Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
maybe it's all crazy but in the end it helps people to survive crashes and if the only thing which we need to sacrifice is a bit of the sexy look I think it's a right thing to do.
It's ok for the safety. Though it seem to me only the smaller cars need that bonnet uplifting, cause I don't see the same in bigger car classes. So somehow when the bonnet is shorter (on a small car) the safety must be compensated. BTW I'm far from the definition as "sexy" of aesthetic design. This is narrow minded, and I don't really care how people would call it, there are some universal proportions which are in harmony and just "catch the eye", most people would really call it "sexy".

At the end this is how the world spins, the technology develops, manufacturers can construct smaller vehicles with same effectiveness, no need of extra parts/weight like middle differential like in Ur Quattro, engines must be smaller, etc. etc. No one today cares much how their racing cars look like, and how close to the road cars which anyone would by. Probably this is one of the problems with the relation sport - marketing.