EDIT: Wait, stop everything! I have something to say, mates:
I try to spread my posts amongst a smorgasbord of communities I find worthy of supporting, but I can tell you frankly, if the following StarTrek TOS movie post is valued so little, then to me, this community is worth the same as that one.
It's a fun movie scene, or do you disagree?
https://piefed.social/c/startrek@lemmy.world/p/2389959/this-isn-t-reality-this-is-fantasy-uhura-to-mr-adventure-stiii
"As you know my friends, it all begins with "fine, Corinthian leather..!"
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=montalban+corinthian+leather
Well... actually:
The Orbit was a further refinement of previous Italdesign concepts such as the Alfa Romeo New York Taxi (1976), Lancia Megagamma (1978), Capsula (1982) and Together (1984). The concept was built on a Volkswagen Golf Mk2 platform, specifically the new "Syncro." The goal was to produce a car around 4m in length. The concept was 15cm taller than the existing Volkswagen Golf and featured a large amount of glass.
The Orbit would be developed further into the Italdesign Machimoto, shown the same year. --WP
https://assets.dyler.com/uploads/posts/265/images/5417/volkswagen-orbit.jpg
This shot is certainly from one of the testing phases. I personally find it hilarious:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qe8qpxvWbiw/maxresdefault.jpg
From this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe8qpxvWbiw
Modern car design is a disgrace. I want fun things again
The bean counters always win. Optimising aerodynamics gives fuel economy which sells cars. Very few come up with different aerodynamic solutions so everything looks the same
Oh yeah, it's a little rager I have inside my head...
"But these cars all look the same, dad! They all look like failed, blunt-nosed rocket-models."
"That's right, Johnny, they were designed in terms of crumple-zones and fuel-efficiency."
"But... what about style, dad? You know, Art Deco, and Googie, and all that stuff...?"