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Fleet 500
What? The old ones sure look different to me. A few weeks ago, I mistook a Buick LaCross for a Toyota... it would have been impossible for me to do that with a '60s Buick and a '60s Toyota!
I could put a "Buick" emblem on a new Toyota and many people would think it's a "Buick." And vice-versa. But if I had a '60s Buick and switched emblems with a '60s Toyota, I don't think anyone would believe it!
compare a '60s Buick with a '60 Olds or Pontiac, and yes they may have different styling cues, but they are basically the same car.
And yes I have stopped trying to see differences in modern cars, but I also have problems in correctly identifying different modern Aston Martins when seeing them in isolation.
On top of that, releasing a car that would look distinctly different from anything in the market would not meet with favourable reactions from many people, as they prefer to drive around anonimously. And so will be the judgements of the general autojournos who will despise anything that looks remotely differentand does not meet German standards. The times of the Citroen DS19' immediate success (80000 sold before the introductory 1955 Paris Motor Show closed its door) are over.
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