Even though in my humble opinion Identity, starring John Cusack among others, is a pretty good movie, the topic and this post is (again) all about cars :-) While I was driving to work this morning in that 'new and improved' IFO I now have temporarily, while the repair service is getting the flowers from the hood of mine, I couldn't help realizing that more and more cars are looking alike these days. In the past when you saw two huge rectangular light units with two little in the top corners ones besides them you knew that you were being chased around (sure, sure *grin*) by a Volvo two-forty model car. Just about each and every car had it's own distinctive look and 'smile' if you will. When I look in the mirror now I more often see two small round lights that could have come from the new VW Golf, or Mazda series, or Toyota, or ... etc. And it's not just the lights of course, cars themselves are loosing their identity's on a number of points. Of course I understand that this has (a lot) to do with safety and efficiency issues and stuff but I think it's sad that all manufacturers seem to have the same 'make new car wizard' running on their expensive design computers and that way are loosing their unique face a bit. And I think that’s a shame really. I remember that during holidays I sat in the back seat of the car, keeping note of all cars and models passing by. I could do that for hours on end. When my little niece Eva is old enough to play such a game all she'll be able to do is note their colors ... You know, somehow that just doesn't sound like that much fun.