The only exception is the top edge, which has
a plastic panel designed to mimic the look of the other metal edges.
Not exact matches
The roadster was
designed with a very strange construction format, involving removable
plastic body
panels mounted over the central «skeleton.»
The whole «cat / animal - like»
design isn't helped by the fact that the front
panel has two black
plastic panels that look like ears, and a rear stabilizer that, when extended, looks an awful lot like a tail.
Its
design shuns obvious, big air intakes and racerlike spoilers, instead finding authority in radically short overhangs and a refined contrast between the black carbon - fiber bits and painted
plastic body
panels.
Design features include Smart's signature Tridion cell — the exposed metal frame to which its composite
plastic body
panels are attached.
And while the smart dashboard is not radical in
design, it uses high - grade
plastics of multiple textures and finishes to great effect, some
panel fit inconsistencies notwithstanding.
The Tanoak wears a more outdoorsy
design with black
plastic cladding all around and chiseled body
panels.
The new
design features soft - touch materials everywhere, even on the door
panels with hard cheap
plastic scarcer than a Michigan highway without orange cones.
The attractive environment also features nicer materials and cleaner
designs than many might expect, with the possible exception of the center of the instrument
panel, and the Sonata's designers have done a fine job in minimizing the effects of inexpensive
plastic.
There are a few interior changes to the centre stack and console, but overall, there's a lot more hard
plastic than I would have expected for the Lexus badge, while the dash
design, with its «stacks» of rounded
panels, looks like it would have been more at home in the defunct and funkier Scion brand.
Once inside, the nicely textured and
designed interior
panels are easy on the eyes, even if they are mostly hard
plastic.
Inside, the Camry's overall
design and generous passenger space remain unchanged, but Toyota has improved the quality of
plastics — especially on the center console — while most of the door
panels are now covered in padded simulated leather or suede (depending on the trim level).
Production of the Chevy Lumina, Pontiac Trans Sport and Oldsmobile Silhouette minivans, featuring futuristic
designs and
plastic body
panels, began in November and is increasing slowly.
Chrysler used the Viper's development to pioneer its platform - team approach to vehicle
design and to learn a lot about
plastic body
panels.
In addition to its aero
panels, the Z24 has a
plastic hood
designed to force - feed air into the engine from the area just ahead of the windshield.
You get all the same elements like the steering and instrument
panel and even the
design of the upholstery and
plastics are the same.
Perhaps with all those Parisian parking scrapes in mind, the Clio has been
designed with
plastic body
panels that are cheap and simple to replace.
New seat
designs with a horizontally stripped pattern and Barcelona crests on the headrests as a luxury touch (the same ones used in the AMC Matador Barcelona models), a new steering wheel
design with a soft rectangular center button, all - new door
panels designs in
plastic and vinyl with a rigid top pull strap and sliding locks with woodgrain accents.
Both versions shared all - new impressive Recardo - type reclining bucket seats with adjustable headrests, all new door
panels in vinyl with cloth and carpet inserts but that no longer had map pouches, AMC's barred grille
design used in the Eagle models made in aluminum instead of
plastic, international symbols on the instrument cluster warning lights, the high beams switch integrated to the steering column, a new leather - wrapped sports steering wheel
design with six fake Allen bolts on the horn button forming a hexagon, AM / FM stereo radio with four speakers as standard equipment and higher quality dashboard woodgrain
panels.
A specially -
designed aluminum space frame is covered by light, rigid carbon - fiber reinforced
plastic (CFRP) body
panels, which save considerable weight versus a traditionally - constructed steel - based car.
It's a generally conservative overall
design, though extensive silver detail trim and restrained black
plastic lower
panels manage to balance a modern city - oriented look with a touch of traditional SUV ruggedness.
The rear of the Huawei -
designed Springboard mimics the HTC Flyer's elegant
design, with an aluminum
panel ensconced between two white matte
plastic panels.
There are also some
design changes meted out to the tablet, apart from the gunmetal colored back
panel with a brushed metal finish, the new Galaxy Tab Plus also carries two
plastic strips at the top and bottom edge of the tablet.
The only other
design aspect to note is that the glossy
plastic panel feels like it could have been put on more carefully as it doesn't quite sit flush with the sides of the tablet.
The LG G Pad 7.0 sports a similar
design to other 7 - inch Android slates, with a wraparound black
plastic rear
panel and glossy black bezel on the front (the tablet is also available in white).
Atari's upcoming console, the Ataribox, combines the wood
paneling and ribbed
plastic of the past with the sleek, slim, minimalist
design of the present.
At the
plastic panel on the right side is a battery monitor button with a correspondent five - LED array, and a set of ports including a USB charger for smartphones and tablets, a 3.5 mm Aux input, and the speaker's 12 - volt charging port.The 850 also employs a well - tuned DSP system equipped with the previously mentioned SRS WOW HD audio, which is
designed to add presence in the high end, and more power in the bass frequencies.
The company forwent a
plastic design and instead included glass front and back
panels with an aluminum frame.
The overall
design bears Samsung DNA with rounded corners, a
plastic body with a removable back
panel.
After a number of relatively run - of - the - mill
designs (often with glossy
plastic back
panels), the Black is easily the best looking phones we have seen from the company.
According to LG, the new 5 - inch OLED
panels will have flexible
design and the manufacturer has used
plastic to make the display unit unbreakable.
The phone takes the
design of its predecessor, the Honor 8, and adds subtle refinements like a curved glass back
panel, and cleaner joins between the metal and glass — no more
plastic rim around the metal side walls.
Turning the Mi4 towards rear shows a
plastic - made glossy back
panel with grating pattern
design, which is quite prone to scratches.
This line of TVs will eschew the traditional
plastic design of most flatscreen TVs and opt instead for a thin glass
panel.
This complete revamp ditches the
plastic of previous models for a slick aluminum - and - glass
design, featuring transparent tempered - glass
panels that made it easy to stare longingly at the dual GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards and glowing LED RAM packed into our unit.
Huawei has
designed the rear
panel of the Honor Holly 2 Plus with a premium
plastic material that has several microcosmic planes to produce different textures.
My only complaint about the
design is the use of
plastic strips at the top and bottom of the rear
panel.
The back
panel is made from a soft - touch
plastic, which doesn't look as nice as the metal rims, but is well suited to this type of
design.
One leak shows two smartphones, which look very similar to the average Galaxy smartphone in
design, except they have glass back
panels instead of
plastic (kind of like the Xiaomi Mi Note).
This 5.5 - incher sports the same curvy edges and smooth, anodized aluminum backside as its smaller iPhone 6 counterpart, though the gray
plastic stripes on the top and bottom rear
panel distract a bit from its otherwise classy
design.
Samsung has finally ditched
plastic in favor of a stunning premium
design, complete with slim metal edges and an alluring Gorilla Glass 4 rear
panel that comes in black / blue or white / gold.
It's got a similar
design, seemingly inspired by features or rivals like HTC and LG — power button up top, rear - mounted volume keys and a metal - effect (though decidedly
plastic - feeling) back
panel.
Essentially, both LG Display and Samsung Display are basing their latest smartphone
panels on
plastic OLED
designs.
The LG V30, Galaxy S8, and Note 8, are also all
designed with a swanky looking curved edge, revealing that these
panels are also build on a flexible
plastic rather than a rigid glass substrate (the P in POLED or P - AMOLED).