So, liveries-those fancy, loud, designs that are plastered on race cars, planes, and even spaceships so that they become instantly recognizable. When someone tweets “Name a more iconic livery,” you know there will be debates about it.
But interestingly enough, the tweet itself hasn’t shown the image for fans to literally start scrolling in their minds of all their favorite designs. That’s how iconic liveries are-it’s burnt straight into our minds.
Liveries are great not just because they make good cars look good; they tell stories. They bring with them the names of brands, eras, and sometimes countries-historic-they translate into racing history, and nothing says this much better than the old red and white Marlboro ‘sponsored’ Formula 1 cars.
They apply to Gulf Oil blue/orange or John Player Special black/gold as well. These are the cars you never forget long after the checkered flag has fallen.
Given the challenge nature of the situation, a tweet without replies would be a rare occurrence. People should have been busy giving their choices in the comments and arguing which livery should be crowned the champ.
Quite possibly, everyone ended up speechless; or the livery in question was so awe-inspiring that people were simply deterred from getting involved. The tweet just stood there-a one-liner in a design controversy.
The beauty of an iconic livery is really, it just needs to exist. Some may defend the PlayStation GTs; others may point at the old Martini stripes. At the end of the day, that livery gives you that look where you can say, “Yeah, that is the one.”
So next time you see a killer design on a car, plane, or even a motorcycle, take a moment to appreciate it because somewhere out there, someone is tweeting about it and daring the world to name a better one. And honestly? Good luck with that.
