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Re: Similar looking cars Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:52:37 In Reply to: Similar looking cars, Gene N [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:25:45 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Automotive design these days is dictated largely by passenger safety standards (small greenhouses), pedestrian safety standards (tall noses), and aerodynamics. Somewhere I read there was a reason the big Euros all have similar looking tail-ends, too - can't remember.
I wouldn't look to the 9-5 to distinguish itself on the outside. Where it really needs to catch up is on the inside. The 9-5 was a good competitor for '90s Euros on the interior (although by then it was too late) but it's really failed to keep up with its contemporaries. I think the new car will address those shortcomings.
Hopefully driving dynamics have been improved as well - the 9-5 has always been competent car, but there is room for improvement... Hopefully we see that too!
(Side note - I don't really see strong Camry or Suzuki resemblences anywhere. I do think it looks substantially like a Hyundai Azera, though. Heh.)
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