[JulianEdgar]

Originally Posted by aerohead

Here's a clue, and a look into the industry since 1927:
* ' The changes in new models should be so novel and attractive as to create dissatisfaction with past models. Automobile design is not, of course, pure fashion, but the laws of Paris dressmakers have come to be a factor in the automobile industry. Woe to the company which ignores them.' Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., CEO, General Motors Corporation, 1927.
* If all were cars were designed 100% aerodynamic, would they not all look alike, and designers have nothing to do?' H. Schmude of General Motors Corporation, to Walter Korff, Chief Engineer, Lockheed Aircraft Company, SAE Congress, 1963.

So he replies to a comment about using outdated references with one that is 93 years old and another that is 57 years old.

I think I can see a pattern here!