"Design Trends that Need to Die..."

[NYC-SE]

Agree with every one of them, with a slight exception for the floating roof. Generally I don't like them either but I have seen some iterations that I actually liked. First gen Matrix for example.

But overall I wish car designers would take a less is more, keep it simple, attitude.

[KALISPEL II]

Originally Posted by NYC-SE

Agree with every one of them, with a slight exception for the floating roof. Generally I don't like them either but I have seen some iterations that I actually liked. First gen Matrix for example.

But overall I wish car designers would take a less is more, keep it simple, attitude.

I'm with you. The new car market is a wasteland today to me thanks to some horrible/tacky design decisions on the part of automakers, which even go beyond aesthetics & into annoying, flawed and/or unreliable technologies like push-belt CVTs, straight GDI engine designs, engine start/stop feature, push-button start w/auto sense/unlock, gimmicky so-called safety features, etc. I'm very likely taking a road trip to California next year to pick up a low-mileage, unwanted, now-extinct 2018 Yaris SE 4-spd automatic hatchback. It's not perfect, but it is more my preference than the gimmicky/unreliable crap everyone is selling as new cars now.

[kimona]

Originally Posted by NYC-SE

Agree with every one of them, with a slight exception for the floating roof. Generally I don't like them either but I have seen some iterations that I actually liked. First gen Matrix for example.

But overall I wish car designers would take a less is more, keep it simple, attitude.

My thoughts exactly!

Some photos of cars with floating roofs:https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...roof&FORM=IGRE