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Return of the Wedge

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Return of the Wedge
From: Peggy <pbohler@wenet.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:32:53 -0700
Reply-to: Peggy <pbohler@wenet.net>
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Just received:
>
>The following is an excerpt from an article in the October issue of
>"Automobile Magazine" regarding the 2002 Cadillac Evoq roadster:
>
>"... Referring to the sharp crease down the side of the Evoq, designer
>Wasenko says 'The spline line has been a design cue on many past
>Cadillacs, such as the 1976 Seville. An arching crease conveys tension.
>The wedging action is as dramatic as you can be without tack-ons'..."
>
>It seems the era of egg-shaped automotive design is coming to an end -
>take a look at the the 1999 Mercury Cougar and 2000 Toyota Celica. 
>
>Maybe British Leyland was right - The TR7/8 was "The Shape of Things to
>Come"?
>

Just a thought.  :-)



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