Comments on: One car’s excellent styling cue is some American car’s gimmick http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/one-cars-excellent-styling-cue-is-some-american-cars-gimmick/ Automotive news & opinion from the team at Apexstrategy.com -- writers of "Sam Barer's Sound Classics" Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:07:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: TheWheelGoesRound http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/one-cars-excellent-styling-cue-is-some-american-cars-gimmick/#comment-10492 TheWheelGoesRound Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:10:46 +0000 http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/?p=150#comment-10492 That is a slick car and I do not know if the word gimmicky can even be used in the same sentence. That is a slick car and I do not know if the word gimmicky can even be used in the same sentence.

]]> By: fourwheeldrift http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/one-cars-excellent-styling-cue-is-some-american-cars-gimmick/#comment-10489 fourwheeldrift Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:23:36 +0000 http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/?p=150#comment-10489 Audi is cited and tagged , because the R8 is the most current car that utilizes the transparent engine cover. Jaguar did indeed have a visible engine in the XJ220. It wasn't cited as the originator of the concept, mostly because the XJ220 had the entire clear roofline that came back, rather than a specific special clear panel within painted panels to reveal the engine. Audi is cited and tagged , because the R8 is the most current car that utilizes the transparent engine cover.

Jaguar did indeed have a visible engine in the XJ220. It wasn’t cited as the originator of the concept, mostly because the XJ220 had the entire clear roofline that came back, rather than a specific special clear panel within painted panels to reveal the engine.

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/one-cars-excellent-styling-cue-is-some-american-cars-gimmick/#comment-10488 chuck goolsbee Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:56:54 +0000 http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/?p=150#comment-10488 I have no idea why WP turned my parentheses into smileys. oh.. and why is this one tagged with "audi"?? I have no idea why WP turned my parentheses into smileys.

oh.. and why is this one tagged with “audi”??

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/one-cars-excellent-styling-cue-is-some-american-cars-gimmick/#comment-10487 chuck goolsbee Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:54:03 +0000 http://fourwheeldrift.wordpress.com/?p=150#comment-10487 Like the 250 GTO was a rip-off of the Jaguar E-type (A car Enzo Ferrari called "The most beautiful car ever made.") The 360 Modena stole the idea for the clear engine cover from the Jaguar XJ220. I will agree with Picasso however that artists copy, but great artists steal. ;) To be honest when I saw the ZR1 I thought that was a sticker. It is after all just plastic... under clear plastic. I agree it is goofy and stupid, and stylistically makes no sense. This is what Picasso meant by "copying"... the concept is there, but the execution is seriously lacking is panache. Basically it is a lame attempt that falls down on its face. Mind you, I bet GM discontinues it and 30 years from now this feature will be sought after by collectors akin to a split window Corvette, or to wrap it around to the E-type, welded louvers and outside bonnet latches. --chuck http://chuck.goolsbee.org PS: That photo shows up HUGE... serious: GIGANTIC... in the RSS feed. Like the 250 GTO was a rip-off of the Jaguar E-type (A car Enzo Ferrari called “The most beautiful car ever made.” ;) The 360 Modena stole the idea for the clear engine cover from the Jaguar XJ220. I will agree with Picasso however that artists copy, but great artists steal. ;)

To be honest when I saw the ZR1 I thought that was a sticker. It is after all just plastic… under clear plastic. I agree it is goofy and stupid, and stylistically makes no sense. This is what Picasso meant by “copying”… the concept is there, but the execution is seriously lacking is panache. Basically it is a lame attempt that falls down on its face. Mind you, I bet GM discontinues it and 30 years from now this feature will be sought after by collectors akin to a split window Corvette, or to wrap it around to the E-type, welded louvers and outside bonnet latches.

–chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org

PS: That photo shows up HUGE… serious: GIGANTIC… in the RSS feed.

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