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Ask the Best and Brightest: What Lies Beneath?
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Robert Farago
(IC: employee)
Published: February 21st, 2009
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Published February 21st, 2009 9:19 PM
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I love it. It's a cool car, and the man who built it is obviously very happy.
Dear Chryslerberus: You are presently building sme cars called, I think, "Avenger" and "Sebring." I wasn't really sure what they're called because they're so boring and generic that they're hard to remember. I had to look the names up on your website. Five minutes after doing that, I had to look again because I'd already forgotten. That's how unexciting they are. Please look at what this man has done. In particular, look at those tail fins. Somewhere in your archives you should have the drawings Virgil Exner did for the "Forward Look" cars of the late fifties. Certainly, those designs could be adapted to fit on a modern platform. With big honkin' Virgil Exner tail fins, your cars would certainly be memorable. Cool, even. Heck, you'd even sell a few thousand more of them, which would eliminate the need to have to go begging to Congress for a government bailout. Most important, your stylists could finally stop being ashamed and take some pride in their work again. Think about it.
He's a few hours from me, i'm gonna go to see him.
What a sad, sad waste of a rare 1957 DeSoto. I would have given her a home. Not to mention all the parts from other '50s and '60s cars that went into making this abomination. This is ugly as sin. Don't get me wrong, the work that went into it is flawless and very clever, but I just don't appreciate the destruction of vintage cars for no good reason.