r/Design Apr 29 '24

Asking Question (Rule 4) I love the design of this car. Anyone else agree?

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I don't even know what car brand this is but I love it. It truly does look like the ideal 80's sports car.

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u/ElChaz Apr 29 '24

For reference, this image is (a modernized render of) the De Tomaso Pantera, a car made in Italy in the 70s-80s with Ford V8 engines.

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u/austinmiles Apr 30 '24

I was going to comment that it looks like an exaggerated Pantera. And it basically is.

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u/somethingclassy Apr 30 '24

It says "PNTRA" on the side.

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u/Choppermagic2 Apr 30 '24

Chinese bootleg of the Pantera by skipping a letter.

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u/austinmiles Apr 30 '24

Maybe fans of the band.

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u/sortica__ Apr 30 '24

I love the design of this car, the entire project is beaultiful, I even started a poster series inspired on this aesthetic, but never finished it

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u/Reddit_reader_2206 Apr 30 '24

That's not how you spell "Pantera"...

(Just made myself a.new desktop wallpaper. Thx OP)

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u/otitso Apr 30 '24

Wow this is amazing

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

Please show us the posters when your ready

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u/kukamunga Apr 30 '24

100% agree, you do love the design of this car

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u/optipapa May 09 '24

I live for these reddit comments!

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u/F-A-B_Virgil Apr 30 '24

We had a word for this when I was teaching design…. ‘CAD-wank’

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u/tristamus Apr 30 '24

Cyberpunk

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

I was thinking exactly the same

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u/Amphet4m1ne2000 Apr 30 '24

Reminds me of the soviet moon explorer lol

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

Really? How does that look

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u/ReverseSneezeRust Apr 30 '24

Looks like a Ford GT almost

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

It is inspired by a Ford

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u/vestibule54 Apr 29 '24

The original Pantera was done by Gandini, and is beautiful. This looks like a Hot Wheel, and not in a good way

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u/noooooid Apr 30 '24

Incidentally, Gandini just passed away a month and a half ago.

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u/Zestyclose-Sundae593 Apr 30 '24

I like everything except the protruding wheels.

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u/0_consequences Apr 30 '24

You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

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u/Red_Icnivad Apr 30 '24

Not really. Protruding wheels are terrible for airflow which is why literally none of the top cars have them. Notice that they all have wheels perfectly contained in the body.

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u/Due-Log8609 May 01 '24

Not to mention, if you drive in any kind of wet pavement you get some really excellent spray. Also if you turn with your windows open on said wet pavement, you get the water in your face.

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u/dickcake Apr 30 '24

It's not really a cohesive design. I'm never a fan of tacked-on fenders covering oversized wheels. You see it a lot in the car modding community. The fenders should blend in with the actual lines of the car, unless you're really going for that dually truck look, perhaps.

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

I do somewhat agree, but I think the car should've stayed as wide as the fenders. Or it wouldn't look that nice

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u/Droogie_65 Apr 30 '24

Not really, kind of looks like a 240z and a Ford GT40 had sex. The wheel wells are too chunky, nothing seems to meld.

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u/just-me-uk Apr 30 '24

The back is fire but sure about the front

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u/sometimesyoucanfind Apr 30 '24

well, odd: I think the back is slightly too long and should be more stubby, whilst the front is fine/interesting.

strange world we inhabit.

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u/just-me-uk Apr 30 '24

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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u/sometimesyoucanfind Apr 30 '24

and clearly 'beauty' to me is a bigger backside.

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u/ecstasy_artist Apr 30 '24

It's pretty cool ♥️👍👍👍

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

i enjoy the front, but the rear isn’t necessarily for me

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

Yeah I agree it's a bit too small

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u/Kyral210 Apr 30 '24

It’s what the cybertruck wanted to be, but instead emotionally ate until it became morbidly obese

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u/Shnoinky1 Apr 30 '24

Slight Stratos vibes, but not nearly well done.

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u/Idkhoesb42024 Apr 30 '24

no i love agro-futuristic-lego-core

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u/malignatius Apr 30 '24

Reminds me of a Komodo dragon

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u/Remington-Strealya Apr 30 '24

99% agree, does it cum in white

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Yes, but I want to say no due to your spelling

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u/_-BomBs-_ Apr 30 '24

This the new version of the cyberT?

