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Adam2S said:

I just cant understand why people seem to say the Turbo wheels look stunning on a TT but dont suit a 997.



It has to do with the slattyness of the TT that doesn't have anything visually to do with the non-turbo 997. The TT wheels reference back to the turbo's slattyness.

You could say the same thing about the Carrera S wheels (lobster fork) which have little to do with the Carrera S they are supplied with.

Basically, in good design you're always looking for the intelligence behind why things are pulled together like they are. If it looks arbitrary: it's a big disappointemt for designers. If it looks pulled together with reiterations of the "same" visual elements in different forms then it's good.

Insted of something arbitrary (e.g.: beauty is in the eye's of the beholder) you're trying to achieve a wholistic result or a degree of the "whole-is-more-than-the-sum-of-it's-parts" in good design. Takes a high degree of intelligence to achieve that.

Too bad marketers seem to get the final say alot of the times in the car styling biz; God forbid they are using focus groups to determine "good" design.