Agreed! That said, CAD is only the assistant, not the designer. Citroen have only themseles to blame for their loss of design genius. [nt]

Sep 17, 2019,12:54 PM
 

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Citroen Camargue Concept By Bertone.

 
 By: amanico : September 17th, 2019-11:00
I was never a big fan of the Citroen GS, but I must say that this Camargue Concept, designed by Bertone, has some interesting elements of design. Here is it: Credit pictures: Unkown. What do you think? Best, Nicolas ...  

Citroën to me was always synonymous with avant garde design and luxury in the 70s and 80s

 
 By: Centurionone : September 17th, 2019-11:58
And this car is a fine example of that 😍 So sad to see another company became a victim of CAD and started churning out unoriginal cars that look like any other ..

I completely concur with your opinion...

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : September 17th, 2019-13:23
The only other problem is the army of accountants and safety legislation that makes innovative car design increasingly difficult.

What I was wondering. [nt]

 
 By: amanico : September 17th, 2019-22:15

Very interesting

 
 By: batholith : September 18th, 2019-07:57
For some reason, parts of it seem to remind me of the Bora and others of the Lotus Europa. The Bora makes sense being that it was conceived shortly after Citroen bought Maserati even if such different designers.

And the Merak, as well!

 
 By: amanico : September 18th, 2019-09:41
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Indeed!

 
 By: batholith : September 18th, 2019-13:20
I had completely forgotten the baby of the family! Gosh those are some beautiful cars!

So very true.

 
 By: batholith : September 18th, 2019-21:44
We suffer now from a host of needs and regulations which weren't there in the past. Safety regulations, ease of manufacture (in a lot of of cases), ease of use and changed tastes. One thing about the Bora: from what I recall, it had an astounding coeffici... 

Well said. Regulations kill driving Pleasure.

 
 By: amanico : September 18th, 2019-21:51
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