Used Jeep Patriot Melbourne: When Did Car Design Lose Its Sense Of Style?

The car is so much more than just a mode of transport. The car has long been held up as an icon of design and style. The car you drive can tell people a lot about you. That’s why car design is so important. But doesn’t it seem like recently, car designers have lost the ability to design great cars?

Looking back at cars from the past, they’re all just a little bit, well, cooler aren’t they? But designers seem to have abandoned the classical design touches that made the cars of the past such works of art. Take a look at the cars parked around the Law Courts PO in the heart of the city. If there are going to be some nice looking cars anyway, then you’d think they would be in that vicinity. But no, most of them are box-like things and, worse still, boring.

There are only really a few car manufacturers today still placing emphasis on great design. Companies like Dodge and Chrysler seem to be able to channel some great design. But it is perhaps Jeep that stands out as the best-designed car range of 2011. Look at the Wrangler Unlimited Melbourne, with its raw and rugged lines. It just screams power and energy. Then there’s the Jeep Cherokee Melbourne  and Grand Cherokee, with sleek lines and curves.

But there’s one thing that really stands out about the Jeep range: the sense of tradition. While most other cars seem to have moved away from the design features that used to identify them, Jeep has sought to preserve the features that made it so great. Looking at the 2011 Jeep Patriot Melbourne, it is still identifiable as the natural descendent of the original 1941 Willys MB Jeep. It still has the round headlights and seven-slotted grille. The trapezoidal wheel arches complete the look.

This is not to say that Jeep has not evolved. Of course it has, to stunning degrees, especially on the interior. But it also knows that people love Jeep cars because they are exactly that. They don’t try to follow the pack, they lead it. And as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, then why fix it?

In a sea of look-a-like cars and strange, unusual design concepts, Jeep stands alone as a purveyor of grand designs. Seamlessly mixing the old and the new, the traditional and the modern. And all the time making it look easy. Others may have forgotten the secrets of great design, but rest assured, Jeep still remembers.

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