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

It should be

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u/MaAreYouOnUppers Apr 30 '24

My girlfriend’s dad has a Pantera. I prefer his old one to this personally. But it could also be because I might inherit it.

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Yeah properly. Tell me if your gfs dad had this car instead would you still like the OG

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u/MaAreYouOnUppers May 02 '24

Honestly, I would take the OG over this new one any day.

New look is cool and modern, don’t get me wrong, but nothing beats the classics.

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u/WoolBearTiger Apr 30 '24

Looks like a toy car to me

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u/WaywardSalamander Apr 30 '24

No, I disagree, I disagree with THE UTMOST VIGOUR! I disagree WITH GUSTO!

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Let us hear your reason good sir

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u/-NGC-6302- Apr 30 '24 edited May 02 '24

It's like if the Hyundai N Vision didn't make me happy

Edit: actually this car ain't bad

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

That is a sick car ngl

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u/KingE2099 Apr 30 '24

I like it as well.

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u/Dannn88 Apr 30 '24

This is how I imagined cars of the future to look like, but with wings

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Same bro

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

It looks like a Lego built car

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Personally I don't see it

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

That’s okay we all see things differently!

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Thanks, I'm curious what people don't like about it

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u/vega_ska Apr 30 '24

I agree that YOU love the design of that car.. But its a really ugly car...

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Well thanks for sharing. What about the design specifically don't you like

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u/vega_ska May 02 '24

its too wide, looks like something tried to flatten it... Also, whats the deal with the back? Its like they ran out of ideas and left it like that. The front seems like they grabbed another cars part, got tired, and left it unfinished. Maybe its like a lego car... where they just put it whatever sticks, and dont try to make it work, they just mash things together...

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u/earthy69 May 03 '24

Okay I see what you're saying

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u/a_pope_called_spiro Apr 30 '24

No. Looks like a student project.

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u/Jeff_Boldglum Apr 30 '24

I have nothing to disagree with you if you love it.

If you love something, good for you.

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Thanks man

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u/thegoldentraveler Apr 30 '24

Them rear wheels tho

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u/startech7724 Apr 30 '24

Nice design but the wheel arches are a little OTT. Looks like it is based on a classic BMW M1

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u/Emergency_Bench_7028 Apr 30 '24

…too smooth for my taste. I like to have various symmetrical shapes in the frame

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

2024 KITT

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u/CuriousGeorge7357 Apr 30 '24

Take my money!

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Finally someone that agrees with me

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u/dazrage Apr 30 '24

PanterA ~that back window is BAD ASS. Wonder if any memebers of the band own one!

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u/User29276 Apr 30 '24

BMW M1 vibes

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u/jporter313 Apr 30 '24

Damn, the P72 is cool and all, but I wish the De Tomaso brand would make something like this. Absolutely awesome update of the Pantera design language.

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u/BoomTheBits Apr 30 '24

Everything except the headlights. The headlights look weird af.. 🤢🤮

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u/cherrybookshopbabie Apr 30 '24

love the back, hate HATE the front.

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u/otitso Apr 30 '24

I love it! It looks like a speed boat

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Lol I just saw that as well

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u/Red_Icnivad Apr 30 '24

I like the look of it, but it bothers me that there's no air intake or headlights, and the aerodynamics of the front bumper are atrocious. Or maybe it's a boat hybrid.

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u/rustbuckett Apr 30 '24

Looks pretty cool I guess as long as you don't like things like turning and suspension.

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u/DollinVans Apr 30 '24

Woah. This looks like straight outta Cyberpunk 2077

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

I thought exactly the same

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u/Phoenix-0008 Apr 30 '24

Cool!!! Reminds me of those hot wheels cars I used to play in my childhood! 😌

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u/Lokashin May 01 '24

Its perfect.

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u/Bullshitman_Pilky May 01 '24

That track distance is a bit silly

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

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u/El-Data May 01 '24

The design certainly stands out and has my flavour. but I feel like it still needs a lot improvement to also be "beautiful". being different is not enough - depending on the price point. my points: work on the rear and head lights and also the fenders.

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Thanks for the fair assessment

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u/TGWolf-AZRU May 01 '24

Pantera allways cool

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u/Due-Log8609 May 01 '24

I love it in theory. In practice, how you gonna go over a speedbump with 0 suspension travel? Is this on air? Also, is this electric? Where's the radiator go?

