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Is it just me, or do the designers at Nissan seem to just use a basic car template and change a few little things to call it a new car?

eg, S13 and R32's have quite a similar silohuette, as do R33's and series one S14's (look at the roofline and the nose). And the more i look at the new GTR, the more i start to notice cues from the 350Z.

Edited by baron25
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its great for them - saves on manufacturing of parts

its great for us - makes for relatively cheap upgrades if you don't have the top of hte line model..

baron25 - you sound quite ciritcal of one of hte oldest tricks in the book..

i notice you have an R33GTS25, just remember that without the R33GTS25t and GTR there wouldn't be exhaust upgrades, brake upgrades, bumper upgrades, spoiler upgrades etc that are bolt on from the upper spec models.

personally i love that my V35 looks very similar to the Z33 350z and upcoming R35 GTR

Edited by WazR32GTSt

All car companies do this. Look at Holden for example, the VT and VX commodore are the same thing with the change of head and tail lights. People still buy the cars so they continue making little changes.

Evolutions of the same model I concede do look similar, and for reasons i assume of 'not broken don't fix it'.

But the point I was trying to make is surely it can't be that difficult to come out with a new design, auto shows are filled with new concept cars each month, some of which look quite impressive indeed. Why do these designs get shelved, and what's put out look like something that already exists. If you dislike the styling of one model, and all the others resemble it, it kinda switches you off an entire brand, regardless of what model you wanted.

It's a bit of a cop out to produce a car, then push and pull the panels a little, change the name and call it a completely different new car.

All of the car companies do it. It's called branding.

BINGO :(

All automitive manufactures have there own unique design language which consists of certain characteristics that are common accross all models in their brand. This ultimately mean most if not all models will have very similar design ques.

Just the way it is i'm afraid.

Edited by rdub_32gtst
so how did the subaru vortex fit into this "branding" :(

The odd concept with a radical design does come every so often...

The success of these designs then influence said companys design language and future models may/will draw from its design

Edited by rdub_32gtst

omg, what a revelation! someone call the press!

as has been said, every manufacturer has a style that is significant, or unique to them.

styling cues that identify a subabishisan as a subabishisan tend to carry through whole model families, if not the whole show room.

and sure the concept cars look great, but they have to build something that is feasible, marketable, and recognisable as a subabishisan. if subabishsan went from being boxy and a aggressive to soft and round like their korean competitors, no ones going to buy it, the fans of the subabishisan will be put off by this sudden change, potential buyers could simply buy the korean competitor and buy their mistress a new kinky outfit, and the hardcore might even switch to another brand.

change in a brand is good, overtime you modify the design of the car, tweak this line a littler higher, make the headlights a little softer, gauge reaction and go from there, make it more appealing to the prospective customers.

blah, its 2 am, probably doesnt make much in the way of sense. meh.

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