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Why are new cars so stereo typical?? Commodore vs Falcon and now Ferrari and Nissan..........

Whatever happenned to the days when you new it was a Chev/kingswood/Falcon/mustang/nissan/valiant/mitsubishi/pontiac/toyota. You couldn't get the cars - or the models [torana, cortina etc] confused even if you had myopic vision.

The modern car is designed around a jellybean>>>>one shape but any colour you want!!

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hmm, perhaps if people appreciated cars in general more, then they would be able to easily pick the distinctive individual lines of both the ferrari and the nissan here.. i think the comparison is like comparing two cars from the 70's.. simerlar styling, sameish shape, but they have their own individual traits..

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i think the ferrari design is awesome, looks 10 times better than the GTR.

i dont belive either company 'copied'...its just similar design trends.

Agreed, I like the new GTR, but next to that ferarri it just looks average.

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this is prob the best looking proto for gtr....dont care wat ppl say casue i like the look. it has really grown on me as i hated the 350z when it first came out but now i like them. come on new gtr!!!

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