What is at the heart of cool cars everywhere? Is it the speed
they can travel at? Is it the thought of the wind brushing your
hair? If it's the latter, then you have a soft top
(convertible), or someone's pinched your roof!
Well, it could be either of these things. Or perhaps cool cars
mean something else to you entirely. But to me, it is the shape
of the car. Not so much cool cars but cool curves ... Sexist?
Perhaps, but true none the less. I think I classic car is
defined by it's architecture.
Look at any sports models over the years. What has defined them,
made them stand out? Ok, the price is one thing, but take a step
back and really think about what makes a hot car so cool?
There is something else that makes a car cool, at least as far
as I am concerned. And that is the interior. Or to be more
precise, what the interior is made of. My first car lives in my
memory to this day, and surely that is the mark of a cool car. I
can remember the smell of the leather seats and look of the
wooden dash surround. Plastic just doesn't cut it, especially
not in more mass produced models.
And it had curves!
So what else puts the cool into a car for you?
For me personally, low is cool. The closer I am to the ground,
the better I feel. Some people like to have a high vantage
point, and perhaps that is cool to them. It certainly helps to
have a better view of the road from a practical point of view.
For many, the colour of a car defines its 'cool'. Red is often
the colour to fuel associated with the hottest cars around (not
surprisingly really). But what about black? There is something
mystical about jet black automobiles, don't you think? To some,
an unusual colour is the height of chic as far as a car is
concerned. You might not like bright yellow or lime green, but
your will always notice them, won't you. And to some folk, that
is all that is required from a cool car.
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