Isn't this more efficient? Cheaper parts, everyone benefits from improvements to it.
I wouldn't mind if there were only a handful of designs around with some tweaks depending on performance/comfort.
Also, nowadays many different models share parts, like lights or rearview mirrors, showing there's a need for efficiency and scale bigger than the made-up need for fashionable cars.
It is. I would prefer the advantages of a “cheap as possible but robust” basic car design. I want a car that is air gapped and not phoning home, that is electric (or good hybrid), and gets me from A to B. I want it to be reasonably comfortable and inexpensive to replace the parts, which comes about via mass production and minimized labor costs. Unfortunately almost all of those go against what car manufacturers want to do. That’s why I drive a 2010 corolla for now and until it blows up.
Good design is emotional. It adds spark to most of our everyday sightseeing, inspires and is too often overlooked- at least in recent times. Regarding the recent trends among car design... We are in a dark age.
I agree that many parts can be interchangeable but modularity can be done in a way that doesn't result in every car looking like the blobs we see about today. I wouldn't mind if there were only a handful of designs around with slight variations in trim and specs -so long as I like those designs of course! I know that is subjective so lets keep things interesting and focus on making things that get the job done but also in varying styles. Both can be achieved.
The need for fashion is made up, yes- but so is everything else. There's a balance between overly individualistic cars and the most cost efficient, reliable and uninspiring 4 door. Lately we have been leaning too far into the latter.
Aaaaand, that's why they aren't modular. Take a look at something with obvious common parts like a side mirror. They are all intentionally designed adding special shapes to make them as unique as possible to the car. Never a simple square or rectangle.
I don't buy 8GB VRAM GPUs of different form factors, but GPUs as powerful/efficient/cheap as I can get with a standardised form factor.
Business don't want standards because they care about selling non-practical bits of the car for a price, like how good it can make you feel because you think it's cool, even if it's dumb (dummy exhausts, fake carbon, LED logos and fashion oriented design)
Just give me something that looks like a Buick Grand National or a '92 Camaro..... I'll pay the extra money for gas. Why can't they be creative and reduce the efficiency just a tad.
