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SilverBack · 01-12-2010, 07:54 PM

GM completely missed the point. Cars of that class need to have very simple, straight-forward designs to appeal to the working-class 18-25 age group. This is why the Scion x-Series and Nissan Cube are so successful. Fancy lines and surfaces and suicide doors mean nothing on a compact. Once again GM is deciding what the people want to have, instead of listening to their wants. Decades of this and they still haven't learned their lesson. Fail.

yaris-me · 01-12-2010, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by echo_hrs

I wish GM would stop designing cars based on the fact that Michael Bay needs lesser Autobots to kill off in the next movie; one's that have really confusing exterior designs so that the transfomations don't have to be rendered as accurately...

Cheers

I like!

Tamago · 01-14-2010, 10:09 AM

smallest GMC ever?

what about the vega?

DevilGirl · 01-14-2010, 11:12 AM

That is one fugly "car"!!!

The front is too tall. The ass is too boxy. The windows are just plain wrong. It has no nice defining curves. And that's just the exterior!

The interior: The seat coverings, well, let's just say they make me want to puke. Suicide doors are nice when done right, which they arn't in this case. The dash is a mess. And I'm still trying to figure out where the gear selector is on this thing.

The only cool thing I see from the photos is the idea of folding up the front passenger seat to fit stuff in nicely.

ozmdd · 01-14-2010, 12:07 PM

Are they claiming it is the smallest GM vehicle, or the smallest GMC? Since GMC's have pretty much all been trucks, it is possible. The Vega was a Chevy, I thought?

SailDesign · 01-14-2010, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by eht13

I agree with all of this...

+2

01-12-2010, 07:54 PM	#19
SilverBack Joey View User's Garage Drives: '14 Scion xD 5-speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: El Monte, Ca Posts: 3,529	GM completely missed the point. Cars of that class need to have very simple, straight-forward designs to appeal to the working-class 18-25 age group. This is why the Scion x-Series and Nissan Cube are so successful. Fancy lines and surfaces and suicide doors mean nothing on a compact. Once again GM is deciding what the people want to have, instead of listening to their wants. Decades of this and they still haven't learned their lesson. Fail. __________________ Formerly owned Met-Met. '07 Yaris LB 5-speed. A forum post should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting. "I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem." -Hank Hill

01-14-2010, 11:12 AM	#22
DevilGirl Drives: 09 3dr LB MT Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 681	That is one fugly "car"!!! The front is too tall. The ass is too boxy. The windows are just plain wrong. It has no nice defining curves. And that's just the exterior! The interior: The seat coverings, well, let's just say they make me want to puke. Suicide doors are nice when done right, which they arn't in this case. The dash is a mess. And I'm still trying to figure out where the gear selector is on this thing. The only cool thing I see from the photos is the idea of folding up the front passenger seat to fit stuff in nicely. __________________ 2009 3dr LB MT Meteorite Metalic. Car bought 8/7/09. Now over 89k miles of trouble free driving, other than user error!!

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ozmdd Reluctantly Crouched... Drives: 2008 Yaris HB M/T Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 867	Are they claiming it is the smallest GM vehicle, or the smallest GMC? Since GMC's have pretty much all been trucks, it is possible. The Vega was a Chevy, I thought?