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So, what is your favourite country in terms of car styling? I noticed this the other day while playing GT4... different countries tend to have different styles of car design. So, post up your favourites, and your least favourites, and explain why.
And, please... debate is indeed the backbone of the internet forum, but please, no aggression or anything. If you find you harshly disagree with anyone, then do say so, but just remember that everyone has their own opinion and is entitled to it. Also, no political arguments. This is based purely on car design, and not politics or religion or anything like that.
Anyway, my three favourites
ITALY: I love the Italian method of car styling, and is by far my favourite. Smooth lines, beautiful edges, the lot. I feel that a lot of Italian designs are super-modern, sharp, and sleek, yet hark back the the Alfas and Ferraris of old. Alfa Romeo particularly - every time I look at an Alfa, I can see that an immense amount of passion has gone into the design. The Italian designers are by far the most passionate on the planet, at least in my opinion. I feel that the Italian cars are among the most modern and stylish one can buy. Drive an Alfa MiTo or a new Fiat 500 down the street, and it just screams... well... style, passion, soul, all those classic Italian car cliches. Just looks at the speedometer and tachometer in the new 500 - that is exactly the kind of thing I love about the Italians.
I also feel that there's two sides to Italian car design: you get the small, chic hatchbacks - MiTo, 500, etc. - and you also get the supercars. The Ferraris, the Paganis, the Lamborghinis. While the small hatchbacks are certainly chic and stylish, the supercars are just pure beauty and art... and, strangely, despite being so beautiful, there is also a sense of apocalyptical power and strength.
JAPAN: Japan has to be a close second. Whereas the Italians are both modern and super stylish, Japan is just modern. Flat out modern, all the way. Take, for instance, the Nissan GT-R. It's sharp, refined, precise - it's the most modern looking car I've ever seen in my life. It is the car equivalent of, say, a digital camera or an iPhone - I feel that you could fit it in with all these up-to-date technological gadgets. "There's my HDTV... and there is my PS3... and there is my iPhone, my £2000 digital camera, and there's my Nissan GT-R". The Japanese, as everyone knows, has a reputation of pure technological achievement and innovation, and the Nissan GT-R is the embodiment of this is car form. Aside from the GT-R, you've also got your Skylines, Imprezas, and Nissan 350-70zs.
Modern Japanese cars reflect what Japan is. Technology, sharpness, precision. I also feel there is a lot of aggression, as well - especially in the Skyline R34, the 2006 model Impreza, the new 370z. Japanese cars are by far the most modern cars on Earth today.
GERMANY: Germany is my third selection. In my opinion, German cars do lack somewhat in passion. They are modern, but not as modern as the Japanese. But, these are no bad things. I look at a German car - M5, RS6, S-Class - and I just get the sense it'll get the job done, and do it well. There's a sense of safety... reliability... engineering. On a stormy, rainy night, with the worst possible conditions - which would be impossible to walk home in - I just even look at an M5 and I think, "that'll get me home safely". With the Germans, you get this sense of perfection... amazing engineering, with surgical precision. I imagine that, yes, there are German cars that break down at the side of the road. But I look at them, and they look like the most solid, reliable cars ever, and nothing will ever go wrong. The Germans are all about engineering and precision, and it really shows in their cars.
So... tell about your favourite car-style countries. I don't expect your posts to be as long as mine, of course... I got a bit carried away
Go 👍
And, please... debate is indeed the backbone of the internet forum, but please, no aggression or anything. If you find you harshly disagree with anyone, then do say so, but just remember that everyone has their own opinion and is entitled to it. Also, no political arguments. This is based purely on car design, and not politics or religion or anything like that.
