What is automobile culture? This is the topic that Lao Zhou is going to discuss with everyone today. Automobile culture often appears in the chats among our car enthusiasts. However, many people still don’t have a very clear understanding of these four words. So, let’s talk about it today.
The development of automobiles has driven human progress. The era of "In the past, carriages were slow, letters were far away, and one could only love one person in a lifetime" has become the past. Automobiles have shortened the distance between people and driven industrial development. Gradually, automobiles are no longer just a means of transportation but have become their unique culture – automobile culture.
However, every advantage has its disadvantage. Although the automobile society represents human progress, it has also triggered a regression in nature. Its global popularity has made it accessible to more and more people, allowing it to grow rapidly. At the same time, it has also brought us many problems, such as the significant trouble it has caused to the environment.
But after a hundred years of development, automobile culture has formed its own values and evolved into a kind of social religion. It is using its unique logic to strengthen this mechanical object, making people unable to resist it. It constantly tempts and activates various desires of human beings and uses various methods to endow these mechanical objects with a "soul".
Automobile culture covers a very wide range. In a broad sense, all material and spiritual wealth formed during the invention, design, production, and use of automobiles is called automobile culture. Generally speaking, automobile culture can be divided into two categories: One category is the culture directly related to automobiles, such as the invention of automobiles, automobile styling, automobile sports, automobile brands, logos, automobile beauty care, automobile modification, automobile technology, as well as anecdotes and famous cars that emerged during the evolution and development of automobiles. The other category is the culture derived from automobiles, such as automobile consumption, automobile driving, automobile management, and the more familiar automobile modification culture.
Recently, Daniel Wu’s participation in the SEMA (SEMA Show, one of the world’s famous modified car and modified parts exhibitions and large-scale professional exhibitions of the automotive aftermarket, gathers advanced technologies and popular products in the industry. This exhibition features over 3,000 new products) competition with his beloved work has exploded in Lao Zhou’s Moments. Hey, many female fans of Daniel Wu didn’t expect it, right? The male god is not only good at making movies but also a car enthusiast.
At present, China’s automobile culture has taken shape. The number of "auto parts style" cars on the street is decreasing. Although it doesn’t have as unique a style as foreign countries, it is also because policies have restricted the progress of China’s automobile modification culture. If one day the field of automobile culture is opened up, Lao Zhou believes that China’s automobile culture will emerge rapidly.
Currently, the countries with automobile cultures that we envy are the United States and Japan.
Automobile Culture in the United States
The United States is a country with the richest automobile culture. Due to its unique developed transportation and relatively poor public transportation, Americans cannot live without automobiles throughout their lives. They take short rides to school and long rides for traveling. They are almost inseparable from cars. No other country can have as many automobiles involved in life as the United States, forming its own unique automobile culture.
There are three types of cars in American culture that represent it, namely: muscle cars, pickups, and heavy trucks.
Muscle cars: The term "muscle car" emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and was specifically used to refer to a type of American rear-wheel-drive cars active in the 1960s and 1970s, equipped with large-displacement V8 engines, strong horsepower, and a muscular appearance.
Pickups: Pickups are very practical and common in the United States and are deeply loved by Americans. They are a symbol of modern cowboy culture in the United States. The three spirits represented by pickups are: striving, living, and transcending. Striving represents a fighting spirit and challenges in life and career; living represents an unrestrained life where people can keep traveling on the vast land without stopping; transcending represents the true self and the spirit of always surpassing. In the United States, no one can resist the temptation of pickups.