I should warn you that the video does contain this terrifying shot of a mannequin in one of the cars, looking like a very dead person:
Yikes. Mannequins are never a good idea when showing cars.
Again, plenty of people just want cars that make them happy, and don’t give a rat’s rectum if the design is silly or overly nostalgic—fun is fun.
That video also shows a genuinely original Songsan design, the Songsan GT, a four door sports car with scissor doors up front:
Clearly they’re capable of original designs, but it’s also clear they seem happiest making their very nostalgia-inspired cars. Like this one, the Songsan Monterey, which looks a lot like an old ‘58 or so Buick Roadmaster:
The Monterey has the right look from the outside, and underneath it’s those same BYD hybrid mechanicals.
Some of the interior design shows a bit of a cavalier attitude, from just sticking in a few rectangular LCD screens to the clear lack of an airbag, to that Rolls-Royce umbrella shoved into that little umbrella cubby—did they just grab a Rolls umbrella and shove it in there, because, fuck it, why develop a new umbrella? Maybe!
I have conflicted views about the ethics of so blatantly cribbing designs that aren’t yours, that’s true. But, the cars that are just inspired, even heavily, by a given design but changed substantially—I think I’m fine with that.
And, more importantly, I’m all for cars being fun things that just make you happy, free from burdens of status-signaling or any joyless bullshit like that. It’s easy to not care if people think you’re tacky when you’re just having too good a time to give a shit.
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