Buick Electra Wildcat EV Concept

[Richard Bartrop]

At the risk of triggering another round of EV rage, I have to say, this thing looks sharp.  If this is GM's new design direction, I'm all for it.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I like it overall, but I sure wish designers would get past the mechanical catfish-face, and accent lines going every which way.

If you cleaned up the overwrought hysterical styling of the front of that thing, it could be elegantly beautiful.

But like so many of today's cars, it looks like every member of the team got to put a squiggle on it, whether it integrated well with everything else or not.

[larman]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I like it overall, but I sure wish designers would get past the mechanical catfish-face, and accent lines going every which way.

If you cleaned up the overwrought hysterical styling of the front of that thing, it could be elegantly beautiful.

But like so many of today's cars, it looks like every member of the team got to put a squiggle on it, whether it integrated well with everything else or not.

I agree, the front is where it comes apart, terribly. It really makes no sense with the rest of the design....

[SfanGoch]

That front end is designed to make stay-in-the-slow-lane beta male drivers feel like apex predator road warriors when they parallel park.

[iamsuperdan]

Very busy front end, but overall, this is a really good looking car.

I like the "flying" roof design, with the somewhat invisible A-pillar.

I see a few things that would have to be changed for production, but if they can stay close to this, that would be great.

 

[jaymcminn]

By the time it makes it to production it'll be a compact SUV.

[Richard Bartrop]

4 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

That front end is designed to make stay-in-the-slow-lane beta male drivers feel like apex predator road warriors when they parallel park.

Probably, but it's a claim you could make for most American cars made since WW2.

I will say the WIldcat is definitely a step up from the origami they applied to the C8 Corvette.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Richard Bartrop

[Joe Handley]

5 hours ago, larman said:

I agree, the front is where it comes apart, terribly. It really makes no sense with the rest of the design....

I don't know, it's better than the Lexus and BMW grills and no where near over the top like some of Buick's grills from the 50's.

[Oldcarfan27]

9 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

That front end is designed to make stay-in-the-slow-lane beta male drivers feel like apex predator road warriors when they parallel park.

All it needs us a mouth full of teeth.

And they could name it Predator!?

[SfanGoch]

Buick Landshark.

[stavanzer]

It is pure Ugly. Straight Up, No Chaser!

[Smoke Wagon]

Why? Why did they put that there?

Also, the Buick lettering right above the windshield. Were they trying to emulate the destination boards you’d normally see on busses? I guess it’s comforting to know that Chevrolet isn’t alone these days when it comes to a shortage of brainpower in the design studio. 

[SfanGoch]

It'll never be produced as a car. It's being used to test design concepts that'll show up in the next generation of crossovers. Everybody's nuts about driving around in four wheeled humpback whales.

[Ace-Garageguy]

15 minutes ago, Smoke Wagon said:

Why? Why did they put that there?

It seems as though there's an unwritten rule now that you can't leave any clean line unadorned without tacking some useless lump or geegaw on it. 

It's entirely possible to look "modern" and be free from excess ornamentation...but it's harder to make an original clean design than it is to cover something with clutter to proclaim its individuality.

Edited June 2, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy
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[Ace-Garageguy]

6 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

...Everybody's nuts about driving around in four wheeled humpback whales.

...and hippos...

     

[SfanGoch]

14 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

It's entirely possible to look "modern" and be free from excess ornamentation...but it's harder to make an original clean design than it is to cover something with clutter to proclaim its individuality.

To quote W.C. Fields, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with....."

You know the rest.

[Tom Geiger]

This will be a big hit in China,  where Buick is the cat's meow!  

 

[SfanGoch]

It's considered the General Tso's Galaxy of Prawns of the automotive world.

[Ace-Garageguy]

31 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

It's considered the General Tso's Galaxy of Prawns of the automotive world.

With a semi-documentary spinoff coming soon to the History Channel...

Edited June 2, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy
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[Modelbuilder Mark]

2 hours ago, Smoke Wagon said:

Why? Why did they put that there?

Is it possibly to house sensors? I know they are in multiple points on many cars. 

[Oldcarfan27]

I don't see any rage here, this one turned out to be a thread for comedy central! ?

Eleven laugh clicks, so far!

[BlackSheep214]

Too futuristic for my taste but whatevs.... LOL! Each to his own.

[Smoke Wagon]

58 minutes ago, Modelbuilder Mark said:

Is it possibly to house sensors? I know they are in multiple points on many cars. 

Could be, but even then, why not place the sensors behind that fake grille instead? 

[Smoke Wagon]

Today’s automotive designers when they contribute yet another crease to an already convoluted design: 

 

[keyser]

4 hours ago, Smoke Wagon said:

Why? Why did they put that there?

It’s likely a sensor housing for advanced cruise control and accident avoidance. IR night vision uses similar. Benz cleverly buries it behind the star, the IR camera is tucked in grille. The traffic cameras are usually up in top of windshield by rain sensor and RV mirror. 
Not very well integrated I’d concur, but need to be unobstructed  

 

Edited June 2, 2022 by keyser