--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "My own guess is that the economy cars look alike because of technology."
I asked a former GM engineer with 40 years at the company if there was any engineering reason why all compact cars look the same, even between manufacturers. He couldn't think of any. Granted he built cars rather than designed them, but that is some evidence to suspect non-technology reasons. Maybe they look the same because we don't pay much attention to them. Kind of like if you grew up in Northern Michigan you'll probably have trouble telling a person of Chinese vs. Thaiwanese vs. Japanese descent, while you can separate English from French from Italian, let's say. It's not that some people "all look the same," rather it's one's lack of exposure to that group. (Almost) similarly, we don't pay much attention to compact cars--on the road all we really look at are brake lights and blinkers; however, 'nicer' cars do get our attention and so we are more attuned to thier differnces. Evidence for this might be the gentleman who posted that he does see very distinct differences between compact cars. Perhaps he just pays closer attention to them. Hopefully helpful, jsh ===== "...for no one admits that he incurs an obligation to another merely because that other has done him no wrong." -Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy, Discourse 16. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
