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Re:Design by diego on Sunday May 05, 2013 @04:17AM (#5657817)
If we're talking about "designed to appeal to the average driver" then why (cherry) pick the Cadillac? I'd choose the Volkswagen Beetle. It was simply known as Volkswagen at first, which literally means "people's car." I cannot think of a more "timeless" car than the VW bug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle

https://www.google.com/search?q=vw+beetle&safe=off&s...

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Re:Design by geon on Sunday May 05, 2013 @08:56AM (#5658225)
That is a bit funny, since the beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche himself.
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Re:Design by hexasquid on Sunday May 05, 2013 @08:05AM (#5658150)
The first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche, apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche#Relationship_with_Volks...
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Re:Design by rubinelli on Sunday May 05, 2013 @06:24AM (#5658011)
So true. The Beetle is the C of cars: it may not have the amenities that something that is rolling out of the factory today has, but its simple design means you can understand what's going on under the hood, and keep it running with a very reduced toolset.
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Re:Design by serans on Sunday May 05, 2013 @07:20AM (#5658089)
In fact, its air-cooled engine was so reliable that it remained in production until 2006, and is still widely used for propulsion in dozens of light aircraft designs such as the Sonex or the Formula-V racing class.
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Re:Design by woodpanel on Sunday May 05, 2013 @06:31AM (#5658017)
the timlessness of the beatle might stem form the coincidence that it had the same designer the porsche had
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