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Smart scientists once discovered that when we look at the cars, we use the same part of our brains as we use for peoples faces, to recognize them.

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Probably that is why they are designed the way they are: lights on the sides – eyes… some grill or badge – nose, and bumper – mouth etc. And the same way we feel the mimic emotions and character: like Mini has wide open and cheerful eyes… And new Mitsubishi Lancer is aggressive (narrow headlights descending to the middle)…

Knowing that… why do the designers put all these funny, ugly or sad faces on the cars…

Why “bottoms” – rears?

Because that is what we see the most of the time on the streets. We stand behind the cars in traffic lights. We are forced to look at their rears … And some of them are just harmful to our feelings

Check out the following photos of horrid modern car designs from this decade, below…

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Any respectful Car Blog must have a post about the Nissan GT-R. The car became a legend long before it was released. Considering that I shouldn’t write about supercars – as You can read in About section of this site, I have to make an exception. Well, maybe it’s not even an exception – as we are talking about Nissan here.

Nissan GT-R

I sure remember the classic cars and their stories. About Ferraris designed in one week. About Jaguar body model, which was damaged a little on the way to the factory, and produced full scale with the damage considered as designed on purpose. This was the car industry few decades back.

And now? Now the times are different.

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