"European Styling"

[B92 8NW]

I was reading through the cars guide this morning and the motorshow magazine and if I see the term "European Styling" applied to another tasteless asian car I'm going to explode:D.

There is nothing European about a Hyundai i30...

How's this though? An EA falcon has "European Styling" according to the Herald Sun!! You're kidding me, its an ugly mass produced Australian car, it isn't the least bit European.

I'm about to blog Herald Sun telling them the EA falcon is "European" all right... European on someone's leg and telling them that its raining:o.

What is definitively "European Styling"?

[5teve]

it basically means designed by a stylist in japan / china / malaysia and the guy that designed it was probably an industrial designer graduated from a 'european' university..

to sum up.. it means ugly

occasionally the eastern cars have a nice look... but not very often :)

Thanks

Steve

[loanrangie]

I think they try to use that catch phrase to sell crap, stick some stainless steel in your kitchen and hey presto its European ! They forget though that most " European kitchens/ bathrooms /laundries etc are tiny poky little crevices. I would never buy anything based on if it was European styled or not.

[JDNSW]

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What is definitively "European Styling"?

It means that it is the designer's best effort to copy the style used by designers in Europe, designing a car for cold climates where every effort is made to make use of the maximum solar heating effect, often complemented by painting it black. Generally means that it is completely unsuitable for Australia.

John

[B92 8NW]

I think they try to use that catch phrase to sell crap, stick some stainless steel in your kitchen and hey presto its European ! They forget though that most " European kitchens/ bathrooms /laundries etc are tiny poky little crevices. I would never buy anything based on if it was European styled or not.

I guess a lot of people are swayed by "European Styling" as these cars are flying off the shelves... or is it the "Asian Pricing" !:D




I reckon maybe european styling cues relate to the conventions that instrumentation and other equipment follows... like the 0 - 1/2 - 1 for fuel gauges - as on the continent F and E are okay for English speaking nations but not many other places - same goes for the H and C.

The fuel gauge in my 200Tdi had 0 - 1/2 - 1. The 300Tdi has F and E. It also had the brake symbol but the 300Tdi says "BRAKE". Does that mean early Disco's are "european styled"?:p

[Xavie]

Well My defender certainly is. ;)

Xav

[Tusker]

In Ford's case I'm pretty sure that had some design directives, to gain a "world look & feel" to FoMoCo products everywhere.

Mitsubishi were certainly ordered to graft that stupid nose of the last of the Magnas.

Porsche has or had a design office in California - does that count as European?

Lotus has a huge consultancy business, all design & r&d for other manufacturers. Or they dis before the Malaysians took over.

Nissan have Renault input..

Hard to tell really these days! Except Defender - you've got ask whether they look at things from a customer's point of view sometimes!

Regards
Max P

[HAK]

your joking arent ya the falcan taxi pack looks just like a Merc and the XR6 and XR8 just look as extactly as a Porsche are you blind :o

I can see how our 6 month old como that we have has bits falling of the interior now thats german quality

[BigJon]

Porsche has or had a design office in California - does that count as European?



Maybe not, but I suspect Germany might :D.