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Originally Posted by Roberto Although they differ aesthetically, the interiors of the Bugatti Veyron, Porsche Carrera GT, and Pagani Zonda are excellent examples of design at the highest level of contemporary culture. The designers of these cars did not have to make concessions to the mediocre and often banal tastes of the average luxury car buyer. |
Wish I had more time to respond to your last post. In short - I don't have problems with classical expressions of wealth, although I find fault when it's poorly executed and/or thin window dressing for a product lacking the substance to back up its own pretensions.
Mercedes runs the gamut with its line, from underwhelming to spectacular. They've held the luxury torch for so many decades I don't find their interiors disingenuous - that dubious honor goes to Lexus.
Now there's an important distinction with the cars you mentioned above - They're sports cars. Sports cars tow an entirely different line than do cars like the S-Klasse, the Maybach 62 or anything in-between. They don't carry the driver's gonads in the form of chrome accents and slabs of wood much as they do in performance claims.