly as sin.
 
Whenever I see a 2-tier grille design like on the past-gen Honda CRX I a reminded of the '42 Olds.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmentd1/4774667785/lightbox/

#24936 of 32000 Re: Build you own ATS [fintail] by berri

Jun 21, 2012 (5:33 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jun 21, 2012 11:23 am)
C'mon Fin, give Exner a break. He got a little out there toward the end, but at least his designs were symetrical. The Puke, I mean Juke is just plain bizzare to me. I don't think that even in 1958 the US had any vehicle as strange looking as that Nissan.

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