I went to breakfast with my dad and my two brothers recently. I left a little before they did and took the picture below.
My brother's car is the white impala. Next to it was a Lexus and the black one is an Acura, I think. Brands aren't important to this discussion except to say that my brother's car is just a simple "dime-a-dozen" Chevrolet Impala. Here's the bottom line of this rant. Please note the body styles. If you were to cover up the back end of the car, you'll see the three cars are basically the same. One has a spoiler, but that's about it. Where is the innovative designs of yesterday? Think about the fins, chrome, fastbacks, etc. of the cars gone by. I miss the '57 Chevy's, the '65 Mustang, the '72 Cutlass, even the '73 Monte Carlo. Where are those engineers? Are we now in the place where body style is viewed the same as Mr. Ford viewed color? Ford said, "They can have any color they want as long as the color they want is black." We can have any body style we want as long as it looks like a ???; right, I don't know what it looks like. Finally, note the Ford 4 spaces to the right. Body style is different. Wow! I'm not really crazy about it because there are other cars that look very similar. However, in this picture, at least it offers a different shape. Just wish the dreamers were back in control of the body styles so that a Mercedes or a Jaguar would be unique again, something to think about. Now, there's no distinction to the tune that everyone is singing the same melody and, quite frankly, not everyone is in tune!
Okay, I'm done ranting on this. At least until the next time.
