Driving a Jaquar is the closest one can get to driving a neoclassical temple on the open road. It is rarely emphasised, however, that the iconic design of the Jaquar owes an awful lot to the styling of the bonnet. To be precise, it is the presence of the fluting in the bonnet, and the blending of that fluting into the curves of the protruding headlights, which give the Jaquar its Palladian aesthetic.
Such fluting is rarely seen on modern roadcars, and racing car designers are no longer noted for their stylistic flourishes, but, pleasingly, there is extensive use of it on the engine shroud of Adrian Newey's first Formula 1 car, the March 881.
2 comments:
Do you put your nuclear golf bag in the back of your Jaquar? I dont think the members will be pleased if they found out.
Many of the members go fission themselves, so it's not a problem.
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