We're In the Dark Ages of Car Design

Опубликовано 13 декабря 2025, 15:00

Modern car design has fallen apart, and nobody in the auto industry wants to admit it. If anything, it’s almost like they want to make it worse. From long, tall, pedestrian-safety noses, to a bunch of fake vents, fake exhausts, and fake diffusers that don’t actually do anything, it's clear we’re in a period I’m calling The Dark Ages of Car Design. Automakers aren’t just bloating and curving the exterior bumpers, they're making cabins worse with cluttered layouts and invasive tech. But why do cars look the way they do now? Is it regulation, corporate meddling, consumer taste, or something much worse?

In this episode of Fuel for Thought, we’ll dive into the real reasons new cars look so strange, so aggressive, and so uniformly bland. This might just be the worst era of car design ever, and the reasons behind it will make you rethink every “new” car you see.

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Timestamps:
00:00 The Dark Ages of Car Design
01:35 Intro Song
01:44 Regulations Are to Blame
09:51 No! Executive Meddling Is to Blame
14:48 No, It's the Consumers' Fault!
18:56 A Risky Theory to Explain Bad Car Design
20:54 It's My Fault (And Yours Too)
23:24 An Incredibly Important Message
24:30 Bad Car Design Is the Fault Of...
26:21 Sources and Photo Credits