“As far as permanately unchangeable formulas why else did GM and Ford bring back the 1960’s design on their Camaros and Mustangs?”
Because they didn’t.
They’ve introducted ‘Retro’, a mere sytling language, and judging from the sales figures, it’s at the end on it’s lifecycle. Ford has recently announced that the next Mustang will be revolutionary, not evolutonary. That’s one more nail in Retro’s coffin, and the 6th gen Camaro will likely follow suit.
If GM and FoMoCo really did try to apply a 1960’s design today, it wouldn’t even pass a crash test. Pencil thin A-pillars, benchseats, no-crumple zone, no airbags, X-frames, drum brakes, not even Stabilitrack. Yeah, GM and Ford want to be losers by making inferior cars like they did 50 years ago because things like the 21st century scare them.
It’s sounds like you want GM and Ford to go bankrupt.
