Question-of-the-day features can often result in banal flame wars. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised that a “red meat” question by The Truth About Cars — is regulation ruining car design — generated a fairly thoughtful range of comments (Kreindler, 2014). My favorite quote is from Macca:
“While regulation is certainly driving car design in a different direction, I think the ‘increasingly homogenous cohort of new cars’ meme is overblown. We all look to some (different) ideal period of ‘good’ car design (or music, etc) and then come to the same ‘they don’t make ’em like they used to’ conclusion. I think conformity has been the norm more often than not. . . .”
Go here for a discussion of design conformity in the 1960s and here for a story about the impact of CO2-emissions regulations on aerodynamics.
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- Kreindler, Derek; 2014. “QOTD: Regulation is ruining Car Design.” The Truth About Cars. Posted June 9; accessed June 10.
- Macca; 2014. Commentator in “QOTD: Regulation is ruining Car Design.” The Truth About Cars. Posted June 9; accessed June 10.
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