# Does anyone see cars' faces? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093 "2008-05-05T05:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/21 "2008-05-05T16:09:28Z")
The Mitsubishi Triton is angry. [Very, very angry.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006-2007_Mitsubishi_Triton_GLX-R_02.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/22 "2008-05-05T16:11:43Z")
I give you [the Toothless Old Man Car!](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s102/mastadonbucket/grumpy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/23 "2008-05-05T16:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] The Mitsubishi Triton is angry. [Very, very angry.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006-2007_Mitsubishi_Triton_GLX-R_02.jpg) [/QUOTE] And it has a handlebar mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/24 "2008-05-05T16:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] The Mitsubishi Triton is angry. [Very, very angry.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006-2007_Mitsubishi_Triton_GLX-R_02.jpg) [/QUOTE] That thing looks like a Decepticon. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/25 "2008-05-05T16:14:41Z")
not just cars, but most anything that has enough to make at least the eyes and a mouth… [freaked out car](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/530/brickscarez9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/26 "2008-05-05T16:21:03Z")
I see faces in the fronts to some degree, but what has always struck me is that there’s one kind of minivan, I’m not sure what kind, whose rear looks just like the face of a panda bear. I think I noticed it in the early 90’s, so I don’t see this particular minivan very frequently anymore, but it sure looked like a panda. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/27 "2008-05-05T16:30:19Z")
Absolutely I do see faces on cars. Always have. My 4 year old sees them too. She says my Toyota echo is a “happy car” and daddy’s minivan is sad. ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/28 "2008-05-05T16:38:21Z")
[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] I think Disney and Pixar made a [movie](http://disney-clipart.com/Cars/pixar-cars.php) about this very phenomenon. [/QUOTE] Pixar however put the eyes in the windshield rather than in the headlights. I think I recall someone from Pixar saying that when they put the eyes in the headlights, all the cars looked like snakes. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/29 "2008-05-05T16:54:37Z")
[Hi.](http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/3060000000048249.JPG?0.26498107064456133) Yep I definitely see faces. I think it’s just a natural human trait, if you can find 2 eyes and a mouth, it’s a face. I can also identify cars by their lights at night. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/30 "2008-05-05T18:49:05Z")
The [Audi A5](http://image.motortrend.com/f/geneva-motor-show/2008-audi-a5-breaks-cover-in-advance-of-geneva-reveal/6238988+w600+cr1+re0+ar1/2008-audi-a5-grille.jpg) has a pretty agressive face, and the headlights are more eye-like than most if you look within the housings at the curved surfaces around the main beam. Kinda creepy, really. ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/31 "2008-05-05T18:57:14Z")
Volkswagen beetle with [eyelids.](http://www.autotrucktoys.com/beetle/Xenon-VW-Beetle-Headlamp-Eyelid-Kit-99-05-P1250C288.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/32 "2008-05-05T19:00:31Z")
Sort of. For some reason, I also think of the rear quarterpanels as the shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/33 "2008-05-05T19:02:51Z")
I don’t see them as much anymore, but as a kid I always did. Which is probably one of the reasons that I don’t like 18-wheelers–they all look angry. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/34 "2008-05-05T20:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I’ve always thought the [Austin-Healey Sprite](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Austin_Healey_Sprite_Mk_I_vr.jpg/800px-Austin_Healey_Sprite_Mk_I_vr.jpg) looked like a happy little car. [/QUOTE] Happy in a sort of _rides on the short bus_ way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/35 "2008-05-06T00:07:04Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Happy in a sort of _rides on the short bus_ way. [/QUOTE] But it’s very sweet. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/36 "2008-05-06T00:12:05Z")
Sometimes, sure. I blame it on a cartoon I used to watch when I was little: a boy would turn into a car. His eyes became the headlights, his mouth the grill etc. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/37 "2008-05-06T00:30:42Z")
[QUOTE=shijinn] not just cars, but most anything that has enough to make at least the eyes and a mouth.. [freaked out car](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/530/brickscarez9.jpg) [/QUOTE] Thank you **shijinn**. That was the first thing that came to mind when I initially saw this thread yesterday, but my Google-fu was out getting drunk in some seedy bar somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/38 "2008-05-06T00:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=shijinn] not just cars, but most anything that has enough to make at least the eyes and a mouth.. [freaked out car](http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/530/brickscarez9.jpg) [/QUOTE] Are there any other Lexx fans around? That car reminds me of 790. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/39 "2008-05-06T02:34:37Z")
My mental response to the thread title was “You mean there are people who don’t?” So, yeah, I see the faces. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/40 "2008-05-06T09:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=PaulParkhead] Are there any other Lexx fans around? That car reminds me of 790. [/QUOTE] Too sleek, a 2nd generation [Honda Civic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_civic#Second_generation_.281980-1983.29) would perhaps. As to cars with faces, the [current](http://www.carpages.co.uk/peugeot/peugeot_images/peugeot-107-front-06-06-06.jpg) [model range](http://www.analogstereo.com/images/om/peugeot_206.jpg) [from Peugeot](http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/images/peugeot-307-hdi-2.jpg) features cars that look like they have large buck toothed grins on their faces. Peugeots used to look somewhat sharp for a hatchback, a bit like the Mk1 Ford Focus did, but now they just look a little bit jelly mould. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093.md?page=3)