Design Details: Clamshell Trunk, Hidden Taillight
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@WBizarre Oh dear! I had missed that one, good call! It's hard to see why they went for the clamshell when the rest of the car is such a dog's breakfast that it seems entirely frivolous.
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@amoore100 God, how stupid is that Lynk & Co brand name? Reminds me of either a generic fast fashion mall store, or a 3rd tier Vegas Strip hotel
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@ranwhenparked Agreed, though 'Zeekr' and 'Radar' seem equally poor names for brands. Just another reminder that to Chinese OEMs brands are meaningless and simply a front for them to sell more of their products through another avenue, which, let's be honest, is no different from GM or Stellantis these days, their brands just happen to have historic names.
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@amoore100 Could at least pick names from Chinese historical figures, or something. Call it Zheng He or Qin Shi Huang, or whatever.
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@amoore100 said in Design Details: Clamshell Trunk, Hidden Taillight:
The Lynk & Co 03+??
Oddly accurate! If only it had more of an older Renault Megane shelf butt. It'd be sooooo good!
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@ranwhenparked I figure they want to find names that are Western style, lest they get a repeat of their flagship 'Hong-Qi' brand being called 'honkee' by Americans.
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@amoore100 yeah, there's no good way around that one, even translating to English, since it isn't like "Red Flag" doesn't have other connotations
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@ibRAD said in Design Details: Clamshell Trunk, Hidden Taillight:
If they'd thought this through a bit better, they could have just bought a bicycle.
Or found a staircase.
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@ranwhenparked said in Design Details: Clamshell Trunk, Hidden Taillight:
it isn't like "Red Flag" doesn't have other connotations
at least it would be very obvious and apropos!
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@ranwhenparked said in Design Details: Clamshell Trunk, Hidden Taillight:
@amoore100 Could at least pick names from Chinese historical figures, or something. Call it Zheng He or Qin Shi Huang, or whatever.
General Tso's SUV?
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Hello again.
I don't like relocating lights to the bumper, when there's a fake light cluster in the centre. But I don't have a better solution to meet the absurd requirement of lights that are visible with the trunk open. Having a second set of lights also seems daft. Your Volvo's solution is neat, but it can't really be applied to all designs.Ps. That tidbit about the Dallara is gold, a good example of making the best of a bad situation
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@Nauraushaun said in Design Details: Clamshell Trunk, Hidden Taillight:
I don't like relocating lights to the bumper, when there's a fake light cluster in the centre.
To be fair, none of the pictured 'centre clusters' are fake persay (except the Bolt), they just do the same software rerouting as the XC70 when the trunk is open by using the bumper lights which seems a reasonable compromise.
the absurd requirement of lights that are visible with the trunk open.
I would say it's a legitimate concern considering how invisible a car parked on the side of the road can be at night, especially in an emergency, although I don't see why they don't use the standard method most MPVs use which is far cheaper and looks fine.
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@amoore100
There was the Audi A1, doing the Cascada before the Cascada did it.
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@amoore100 I say they're either fake or redundant. Having the true lights in the bumper would be fake, but any system of two lights serving the same purpose is redundant.
I think the only honest solution is to design in a way that the lights are on the sides of the clam, but of course that makes some designs impossible.Fair point about a parked car on the side of the road with the boot open.
