A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.
Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.
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https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/brand-journal/heritage/heritage-series-grandeur
We’re celebrating the 35th anniversary of our 1986 Hyundai Grandeur flagship sedan with an electrifying retro concept. With an electric powertrain and all-new light and sound features, the Heritage Series Grandeur will seduce you with its ‘80s nostalgia, cutting-edge technology, and luxurious interior.
Ok, I love it, clearly this thing is a futuristic love letter to the 1996 and older lincoln town cars, the best 'Murican car ever made (from before the U.S. auto industry stomped the face of U.S. autoworkers even harder, these cars were obviously made with a fuckton of pride and practicality in mind).
In the episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where they show the Bell Riots in Star Trek timeline 2024, the car that the rich tv executive who totally falls for Dax has is a jet black Lincoln Town Car... he doesn't drive it himself of course, this is 90s U.S. wealthy people, he had a DRIVER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ4vQgN_vZE
Edit This is a cool rundown of the pre-1997 Lincoln Town Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axmLMLwPJ6o
Also gives me strong Buick GNX vibes, the other best 'Murican car ever made.
https://youtu.be/kIPU4TLDyRw <- this is a good rundown of the Buick GNX
I know some of you might kind of hate american muscle and luxury car design and that is fair, but one thing to note here, both of these cars were relatively light. The gas mileage on a 1996 lincoln town car really isn't that bad compared to the much heavier lincoln town cars (think 2000s era U.S. cop cars and taxi cabs) that came later into the 2000s and into SUV hell. The Buick GNX is a high performance sports car, but it had a v6 tuned for maximum power, not a v8 because v8 cool big and loud.
Both of these represent increasingly rare displays of the kind of unique brash things U.S. culture could make that would be difficult to imagine anywhere else making quite the same way, that somehow managed to not be totally undermined by shockingly incompetent and ignorant rich men. Also it represents the opposite of that too, that in the realm of ideas, everything is always in conversation nobody truly owns anything and anyone can make anything if they have the vision!
Nice job Hyundai, honestly sick car.
Edit just got a Hyundai ad immediately after writing that, nope, back to Fuck ALL Car Companies, that was a nice little mental vacation I suppose even if it was short
Fantastic comment!
Never seen a Buick GNX before... I'm into it!