Nowadays, manufacturers and dealers are taking advantage of emissions regulations to turn everything into a "light truck" or SUV, leading to the most bland and uninspired designs. A body used to be designed by one small team, now every panel has its own focus groups and the cohesive whole is completely lost. And of course, value engineering and simulation is so sophisticated that Nissan and Chrysler can make your engine blow up exactly 1,000 KM past the warranty interval.
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Probably not a coincidence that those two companies write a ton of subprime loans, lol. I’d never own a modern Nissan or Stellantis vehicle.
But I still have hope and I think we will one day have a resurgence of car culture like it was.
kelp6063•6mo ago