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Old 04-21-2008, 01:40 PM   #10 (permalink)
MonaroSS
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Re: Beijing 2008: Geely GC Concept

What a lovely design. This looks very professionally done and I would imagine that it is the product of an outside contractor, not that Geely is without design capability, but the detail of the head and tail lights is particularly imaginative and perfectly executed by someone with some real skill.

The whole car though is let down by the bonnet/hood and grille. To me it looks like Geely bought the design from a foreign firm prior the new passenger design rules that require extra room between the hood and engine for crush zone absorption. And then an internal designer redid the hood and grille to puff it out for the extra room and lost some of the elegant lines found elsewhere on the car. And added that tacky drilled cross bar for good measure….. yuck!

But overall still a very well styled car let down by it's Tundra-esque nose.



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