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Originally Posted by KingElvis
Toronado: I disagree. These are all fresher and much more varied designs.
Don't get me wrong, I liked reading all the myriad descriptions of models - l love doing this sort of thing myself. I liked the idea of illustrating an "xtreme" budget Chevelle and so forth, but the C&G Chevelle project got overblown. They started creating a zillion different cars all with the same basic styling - they had a 'crossover' 4x4 wagon etc but all with the same front clip. The made a classic rookie design mistake: they got married to one look and ran amok with it - even 2 years later, it looks quite dated and wasn't all that striking to begin with.
There are rare exceptions (like the multiple bodied G6), but for the most part cars are getting to be more 'niche' oriented, so that you only have a sedan "series" of the Impala, not a wagon, a 'ute' a coupe, a 'crossover' etc.
Also the engines were ridiculously implausible - a 427cid Chevelle? Gimmee a break - what does Cadillac do if Chevy has a 500hp bread 'n butter car?
I had plenty of criticism for this round, but at least they tried offering distinct different designs - and if CandG had done the whole lineup it would be different, but so far as I know, it's just the Chevelle and its practically infinite variants - not the whole lineup.
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I don't know who that Toronado dude is above, but I'm gonna agree with him. Maybe the Chevelle Project didn't have the extreme styling this Pontiac RIA has, but it was obviously much better thought out and manipulated than RIA. I'm not saying this as a loyal C&G member at all, either.. I'm saying it as a loyal GM fan. I agree with the Chevelle they created having many variations.. this makes it versatile and anybody can buy it for their own use. Some parts of the project, like the LS7 they alluded to, are impractical.. but you've got to admit it was a much more thorough effort than this Pontiac RIA..