Since discussion here often touches art history, and I’m sensing amiss-ness: What has gone wrong with automotive design lately? Painted bumpers, no trim and flat, drab colors make sense on work trucks… but… sportscars? Since when is trendy synonymous with apathetic and lazy? Worse, I just saw the same bland grey treatment applied to an ’80 El Camino. Ick! (The first thing I thought was that your pal Dr. Noyes decided to fix up a barn find.) Lack of energy now might be explainable. Using the same vibe-lack to erase the past? Disturbing.
So – Is this just the lack of energy of a low economy, the fade-out at the end of an era, or is something bigger and worse-er at work?