Comment by namlem
1 month ago
Making it look too much like a regular F-150 was a mistake. You need the vehicle to look distinctive enough for it to market itself.
1 month ago
Making it look too much like a regular F-150 was a mistake. You need the vehicle to look distinctive enough for it to market itself.
I guess that’s kind of the defense of Musk on the cyber truck. If Ford can’t sell hem off their F150 platform, it means you need to make more of a splash. He just went too far…
I've seen an argument that the Prius was intentionally made "ugly/noticeable" because they knew the buyers would be interested in the technology AND want to be recognizable as such.
When hybrids are common, the styling reverted to more normal car-like.
The first gen Prius just looked like an average car
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius_(XW10)
I would argue against that! If anything, I hated the firs hybrids that where distinctly different, and ugly.
There's an argument that they did that intentionally - some hated it, but more bought it because they wanted to be recognized as having bought a hybrid - hence the "Toyota Pius" nickname.