Anyway, my three favourites
ITALY: I love the Italian method of car styling, and is by far my favourite. Smooth lines, beautiful edges, the lot. I feel that a lot of Italian designs are super-modern, sharp, and sleek, yet hark back the the Alfas and Ferraris of old. Alfa Romeo particularly - every time I look at an Alfa, I can see that an immense amount of passion has gone into the design. The Italian designers are by far the most passionate on the planet, at least in my opinion. I feel that the Italian cars are among the most modern and stylish one can buy. Drive an Alfa MiTo or a new Fiat 500 down the street, and it just screams... well... style, passion, soul, all those classic Italian car cliches. Just looks at the speedometer and tachometer in the new 500 - that is exactly the kind of thing I love about the Italians.
I also feel that there's two sides to Italian car design: you get the small, chic hatchbacks - MiTo, 500, etc. - and you also get the supercars. The Ferraris, the Paganis, the Lamborghinis. While the small hatchbacks are certainly chic and stylish, the supercars are just pure beauty and art... and, strangely, despite being so beautiful, there is also a sense of apocalyptical power and strength.
JAPAN: Japan has to be a close second. Whereas the Italians are both modern and super stylish, Japan is just modern. Flat out modern, all the way. Take, for instance, the Nissan GT-R. It's sharp, refined, precise - it's the most modern looking car I've ever seen in my life. It is the car equivalent of, say, a digital camera or an iPhone - I feel that you could fit it in with all these up-to-date technological gadgets. "There's my HDTV... and there is my PS3... and there is my iPhone, my £2000 digital camera, and there's my Nissan GT-R". The Japanese, as everyone knows, has a reputation of pure technological achievement and innovation, and the Nissan GT-R is the embodiment of this is car form. Aside from the GT-R, you've also got your Skylines, Imprezas, and Nissan 350-70zs.
Modern Japanese cars reflect what Japan is. Technology, sharpness, precision. I also feel there is a lot of aggression, as well - especially in the Skyline R34, the 2006 model Impreza, the new 370z. Japanese cars are by far the most modern cars on Earth today.
GERMANY: Germany is my third selection. In my opinion, German cars do lack somewhat in passion. They are modern, but not as modern as the Japanese. But, these are no bad things. I look at a German car - M5, RS6, S-Class - and I just get the sense it'll get the job done, and do it well. There's a sense of safety... reliability... engineering. On a stormy, rainy night, with the worst possible conditions - which would be impossible to walk home in - I just even look at an M5 and I think, "that'll get me home safely". With the Germans, you get this sense of perfection... amazing engineering, with surgical precision. I imagine that, yes, there are German cars that break down at the side of the road. But I look at them, and they look like the most solid, reliable cars ever, and nothing will ever go wrong. The Germans are all about engineering and precision, and it really shows in their cars.
So... tell about your favourite car-style countries. I don't expect your posts to be as long as mine, of course... I got a bit carried away
Go 👍
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. Not really but I mean we do have some serious trucks here, The AWD SS Silverado, SRT-10 Viper Ram or SVT Lightning F-150 are nothing to mess with, and IMO all look like beasts, but in a good way. Sure some trucks look so-so but there is always a trim level where they look plain mean. Our classic cars like 60's Impalas, 50's Bel Airs and other land yachts of the time are hard to beat IMO. Not to mention enough chrome to blind a person. I don't think I need mention the classic Muscle cars or Pony cars, this is about looks not handling right?
to the two door M3, I can't get enough of those cars for some reason. An 80's E30 325i is one car I desperately want to get my hands on, the straight 6 sounds amazing, something about the boxy body with a high roof really does it for me as well. The e30 era M3 with it's flared body panels is great too, I just think the 6 sounds better than the 4. Besides, my friends well modified 6 in his e30 put down way more power than I'd have ever expected. (Same must have applied to a few GT Mustangs, Z-28 Camaros and R/T chargers as well.
) For me e30's are like our Fox-body Mustangs, you just can't dislike them.(IMO IMO!!!) More I think about it, not many of those cars don't look very nice, I have a thing for those RS-6 Audi Estate wagons for some reason, I can't put my finger on what it is about them, but I love the way they look.
But, I really don't care for the new generation of their cars. Two previous Jettas, IMO, were perfect looking cars, as far as the exterior designs go. 
