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DancingBear

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Fri Dec-23-05 04:47 PM
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45. Present day "American" car designers have very little imagination

Mustang? - Make it look like it did in the 60's

Thunderbird? - Make it look like it did in the 60's (well, that didn't work..)

PT Cruiser - Find a Woody and copy it

Has the Corvette body style changed at all since 1980?

We won't even BEGIN to talk about "regular" GM - those guys must design in the dark. Or in a nursing home.

Also, is it some kind of law that all U.S. automakers must use chintzy plastic and goofy brushed chrome in all their interiors? The ergonomic guys DEFINITELY work in the dark.

DancingBear, Audi driver and former proud owner of a '67 small-block 327/350 Vette that drove like butter...

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