I think the more recent Japanese designs seem well enough when first released and then almost immediately look dated or dull--like the recent round of Acuras! God, What ugly cars from such an all around 'decent' company! Those TL/CL/RL/MDX/RSX are really B-A-D --Gimme a friggin' Accord. The recent Lexii, too, seem quite bad, though, funnily the very first LS 400 from 1990 seems not so bad with its pretty Mondrian box-like lights in the back. The mid 80s 4 door Honda Accord, too, is a true classic in my book, a real utilitarian design that echoes the better qualities of the Volvo 240. And, the Toyotas and Datsuns of the mid 70s are also really quite cool. I love they're funky, often hatch-back shapes with all of their thick black rubber padding all over the place to prevent dings. Also, they used CRAZY color schemes back then, stuff that they never used in Japan, where until about five years ago, every friggin' car on their road was white (95%) or dark gray metallic (5%). Anyway, remember the 70s Toyotas and Datsuns with, like, flat bright orange paint with an all black interior, or camouflage green with golden brown interior. COOL!

I guess b/c I was a little kid in the mid/late 70s I appreciate the Japanese car designs from this area b/c they remind me so much of all those moveable plastic robots from Japan that I played with for years and years and years!!

Jon

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• Chris Bungle burning the midnight oil on redesign(link), Hood, Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:27:57
  • Bungle must know Hirschberg, bad rear ends...., Mike Lynch , Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:26:51
    • Roller Skating Rink Lights..., Jon in Chicago, Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:00:29
      • Japanese cars always look dated after a few years., Dave Westlake, Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:45:05
        • Old Japanese Design Did Have Its Cool Moments..., Jon in Chicago, Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:26:00 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Many old Jap cars are Italian designers...., Mike Lynch , Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:57:21
  • This is an incredible turnaround, philo, Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:23:57
  • LOL! How long..., Jason 0W-40, Wed, 19 Mar 2003 02:26:42
  • Re: Chris Bungle burning the midnight oil on redesign(link), pursang, Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:04:10

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