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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?

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Look at the 1950 American cars.

One reason for the perception that cars look fancy or not is that you become accustomed to a design when you see it all the time.

Supercars are wildly impractical, and slapping that body on a Corolla chassis would make a Corolla that only seats 2 and has no space for bags, but somehow takes up a lot more space than a Corolla. Also, downforce is bad for fuel efficiency.

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XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Supercars are quite small. They have very low roofs and are often quite wide, so your sense of scale is thrown off.

2025 corolla: 182"L x 70"W x 56"H 2000 corolla: 174" x 67" x 55" 2004 murcielago: 180" x 80" x 44"
2006 gallardo: 169 x 75 x 46
2018 huracan: 176 x 76 x 46 2024 296 gtb: 180 x 77 x 47
Xxxx chiron: 179 x 80 x 47
Xxxx F40: 172 x 78 x 44
Even the veyron, a sweaty potato on wheels: 176 x 79 x 47

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- CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks for including the 2000 Corolla. I forget how big they’ve gotten.
  
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  - XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Like the Aztek, I bet it’ll normalize and seem less obnoxious in a few years as the cars become more commonplace and other manufacturers follow the trend.
    
    Yeah, it felt disingenuous as I built out my sample list when I realized my knowledge of supercars drops off around 2010. New corolla, old corolla, let the reader be the judge. Gonna go back and add some camrys
    
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Quicky@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In fairness, the 10th gen Civics (in Europe at least) looked absolutely badass compared to pretty much any other family hatchback when they released. They were a lot pointier and aggressive looking than their boring counterparts.

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21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Plus it would surprise me little if an economy motor had a hard time pushing a supercar frame and body.

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- Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It depends on the frame and the ideals of the manufacturer. You can make a sports car with essentially an economy motor from the same brand (Miata, MR2) or maybe a reliable engine from another (Lotus with Toyota engines), but largely it comes down to if the brand wants to spend money to do it.
  
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