[namlem]

Making it look too much like a regular F-150 was a mistake. You need the vehicle to look distinctive enough for it to market itself.

[shusaku]

I guess that’s kind of the defense of Musk on the cyber truck. If Ford can’t sell hem off their F150 platform, it means you need to make more of a splash. He just went too far…

[bombcar]

I've seen an argument that the Prius was intentionally made "ugly/noticeable" because they knew the buyers would be interested in the technology AND want to be recognizable as such.

When hybrids are common, the styling reverted to more normal car-like.

[725686]

I would argue against that! If anything, I hated the firs hybrids that where distinctly different, and ugly.

[bombcar]

There's an argument that they did that intentionally - some hated it, but more bought it because they wanted to be recognized as having bought a hybrid - hence the "Toyota Pius" nickname.