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Pay Attention to DetailsInterior design is getting an awful lot of attention these days. But most auto makers miss the fine details that separate great designs from so-so ones.
First impressions count a lot. Yet, open the door of most any vehicle, and the problems start right on the doorjamb. First off, you’ll see garish stickers that are just slapped on in a haphazard manner.
They’ll say where the vehicle was manufactured, or what the proper air pressure in the tires should be, but they obviously were never considered as part of the vehicle’s design. I recently drove a new Corvette with a wrinkled, crooked sticker on the inside of the driver’s door. “Made with pride by the UAW,” it declared.
Almost every car has a beautiful “Class A” skin, but all too often this beauty only is skin deep. Open the door, and you’re greeted by the sight of clunky hinges, exposed wiring and bolt heads. The door flanges meander as much as the Mississippi, and the inner door panel is a washboard of waves and dimples.
It’s painfully obvious when designers don’t take the time to address these issues.
Every car has a striker plate bolted onto the B-pillar, but there’s no law that says it has to look like a bolt sticking out of Frankenstein’ ;s neck. The boating industry does some terrific design work with simple hardware. Why not take
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