Making it look too much like a regular F-150 was a mistake. You need the vehicle...

shusaku · 2026-01-15T00:35:51 1768437351

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 · 2026-01-15T14:56:34 1768488994

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.

mrguyorama · 2026-01-15T20:40:35 1768509635

The first gen Prius just looked like an average car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius_(XW10)

725686 · 2026-01-15T01:29:42 1768440582

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

bombcar · 2026-01-15T14:59:11 1768489151

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.