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Less a type of car than a look, but here goes:
We need to bring back happy cars.
Cars that don’t look like they’re going to eat you. Cars that don’t have angry faces, cars that don’t look like they were designed by the same guy who designs semi automatic rifles. I want to see cars that, when I see them in my rear view mirror, I feel like, “Aww, look at that thing” not “Holy fuck WTF is that?”
Miatas, Mazda 3s, Neons, even my old VW sportwagon (my daughter said it had a face like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch).
Cars today are a lot like comic books from the early 2000s where everything was dark and brooding and edgy. I don’t want an edgy car. Please stop.
Sometimes, you can still get a smile on a new car. It just has to be a mischievous little smile, like an ND Miata.
