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more about #cardesign more comments → philibuster: I don't think that I could fit my foot between the elise's brake pedal and "trans tunnel" (I don't know what to call it in this case). more » FrankGrimes: I think these are kinda cool. Not sure if the milling in the pads have any significance though they look like they represent the purpose of each pedal. more » A strolling player: And where did Renault put the "circle" button? (The steering wheel, folks.) #sony more » Turboner: Why don't more cars have the gas pedal at the same height as the brake? It's about the only thing I don't like about my wife's Audi. I can heel-toe ... more » Pessimippopotamus: "(LFA's) The samurai sword of car pedals." They do look like meat cleavers there. more » 32ndnote: Wait... those aren't supposed to be playstation buttons... It's just "pause," "stop," and "play." more » P161911 probably shoudn't have: I believe #2 is supposed to be the standard PAUSE, STOP, and PLAY buttons that have been used on tape and CD players for decades. A Playstation contr... more » AmishJohn: I'd say the Twingo pedals look more like cassette player controls. But that's 'cause I'm old. more » Pessimippopotamus: Awww. Elise isn't poofy. It's a cute girl's name. I've always thought the Elise as a "she". more » HoonThatFerrari: Posting these just in case Ray happens to check back on this thread... more » Flathead Smith: The pedals on a Mercer Raceabouts, with the outboard accelerator, are cool. The pedals remind me of stirrups, with the bent up edges of the accelerato... more » skaycog was here: Something for the ladies. I would NOT have these in my car. more » SanSerif: I'm pretty impressed with the quality if the pedals in the MKV GTI too. more » SanSerif: I've always thought that Spyker's pedals were gorgeous. more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Atom more » -
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The Five Coolest Pedals On Current Production Cars
What was once an area for unique engineering solutions and cool design twists has, like most facets of modern automobiles, become depressingly conformist. Thankfully, we've found, with reader help, five exceptions to the rule. Here's our five favorite pedal sets. More » -
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Auto-Erotic Design: McLaren F1 Form Follows Function Even With Foot Pedals
'Form follows Function' is the defining design philosophy underlying styling, engineering and packaging of every McLaren road car. The same's true for McLaren's F1 car. The perfect example? The gorgeous function-first pedal design. What's your favorite set of clutch/slow/go pads? More » -
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Toyota Cartoon Explains To Kids Why Their Cars All Look Alike
This screen-cap is from a cartoon Toyota produced to help kids understand how their cars are made. It starts with a meeting, charts and one paranoid engineer noticing "they all look the same..." [Toyota] -
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Mazda To Join Tommy LaSorda On Ultra Slim-Fast Diet
Like all brands, Mazda gets porkier every year, its vehicles adding 80 lbs with each successive redesign. Now Mazda says it plans to hit the gym, reducing vehicle weight by at least 220 lbs beginning in 2011. How, Ultra Slim-Fast? More » -
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Under-Body Aerodynamics Ain't Just For Looking Awesome
Excellent under-body aerodynamics will make the bottom of a car look as flat as the underside of a Hot Wheels racer. But looking awesome is obviously not the only purpose. More » -
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Witness the iPhone-ized Future Of Auto Show Displays
You just know that flat screens with icons in a grid are the zeitgeist when even a carmaker’s display screen looks like an iPhone. More » -
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Acura ZDX: Design, Deconstructed
Well into the second century of the automobile, new vehicles can't help but be a portmanteau of earlier designs. Even those that believe they're a new segment. Let’s see some of the recently-revealed Acura ZDX’s forefathers. More » -
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Match These 20 Animals To Cars Named After Them
Auto manufacturers frequently use animals as inspiration for names. While many can identify the cars by sight, do you think you can do the opposite and name the cars by seeing a picture of the animal inspiring the name?
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Peugeot Metromorph: An Un-Car For People Who Don't Like Cars Anyway
Can’t stand these future-of-the-car capsules, correct? They’re not for you! But give them to the people who knit sweaters while driving Camrys and us car geeks will have more space and more petrol. More » -
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Ten Cars With Bizarre Car Color Names
It's never enough to sell a car with a unique color. Automakers also have to give the colors a matching unique name. From an "Assuan"-colored van to a "Wicked Merlot" convertible, here's ten cars with seriously bizarre color names. More » -
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Name These Ten Awesome Hood Ornaments
Once holding a place of honor as brand-defining symbols, awesome hood ornaments are now edging towards extinction. We've selected ten awesome ornaments which we're looking for you to name and answer the bonus obscure automotive history we've found on each. More » -
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Top Ten Auto Design Easter Eggs
An "Easter egg" is an intentional hidden message, in-joke or feature. We've noticed fun little buggers in the design of quite a few new vehicles. Here's our list of the ten best. More » -
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How The Stile Bertone Mantide Got Angular Rear Wheelarches
When Jason Castriota left Pininfarina for Bertone, it was like switching to Coke after a lifetime of Pepsi. Let’s examine a design element he’s started using that’s alien to Pininfarina but essential to Bertone. More » -
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The Alluringly Mad Cars of Steven M. Johnson
Allison Arieff of The New York Times’s By Design blog has a great post about inventor/author/cartoonist/former urban planner Steven M. Johnson, creator of many a car straight out of the Acme playbook.
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Audi Intelligent Emotion Design Project Looks To Future
Audi's latest program with the Munich University of Applied Sciences is designed to cultivate the next generation of Audi engineers, designers and product direction for what it calls the "Audi Intelligent Emotion" project. More » -
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Dynamically Augmenting Wheel System: Neat-Looking, But Terrible Idea
The Dynamically Augmenting Wheel System (DAWS) is a segmented wheel which shifts shape to battle cornering forces. It seems like a great idea on paper. Too bad everything about it's a bad idea in reality. More » -
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Classic & Sports Car Magazine Names Citroën DS "Most Beautiful Car Of All Time"
Classic & Sports Car Magazine announced they've chosen the Flaminio Bertoni-designed 1955 Citroën DS as the 'Most Beautiful Car Of All Time.' It's certainly one of our favorites, but is it really the most beautiful? More » -
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Apple Should Design An Electric Car... Interior
Only 21% responding to a recent survey claim they would buy an Apple electric car. 48% would buy one from BMW. Good. Apple shouldn't design an electric car. They should design the interior of one. More »