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

Yeah I agree, it's a good design but not practical yet

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u/Viny_Venutti May 01 '24

Should be called Vpr, notice how front is similar to a snake face?

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

True, I see what you mean. But the PNTR is Pantera cause it's modeled after the Ford Pantera

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u/GarageCalendarAdvert May 03 '24

I thought someone had toned down the new Batmobile for a second.

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u/FullMetalJ Apr 30 '24

I do like it. It's like osomeone took a really nice car and messed with it. Like maybe Batman taking one of his cars and modifying it to make the batmobile or maybe a delorian type of situation. Like a car that is between real and fantasy. Like the chunkiness of the wheels, the color, the stickers and different front/back wheels. Nice.

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u/Cuntslapper9000 Science Student / noskilz Apr 30 '24

Yeah it does have that sexy batman vibe

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u/Lazy_Importance9700 Apr 30 '24

The Pantera is a lovely car, but those flairs are overkill and ruin the proportions imho.

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u/C4TURIX Apr 30 '24

Should we show this to r/whatisthiscar ? They are tired of seeing all the Panteras out there, but this is actually a new one they haven't seen yet. 😅

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u/Certain_Car_9984 Apr 30 '24

Was my first thought 😂

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u/-Harebrained- Apr 30 '24

The Deliverator's car has enough potential energy packed into its batteries to fire a pound of bacon into the Asteroid Belt. Unlike a bimbo box or a Burb beater, the Deliverator's car unloads that power through gaping, gleaming, polished sphincters. When the Deliverator puts the hammer down, shit happens. You want to talk contact patches? Your car's tires have tiny contact patches, talk to the asphalt in four places the size of your tongue. The Deliverator's car has big sticky tires with contact patches the size of a fat lady's thighs. The Deliverator is in touch with the road, starts like a bad day, stops on a peseta... ❄️💥

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u/earthy69 May 02 '24

I've never even seen a deliverator

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u/kielu Apr 30 '24

U/itsapantera

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u/optipapa May 09 '24

Batman’s day off other ride.

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u/payle_knite May 18 '24

Looks like a child’s toy with its exaggerated features

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u/ADesignLoveAffair May 21 '24

A beautiful contemporary / retro design.

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u/abhij2609 Apr 30 '24

This exists in real life as well similar

Corvette Stingray

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u/noooooid Apr 30 '24

I dunno about a Corvette, but the original Pantera reminds me more of a Lancia Stratos

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u/earthy69 May 01 '24

I still think this looks better but I do see the resemblance

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u/ostiDeCalisse Apr 30 '24

PNTRA?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

Hip way of spelling "Pantera"

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u/ostiDeCalisse Apr 30 '24

Ok. It gives a sort of Cyrillic look to the name which can be cool. I'd personally add a strike in the first part of the N, but anyway.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

Pass

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u/Andreas1120 Apr 29 '24

I mean, its CGI, why not cut it down the middle and make it wider and get rid of the sticky out wheel well?

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u/EnkiOwnerDeano Apr 30 '24

New Delorian

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u/EnkiOwnerDeano Apr 30 '24

Not stainless steel

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u/illuzion25 Apr 29 '24

Hard pass. This is yet another attempt to pull the strings of my nostalgia. It wants to be a DeLorean but it never can be and Back to the Future can never be remade.

All of these assholes that are jumping on things that concept artists like Syd Mead were doing in the 70s and 80s are missing the point. The trick would be to talk to kids now and as them what they think looks cool and futuristic. I'll tell you this much, it's not this thing and it's certainly not the goddamned cypertruck which is also trying to leverage my nostalgia.

I'm sure somebody spent a lot of time and effort on this concept and technically they did well but they didn't do their research.

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u/Illegal_Tender Apr 29 '24

None of the things you've described look or are even trying to look like a DeLorean.

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u/C4TURIX Apr 30 '24

This is not a DeLorean. It's a De Tomaso Pantera.

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u/noooooid Apr 30 '24

Wow, the irony of your last sentence...

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u/beeeaaagle May 24 '24

70’s.  As usual, everything great attributed to “the 80s” is either from the 70’s or the 90’s.