# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/41 "2008-05-06T16:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] 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. [/QUOTE] i found it by keying in the licence plate number 😛 [happy van with sunglasses](http://www.metrotimes.com/sb/108085/CUL_Smile.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/42 "2008-05-07T02:59:28Z")
There’s a logical explanation: car designers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/43 "2008-05-07T03:16:44Z")
Of course I can’t find any pictures of a ‘new’ VW Beetle from directly behind, but with the seat headrests as laughing eyes, and the tail lights as blushing cheeks, i can’t help but think the car was designed by a fan of anime. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/44 "2008-05-07T10:48:18Z")
I remember from the 50’s always imaging [these](http://uk.geocities.com/vanguard49au/49vangd1.jpg) had a face. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/45 "2008-05-07T11:33:35Z")
I’m just looking at this thread so please don’t flog me if this has been covered but I always thought the [2002 Jaguar XK8](http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2000-2003/2002-Jaguar-XK8-front.jpg) looked exactly like the face of a[nurse shark](http://www.aquacatcruises.com/images/4605_fido_nurse_shark_young_one.jpg) ---
**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 7, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/46 "2008-05-07T13:13:51Z")
[QUOTE=drewbert] Of course I can’t find any pictures of a ‘new’ VW Beetle from directly behind, but with the seat headrests as laughing eyes, and the tail lights as blushing cheeks, i can’t help but think the car was designed by a fan of anime. [/QUOTE] Sorta like [this?](http://image.motortrend.com/f/car-news/volkswagen-recalls-790-000-vehicles/6215044+w600+cr1+re0+ar1/2007-volkswagen-new-beetle-rear.jpg) I can kinda see it. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/47 "2008-05-07T18:21:32Z")
I’d like to see more cars that look like [this](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30431). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/48 "2008-05-07T18:25:41Z")
There was an automobile (Honda, maybe?) commercial some years ago that was a montage of people who looked like various vehicles. Can’t seem to find it online, though. ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/49 "2008-05-07T23:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] Then there’s the [Edsel.](http://www.davidrichert.com/50s%20Classic%20Camera/EDSEL.jpg) [/QUOTE] My first thought when I opened that picture was the mask in the movie “Scream”. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/50 "2008-05-08T13:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Sorta like [this?](http://image.motortrend.com/f/car-news/volkswagen-recalls-790-000-vehicles/6215044+w600+cr1+re0+ar1/2007-volkswagen-new-beetle-rear.jpg) I can kinda see it. [/QUOTE] A little bit, but there was a previous model where the headrests were open in the center, and D-shaped. This guy looks buck-toothed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/51 "2008-05-08T13:44:44Z")
I used to be afraid to stand in front of my dad’s old car, because it looked angry. The main family car, however, had a great big grin! I don’t think I really do it any more, but I can still recognise most cars by the shape of their lights. ---
**Author:** ![jetdogy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jetdogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jetdogy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/52 "2015-11-22T22:02:20Z")
LOL! The EYES … exactly like Steve Buscemi!!! Cars “definitely” have face. I still have my 1995 Dodge Neon Highline bought new in '94. Has “cat eyes” . When the headlights are on you can see a line going down the middle. [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/jetdogy/SEPARATED\_AT\_BIRTH/PAGE\_09/69FuryBuscemi\_zps92693e4c.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/jetdogy/SEPARATED_AT_BIRTH/PAGE_09/69FuryBuscemi_zps92693e4c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jetdogy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jetdogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jetdogy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/53 "2015-11-22T22:03:21Z")
Off Topic… are you a cat hater?? I hope NOT! > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I used to be afraid to stand in front of my dad’s old car, because it looked angry. The main family car, however, had a great big grin! I don’t think I really do it any more, but I can still recognise most cars by the shape of their lights. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/54 "2015-11-22T23:41:43Z")
Ever notice how the Cadillac Escalade has the face of Karl Rove? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/55 "2015-11-22T23:50:36Z")
If you squint just right, [this car looks like a zombie](http://www.amulyam.in/funny-pics-zombie-car-140245). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/56 "2015-11-23T16:22:55Z")
I think you’ve all been reading too many Stephen King stories 😉 Considering my wacky imagination and all the weird associations I make in other areas I’m surprised that this is a thing, and even more so that it’s never been _my_ thing. I now have an urge to go to the parking lot and look at cars. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/57 "2015-11-23T17:06:48Z")
From [another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=19595): [QUOTE=BrotherCadfael] Has anyone noticed that the back end of the current VW Beetle looks not unlike a clown (the headrests are the eyes, the tailgate lid is the mouth, and the taillights are the red makeup on its cheeks)? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/58 "2015-11-24T00:00:21Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/59 "2015-11-24T05:46:12Z")
Well I am glad somebody bumped this thread because just today, I saw a pink VW bug (the new bug) that had been customized with false eyelashes around its headlights. Yep. Big old false eyelashes. That wasn’t the only interesting thing about the car, but it was the most interesting. I was beside it so I couldn’t see if it was wearing lipstick. But it probably was. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093/60 "2015-11-28T00:31:50Z")
I think my car looks assertive and athletic: [![](https://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah143/Jennshark/August_zpsvspzxrm8.jpeg) ](https://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah143/Jennshark/August_zpsvspzxrm8.jpeg) I think my Cherokee looks “friendly tough.” (Not my pic, don’t have mind on hand). [http://imagescdn.dealercarsearch.com/Media/758/6659794/635817248104665477.jpg](http://imagescdn.dealercarsearch.com/Media/758/6659794/635817248104665477.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-see-cars-faces/448093.md?page=4)