On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, fabio guillermo rojas wrote: > Wouldn't it be easier to produce cheap cars if all models were similar > to each other? Ie, you wouldn't need to retool for every model - just > make some cosmetic changes and keep the cost low? I think that was the > idea behind the Ford Escort first, then other cars like the Hyndais > and Kia. These were all small, boxy cars designed to be cheap and amenable > to cosmetic changes.
That doesn't explain homogeneity ACROSS makes of cars though. Chevys don't look all that different from Fords these days; in the 50s, they were quite different.
