The Snake Hisses! The Viper Pre-Unveil Design Analysis!

The snake has been hissing in the grass for a while, but unbeknownst to everyone has been it's location and look thereof. But slowly and surely folks have been seeking it out and they have brought forth many different images of what this snake could look like.
Well I blogged earlier on the first speculation of this snake (type "viper" in the search box above), but, now I bring to you the analysis of the second batch of specualtion images, including some official spy shots of the snake running around!

As far as I am concerned, this design of the new 2013 Dodge Viper is perfect. It is flawless! IThe designers have relentlessly pursued perfection! Now lets see if the official spy photographs measure up to par with John Sibal's render.

Here the rear end looks very similar, except for one thing. The brake lights completely encircle the reverse lights instead of partially encircling it as in the John Sibel render above. I'm disappointed with that because the more of the reverse light that is enabled to show, enables for more of that speedin'-no-time-to-brake look. But that's very minor, everything in the photo still looks on par with the John Sibel render.

This photo looks on par with the John Sibel render as well. My only qualm is that I do not see the "curls around the edges of the grill. That feature is lovely! I will guess that I can't see it due to the bad lighting in this image, due to the fact that it is a spy photograph.

Look at that splendid impression in the roof! That's that "naked woman on the beach". (Refer to my previous blog at http://seranitafaristreetteam.blogspot.com/2012/01/srt-viperthe-breakdown-feminine-id.html ) In addition, checkout the rear windshield in the picture. I wasn't expecting that design. That's a unique suprise! So far everything looks set for a splendifeous Dodge Viper to be revealed on April 4th!

- Gebre Mesquitta

The Viper Teaser is on Facebook!

Well the SRT division of Dodge has released a Viper teaser on Facebook! Can you see the "naked woman on a beach here"? Due to my previous life drawing courses for my industrial design major (specializing in transportation design) and ofcourse, because of my great appreciation for female design and it's numerous occasions of inclusion in my own designs, I think I see it! In the next follow up blog, I'll show you how I see it :).

- Gebre Mesquitta

New Hyundai Santa Fe!

The first thing that I recognized when I saw this spied image of the new Hyundai Santa Fe, was that the grillle with the fat chrome slats, boldly resembles the grille,of the previous Ford Fusion! Though I always thought that that particular grille design on the Ford Fusion contained too much chrome, (more chrome than good design lol) I knew it could do well somewhere else - preferably on an SUV (because Ijust love SUVS).

Well it looks like designers at Hyundai studios loved the look too and decided to incorporate it into their Hyundai Santa Fe design. Now here is what I think I did, infact, here is how I think they did it. I believe they decided to use the grille idea, but to also change it up a little by reshaping it. If you look at the current shape, it resembles the grille shape of the new Ford fusion, but upside down and taller. In essesnce, they flipped the shape.

Furthermore, notice how the headlamps do not stop at the "end" of the front view, but continues onto the side of the vehicle. This leaves a "gap" between the end of the hood and the beginning of the front bumper.
Look at the images below, and then look at the image below them to observe the design analysis. Only at SeraniTafari do we go in on car designs like this!



- Gebre Mesquitta