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Here is another example. Cookie-cutter cars! Blah styling.
That's a good one Fleet!
What an embarrassing pic of 3 cars all in white, all sharing the same exterior shape, and all in the same driveway too. That one in the middle could easily pass for a Civic.
What an embarrassing pic of 3 cars all in white, all sharing the same exterior shape, and all in the same driveway too. That one in the middle could easily pass for a Civic.
And the middle one is a Mercedes. As you said, it looks like a Toyota!
BTW, from left to right, it's Toyota, Mercedes and Mercedes.
Now compare with the back end of these three Dodges (1968 Charger, 1967 Dart and 1967 Polara).
Incidentally, I find it fascinating that some people think that cars always looked the same. Maybe they just don't want to admit that almost all late-model cars have the same general shape. Or they are just pulling our legs.
Anyway, I don't see how anyone can say these 1968 American mid-sized cars look the same! Especially when comparing the front ends:
Even these low-priced 1966 compacts had their own look:
Incidentally, I find it fascinating that some people think that cars always looked the same. Maybe they just don't want to admit that almost all late-model cars have the same general shape. Or they are just pulling our legs.
Anyway, I don't see how anyone can say these 1968 American mid-sized cars look the same! Especially when comparing the front ends:
Even these low-priced 1966 compacts had their own look:
You can tell the era that each of those cars is from due to shared styling cues. Why don't they look like '50s cars, or '70s cars, Fleet?
The point is that not all cars are STARTIKG to look alike. It's that cars have ALWAYS looked alike from their eras. '30s cars, '40s cars,. '50s cars, '60s cars, etc. YOu can tell them apart if you kno wwhat to look for, but you can also tell exactly what era they are from.
And about the range given above, the reason for that is that individual cars stay the same for 3-5 model years now, whereas cars of the '50s and '60s changed every year. So you HAVE to give a range, as, using my BMW as an example, the cars stayed the same from '95-2001 with only wheels and headlights to tell the difference between years. So that Camry above could be one of any number of years, as that bodystyle ran from 2007 through 2011. But it's easy to tell it from the Mercedes, and the two Mercedes from each other. The Mercedes also have age ranges, due to having unchanged bodies though numerous model years.
You going to tell me that these two new cars look alike?
You can tell the era that each of those cars is from due to shared styling cues. Why don't they look like '50s cars, or '70s cars, Fleet?
They don't look like '50s or '70s car because they were '60s cars. Back then, it was easy to tell a '60s cars; none of this... "a 2007-2011 Toyota!"
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The point is that not all cars are STARTIKG to look alike. It's that cars have ALWAYS looked alike from their eras. '30s cars, '40s cars,. '50s cars, '60s cars, etc. YOu can tell them apart if you kno wwhat to look for, but you can also tell exactly what era they are from.
Do you actually and truly believe that the cars in post #156 look alike?
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And about the range given above, the reason for that is that individual cars stay the same for 3-5 model years now, whereas cars of the '50s and '60s changed every year. So you HAVE to give a range, as, using my BMW as an example, the cars stayed the same from '95-2001 with only wheels and headlights to tell the difference between years. So that Camry above could be one of any number of years, as that bodystyle ran from 2007 through 2011
That is my point. More annual styling changes and varied styling in general make '60s cars probably the easiest to identify of any decade.
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But it's easy to tell it from the Mercedes, and the two Mercedes from each other. The Mercedes also have age ranges, due to having unchanged bodies though numerous model years.
Not so easy if you remove the emblems.
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You going to tell me that these two new cars look alike?
Both are 2 door, RWD performance coupes.
A better comparison would be between regular (compact or mid-sized) cars. That Mercedes in the bottom photo... take off the emblem in the grille and many people would mistake it for another car.
Now compare with this: Even with the emblems/identification blanked out, even the most casual car fan would know that is a Cadillac. No mistaking it for a Toyota!
Those generalizations much more fit modern cars, with their cookie-cutter/blob styling. There were quite a few '60s and '70s cars that had unique styling.
No not at all. There are quite a few modern cars that have unique styling.
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That's a good one Fleet!
What an embarrassing pic of 3 cars all in white, all sharing the same exterior shape, and all in the same driveway too. That one in the middle could easily pass for a Civic.
If you think that could pass for a Civic then your opinion is pretty weak.
It's a terrible photo from a terrible angle.
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That one in the middle could easily pass for a Civic.
