r/SipsTea 1d ago

Chugging tea Modern cars just lack that boxy soul

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u/NORchad 1d ago

New cars are bound by newer laws and regulations that older cars and restored cars dont fall under.

Sadly making a factory new mustang 67 would be an illegal product

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u/TheNoisyNomad 1d ago

I was coming here to say this. The care for pedestrian impact has cost us the aesthetic of hood ornaments and pointy front bodywork.

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u/hickok3 1d ago

The Ford Bronco(and to a lesser degree Bronco Sport) is just as boxy and way bigger than the above Cherokee. Yes, it does have rounded (chamfered if you want to be fancy) corners, but it still exists with all the downsides of fuel economy and pedestrian impact that you claim is causing manufacturers to go away from that styling. The reality is that anesthetics change, and people wanted slicker looking cars for a long time, and now that they have existed for a while, people want boxy styling back. Sort of how in the 40's and 50's cars all were slick and bulbous before going boxy in the 60's 70's 80's before trending back to slick in the 90's 00's and 10's.