Does anyone get frustrated when auto companies produce designs that look identical to other companies' models?

Answer 1

The most frustrated are valet parkers who can't find the car they are supposed to pick up and the dumb owner who paid big money for his fancy special car and then realizes it matches all those inferior cheap cars the other makers are turning out.

Answer 2

Yes. That same front end formula shared by the Hounda, Nissan, Hyndai, Saturn, and all the rest make them all look alike. A bumper split front grill and those headlight units that are threatening to take over the whole front fender. It's like they're out of ideas or maybe it's cheaper to throw them together styled like that.

Then along comes some show car that looks good enough to eat, something new and different, and you think, wow, now that's the direction the should be going with the styling.......but along comes the new model year and it more of the same.
I miss the good old day when they would change the cars competely every model year. The 50s and 60s.

I do like the Pontiac/Saturn roadsters. My Niece sells them and they can't keep them in stock. That should tell them something.

Answer 3

Thats because ford, dodge, and chevy vehicles are all built on the same assembly line in Mexico, Japan, and a few other foreign countries, and every vehicle coming down the line just gets a different grill and name on it.

Answer 4

Like how Chevy made the HHR looks like the PT Cruiser.