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Topic	Why were cars in the 80s so damn ugly?
weapon_d00d816 08/29/17 3:26:44 PM #34:	Antifar posted... I read an article recently that attributes the "boxiness" of cars in the 70s and 80s to high gas prices. That created an increased premium on keeping weight (and overall size) down, and the way to do that without reducing interior space is with boxiness. But that might be way off Seems more like a cost of manufacturing thing. Way easier to produce a bunch of flat panels than aerodynamically contoured ones. --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:885667228] in Why were c... [t:75719152]...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote>I read an article recently that attributes the "boxiness" of cars in the 70s and 80s to high gas prices. That created an increased premium on keeping weight (and overall size) down, and the way to do that without reducing interior space is with boxiness. But that might be way off</quote> Seems more like a cost of manufacturing thing. Way easier to produce a bunch of flat panels than aerodynamically contoured ones. --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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