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Chrysler's Pretty Halcyon Concept: A Return to a Focus on Form
If this is boring, I'll take it
Chrysler has unveiled their Halcyon concept car, an aptly-named model thankfully designed with an old-school attention to form.
Just a few years ago, I might've called this concept bland, maybe derivative: The nose of a Ferrari 308, the roofline of a Nissan 300Z, the sides of a first-generation Acura NSX.
However, comparing the concept to recent fare, like the insanely faceted vehicle concepts unveiled at last year's Japan Mobility show…
…the Halcyon looks like a talented clay modeler was given free rein to shape the form.
The beltline is continuous and rational, and relates well with the single, purposeful gesture carried from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. The proportions make sense. Where some might see timidity, I see confidence; there are no fender flares borne of insecurity, no purposeless sheet-metal jukes or nonsensical angles.
Things do get a little crazy when all of the doors are open...
...but it's not like you're going to see that as it's going down the road.
My assumption about the clay modeler, by the way, is inaccurate; no physical version of this car exists, it's currently just a bunch of 1's and 0's, an exercise to gauge customer interest.
As for the concept video of how this car fits into your life, it's pretty standard fare, depicting a future filled with banal relaxation:
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Beautiful! I'd put one in my garage!
I hate prototype renders and models. They're like old cars or cars from the '80's, they all look the same.
You sold me.
The bubble top brought the Jetsons to mind though I won't admit to watching that cartoon.
I am waiting for a reasonably-priced plain-Jane (nice-looking without being weird) that will get me from here to there, is fun to drive (peppy but no need for big hp/kw). It could be an ICE or hybrid as long as it burned clean (surely that's possible). A hatchback or small pick-em-up truck would be fine.
The rims jar with the car, though.
Like the facet-friendly boss ordered them on, last minute, to jazz things up...?