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People Love Angry-Faced Cars If a Toyota Prius just looks too friendly for your tastes, you're not alone. People readily see faces and traits in cars, and a new study suggests that they prefer cars to appear dominant, masculine and angry. Apparently they studies 38 car models - no SUVs because it would have "skewed the test results" - and with a sample group of 40 participants, cars like the 5-series came out on top because of their "power" characteristics.  Just one more step on the road to all cars being styled by computers? I hope not. http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081006/sc_livescience/peopleloveangryfaced- - cars
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 06, 2008 11:17 am) Well maybe there's something to be said for that...Dame Edna and the Church Lady can be kinda scary...
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 06, 2008 11:17 am) The 5er has those Dame-Edna eyes...not exactly intimidating.
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 06, 2008 1:17 pm)  , or I guess I should say 
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Replying to: texases (Oct 06, 2008 1:29 pm) ...I have never adapted to the current version either. The 7er is just weird, where the old one was clean too. I don't think either of them look "angry" per se, I don't see the glaring narrowed headlights as such an obvious styling ploy on BMW as I do on some others. And on the styling note, am I alone in thinking the Chevy Traverse looks better than its blinged up siblings?
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 06, 2008 2:17 pm) I agree, the Buick seems overdone to me, not much to separate the Saturn and the GMC versions, the Traverse is better looking than both. GM just created another 'how do we advertise 4 of the same things' problem that's eating them alive. Chevy and Buick versions all all that's needed.
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 06, 2008 1:17 pm) I prefer clean and well-proportioned to either cute or angry. And in general I don't focus on the looks of a car much at all. The specs and the way it drives are more important to me than the looks. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 06, 2008 3:32 pm) I will admit styling does matter to me. I need a balanced original design, something clean and not gimmicky. Specs and driving matter a lot too, but if a car hurts my eyes, that can break the deal. Kind of like with the new Acura TL....specs etc look fantastic, but it's sure ugly to me, even having a few "what the hell is that?!" design cues. Maybe it's because I am mildly obsessive about keeping my car clean, so I get to see every little detail a lot. |
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Replying to: texases (Oct 06, 2008 3:03 pm) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 06, 2008 3:32 pm) I guess I prefer something in the middle. "Cute" just isn't my thing. But cars with that "angry" look just end up going so over the top that they look bufoonish. I dunno what other adjectives there are though. "Handsome", maybe? I think a lot of old musclecars and such could look "tough", without having to resort to "angry".
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