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savvy ni sedap bawak, handling mmg best, part tu aku bekenan pada savvy ni, tp bentuk out la..mcm jamban pun ader... |
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Originally posted by Kezman at 30-11-2007 09:23 PM 
savvy ni sedap bawak, handling mmg best, part tu aku bekenan pada savvy ni, tp bentuk out la..mcm jamban pun ader...
kat negara2 dunia ketiga jer nampak cam toilet tuh sbb tak biasa... tp kat europe.. it's call clamshell
[quote]Snarled up in traffic trying to get into Chichester last Saturday morning, I spotted the rear of a snappy-looking supermini in the queue ahead that, for a few seconds, I couldn't put a name to. I抎 seen a press release about it, but just couldn抰 place it.
I liked what I saw, though. Flared arches, clamshell bonnet, tidy lights, stepped glasshouse, central exhaust pipe. All very distinctive. But then I glimpsed the badge. It was a Proton Savvy. Almost immediately I caught myself thinking, 'Oh God, it's a Proton. It抣l be a right spudder'. Like a first-class badge snob, I抎 junked my positive first opinion the moment I saw the car抯 badge. So much for an impartial, experienced and unbiased journalist.
Unfortunately, the Savvy conforms to the norm and is decidedly average to drive. It will remain a small seller and deservedly so. But I walked right into its visual snare. It's easily done though, isn't it? It's simple to write off a car because its badge isn't up to scratch, no matter how good it looks. And for a long time now - too long, perhaps - the good old badge-ometer was a pretty accurate measure of a car's worth. Premium car makers made good-looking cars and, by and large, the mainstream manufacturers produced dross.
Now we have a market turned on its head by cool-looking Kia Cee'ds, funky Skoda Roomsters, slick Ford Mondeos and edgy Vauxhall Astras taking on drab-looking BMW 325is, stomach-churningly ugly Porsche Cayennes, breeze-block Audi Q7s and Ferraris 612s best viewed in dark metallics at night. So the question is this: on a pure design level, would you rather drive a sharp-suited model with a common-as-muck badge, or a visual dullard with a pay-through-your-nose logo?
Yes, of course, style and design are hugely personal choices, and plenty of you reading this will disagree with my shortlist of uglies and beauties. But am I wrong to think that exclusive and expensive no longer have the monopoly on motorway eye candy? The next time you抮e drawn in by a car抯 looks |
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Aku semenjak pakai savvy ni dah ade dapat surat saman. Dulu takdela plak..... So, jangan beli savvy, nanti kena speed trap.. |
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Post time 30-11-2007 09:23 PM
