WhiteStar styling ideas

graham said:

Agreed! Now if only Tesla would do something like hire Aston Martin's designer...

Or maybe that would not turn out so well...

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Yes, that turned out real well...

TEG said:

Yeah, I noticed that pic on the wall. Seems like it is next to pix of IGBTs. It looks a like like a Mercedes CLS to me, but who knows.

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Yes it looks like it's just the CLS. I highly doubt they would leave sketches of Model S pinned up during a video interview.

stopcrazypp said:

I highly doubt they would leave sketches of Model S pinned up during a video interview.

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Sort of like leaving a mule in front of the new showroom. It's a 4 door and it's been put up so it means something. Even if that something is disinformation.

The IGBTs above the candle (candle?) Looked like they might the real thing in a plastic pack.

TEG I think your car match is a good one.

So the gaunlet remains thrown... Please post a picture of a LUXURY 4 DOOR HATCHBACK. Please do not include any SUV's, CUV'c or Station Wagons or Estate Cars. And nothing with a trunk. Just curious as to if we can come up with anything in the whole world ?!?!?!?!?! THANKS :smile:

Is JB's Video gone !?!?!?!? I can't seem to get it to play when I click on it ....

Agree on the CLS on the pix. Regarding the video: did not play for me either, until I used the "get link" button near bottom edge of video and pasted the link into a new browser window.

I don't see a get link button .... where is it ?

Along the bottom edge of the black/charcoal window that presents the video, at about the same level (height) as the play/pause/email/speaker/Menu buttons ... found it ?

I don't even get that far. Can you paste a link here for me ? Much thanks

Kevin Harney said:

I don't even get that far. Can you paste a link here for me ? Much thanks

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Linky

Thanks so much but now it is blocked here at the office so I have to view it at home. When will they allow me to enjoy my day here at the office like I should LOL

Kevin Harney said:

So the gaunlet remains thrown... Please post a picture of a LUXURY 4 DOOR HATCHBACK. Please do not include any SUV's, CUV'c or Station Wagons or Estate Cars. And nothing with a trunk. Just curious as to if we can come up with anything in the whole world ?!?!?!?!?! THANKS

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Hmm, I thought I answered this request. See my previous post with the BMW 1 series, Mercedes A class. They are "LUXURY 4 DOOR HATCHBACK"s, but they are lower in price range. A luxury hatchback in the higher price bracket is the Porsche Panamera.

I'll repost:
Lower price range:
BMW 1 series, luxury 4 door hatchback:

Mercedes A class, luxury 4 door hatchback:

Audi A3, luxury 4 door hatchback:


Higher price range (same as Model S):
Porsche Panamera(production), luxury 4 door hatchback:

All of these are luxury 4 door hatchbacks (yes hatchbacks, not SUVs, CUVs, or stationwagons).

stop the top 3 (cheaper ones) seem to be cross over or small sport ute category to me. Porshe is a good example of a really ugly car but fits the build. I hope that is not what we have to look forward to

Kevin Harney said:

stop the top 3 (cheaper ones) seem to be cross over or small sport ute category to me. Porshe is a good example of a really ugly car but fits the build. I hope that is not what we have to look forward to

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The Top 3 cheaper ones are firmly in the hatchback territory, the manufacturers even call them hatchbacks; it's just they are on the small side and thus is cheaper in the price range (basically the lowest price range).

Traditionally hatchbacks are supposed to look like what the Top 3 cheaper ones look like. You can look up non-luxury hatchbacks and they basically all look like that.

However the style of the Porsche is more of a "fastback" look, where the "roofline slopes continuously down at the back".
Fastback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I imagine the Model S will look more like that than the traditional hatchbacks b/c it is higher price. Fastbacks tend to look more sporty than traditional hatchbacks (which as you said looks more like a small SUV). Don't be discouraged by the Porsche's looks, the CLS is also fastback (the wikipedia article describes it as such) and it looks much better.

TEG said:

Well, if you are going to get all Wiki on me, note how they say that the back window doesn't open on a Fastback:
"Fastback
A design where the roof slopes at a smooth angle to the tail of the car, but the rear window does not open..."
(Maserati notwithstanding)

Maybe we want Liftback?

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Hmm the wiki entry for the fastback seems to say different:
"When the rear window of a car with a fastback profile is integral to a lid or 'fifth door' (i.e. a hatch) giving access to the trunk area, the car may also fit the classification of hatchback or liftback"
Fastback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fastback seems to refer to the profile, not really how the trunk/hatch opens. A Liftback can either be a "fastback" or a "notchback" in profile according to wiki.

Regardless of what the "real" definition is, I'm just going to say when I used the term "fastback" I just wanted to refer to a profile where the "roofline slopes continuously down at the back".

From Ken Gibson in the SUN.
Electric dreams | The Sun |Motors|Ken Gibson



The Californian firm are already close to finishing a four-door electric family car ...I was given a sneak preview of pictures of the car and it looks a bit like an Aston Martin ...



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vfx said:

From Ken Gibson in the SUN.
Electric dreams | The Sun |Motors|Ken Gibson



The Californian firm are already close to finishing a four-door electric family car ...I was given a sneak preview of pictures of the car and it looks a bit like an Aston Martin ...

:smile:

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While this is great news for those of us who like the Aston's look, it makes me wonder if they kept too many elements of the Fisker design (after all, the current Astons basically follow Ian Callum & Fisker's DB9 design). It'll be interesting to see how the final Model S design compares to Fisker's original Whitestar design, but it's unlikely they will show Fisker's design given the lawsuit. Oh well, I'll be happy just to see what Model S looks like after such a long wait.