In the 1950s-1960s engineers and designers were free to think about and build a future. To act and not react to what can be.
6:24 AM · Jun 27, 2026 · 8.2K Views
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Users lamented the loss of bold creative vision in car design, criticizing the shift from 1950s nuclear-powered concept sketches to today's CAD-optimized metric-driven vehicles.
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Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele
Automobile design was tactile and hands on…
Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele
In the 1950s-1960s engineers and designers were free to think about and build a future. To act and not react to what can be.
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Avii@AviiWeb3
@BrianRoemmele we traded sketching dreams for crash test metrics
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V0LYX@0xV0LYX
@BrianRoemmele those designs were insane ambition with no concern for safety or regulation
we got the efficiency but lost the dream in the process
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Chuck Petras@Chuck_Petras
@BrianRoemmele It all went to H when it became 100% CAD slop optimized to aerodynamic models for fuel economy. If Nixon's Project Independence had happened we'd have car designs that would make the 1950s jealous.
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