Thursday, June 28, 2018

Cars' Facial Expressions

Perhaps this will end if electric cars ever take over, but due to headlights (eyes) and radiator air intakes (mouths) and central hood-related elements such as brand badges (noses), front ends of cars can seem to have faces.  Human faces can assume expressions reflecting emotions, and so it can be for some automobile front end designs.  For instance, I wrote about "eyes" here.

Nothing original regarding this idea, but just for some fun and a change of pace from usual topics, below is a collection of cars with expressions.

Gallery

Sad
I missed this when I was young, but other writers have pointed out that 1949 Lincolns such as this Cosmopolitan had a sad look that had to be changed for 1950.

Innocent, Naïve
This advertising theme ran when 1995 Dodge Neons were new.

Fishy
Oldsmobiles featured oval grille openings that could create a fish-mouth look.  This was the case for 1956 models such as the 98 Starfire Convertible seen in this RM Sotheby's photo.

Laughing
That's what this 2010 Mazda 3 seems to be doing.

Angry
The new 2019 Toyota Avalon has a fearsome expression.  I'd hate to meet one in a dark alley.

Insane
Equally sinister is the look of this 2018 Chevrolet Equinox.

2 comments:

Greg Prosmushkin said...

Thanks for sharing the very wonderful post with us. I love the facial expressions of all of these cars throughout the years. Have a great rest of your day and keep up these wonderful posts.
Greg Prosmushkin

emjayay said...

I dunno, the Equinox looks kind of cheerful to me. Current BMW's don't look like faces that much, but do look like cartoon BMW's.