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Originally Posted by Eisenhower
Designers do just that-- design a car. A lot of times they're shootin' for looks rather than designing a vehicle around federal safety standards. This is why they have to redo the steering wheel (a little) to include an airbag. They wouldn't touch it if this were 1969  .
They're also raising the roofline a bit so you don't break your neck while driving over a speed-bump in the coupe, and to correct the windshield height on the vert. I personally like the "chopped" look and think they ought to lower the seat instead.  But, nobody asked me, now did they...  |
Yep, that's the key - Federal Saftey standards. the turn signals have to be a certain size, The airbags (mentioned above), etc....
I do want to note 2 things.
#1: I've heard them say many times that they designed the Concept to be as production-ready as possible.
#2: I think they realize that there isn't all that much room inside the car (up-down room
). But keep in mind that they're only raising the roof 12 mm higher. that's not even half an inch. They've mentioned a few times that they are working to lower the seats (that the concept's were much higher then they would be in a production model.) So maybe they
did ask you, and you didn't know it...do you remember any big black SUV's?
