That’s obviously an exaggeration, but why don’t manufacturers of basic cars just put a fancy-looking exterior onto them? Aren’t you mainly paying for the engine and electrics and upholstery and sound system with fancy cars? Why is it (seemingly) only Lamborghini and Ferrari that look like Lamborghini and Ferrari? Is chassis manufacturing more difficult than it seems to a numbnut like me? I assume it’s just pressing sheets of metal into a mould, so I’m probably way off the mark.

It’s like when you see a computer mouse that’s named something like GamerStealth eXtreme Zero Pro, and it’s the worst piece of shit you’ve ever used but looks like it came from Area 51. Same for PC cases, actually. Alienware rigs look a million percent better than they actually are. Why is this not also the case for cars?

Full disclosure: I know nothing about cars. I just know that when I see a fancy car, and check the make, it’s BMW or something high end, and when I see a pygmy hippo lookin’ motherfucker, it’s made by one of those “buy one, get one free” type manufacturers that appeal to meth head soccer moms. And by “fancy” I don’t even mean “luxury”, just obviously high quality. Most BMWs and Rolls-Royce don’t look like spaceships, but they nevertheless look really impressive. Again, I need to stress that I know nothing about cars.

Cheers!

        • Beacon@fedia.io
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          1 day ago

          Ridiculously pretentious comment, and at least half of it isn’t even meaningfully true.

          • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
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            1 day ago

            Elaborate?

            I linked hoffmeister kink because it’s a perfect example how just one single line can make the car look entirely different

            Check out my nearly 20 year old e92. You don’t need an art degree to see that the body lines of this car are literally genius and that’s why it still looks like a new car

            • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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              1 day ago

              Taste is subjective. I’m not a fan of how they rounded these out in this generation. I like them more when dressed up with sporty bits to add hard angles into this bloated design. But at least it’s not a Bengal 7? Still has his touch. Peak design was E39 for me. So much so, I own it’s American copycat that’s twice as reliable as an M5. But I’ll stick with the other person’s opinion: needlessly pretentious. You can describe all the lines that make it beautiful to you without being bringing such condescending tone about art degrees or classic BMW snobbery about a single car design being literally genius. You think it’s beautiful because you own it. It’s not the BMW I’d pick. But sure, yours looks better to me than whatever melted wax model they delivered in the latest design era.

              • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
                21·
                1 day ago

                Of course taste is subjective. I’m not saying my cheap E92 is the best looking car ever either. E92 is literally what got me into cars when I first saw a 335i back in 2007. In space grey with red seats I literally thought it looked like a spaceship.

                E39 M5 is easily one of the best looking cars of all time. I wanted an E39 540i for ages but they are a nightmare to maintain at this age with all the brittle plastic.

                What is the m5 clone you own? I can’t really think of any V8 4 door sedans from that era. When I think american m5 clone, pontiac g8 and chevy SS come to mind

                It’s not pretentious at all to say that cars are a work of art lol. That’s why so many look bad

                • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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                  1 day ago

                  Lincoln LS. Jaguar S-type chassis under a Lincoln-badged homework-copied E39 body. Not an M5 clone, more like a 540 knockoff. It wasn’t far off when it was introduced in 2000, but it didn’t improve nearly as much as it needed to over its 7 year run to stay competitive. At all. Common sedans were getting comparable in acceleration and luxury was an American translation of a base 3 series, but at least it has a sweet double wishbone suspension front and back. There’s a dozen stylistic differences over the model years and trims you won’t see because it’s not your car and you don’t look at it every day

                  I also don’t care about the hofmeister kink. It’s here or there. I like the little kick up you can see on the LS or 2010-2014 Mustang. It existed before Hofmeister did it to a BMW and is more of a BMW bro thing to mention than an absolute success in design. Audi doesn’t usually do it, looks just as mean.