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Wow, the Leaf has a strong 'face' with a smirk:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/nissan...

It's almost like one of the Pixar 'Cars' or the characters in the Chevron commercials from a ways back.

When I was a real little kid, maybe 8 or 10 or so, my mother took me shopping for a new car and I distinctly recall bursting into tears at the sight of the first one she liked because I thought it looked mean. I've always wanted to hear the inside scoop on whether cars intentionally anthropomorphise so well or if that was just one of those happy accidents.

It's a pretty safe bet that designers take it into consideration, and intentionally play it up in some situations.

The BMWs, I feel, are a good example of that with a pretty feline look (to me at least), or gaze maybe.

I mostly get that feeling from the headlights and front.

Yeah I agree that they do now, I am just curious about how it came to be that way.

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/future_cars/mazda_3_2010.html

The new Mazda's always crack me up when I see them for the same reason. I wonder if it's a conscious design decision.

This one really does it for me... http://epicponyz.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/presidenheadlam...

Sorry :)

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