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Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want?

BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I would argue that it is already the case that cheap cars look and perform excellently, compared with cars produced fifty years ago. They are more reliable, economical, comfortable, higher performance, superior in virtually every respect.

The other factor to consider is the use case. Something like a Ferrari is not reliable compared to a VW Golf, it sucks at carrying passengers and cargo, terrible fuel economy, it is horrible value for money and inferior in most ways apart from one - compensating for a small penis. That is its chief purpose and it is supremely well crafted for this use case.

Source: automotive engineer of 25 years.

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Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I would argue that it is already the case that cheap cars look and perform excellently, compared with cars produced fifty years ago.

50 years? Try 30 and even 20 could be argued.

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- BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I would not argue against that. Two steps forward and one back is usually how it goes with technology. Reliability is the problem that has only been achieved relatively recently. I remember a time when the hard shoulder was full of stalled vehicles. Japanese cars from the 70s and 80s were notably inferior to their competitors. We’ve come a long way in making this technology polished and affordable to the masses. Now the science shows us it is contributing to climate change and we have a new challenge. So it goes.
  
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wabafee@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
In order words cheap cars = big penis , expensive cars = smaller penis.

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- BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Car companies hate this one trick.
  
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