A bigger and heavier car would probably have self levelling rear suspension. So if one of those still has a nose down stance, it will be for aerodynamic reasons, or more specifically, emissions. The difference it makes will be small, but it all helps to lower the overall emissions for the manufacturer, which in turn could avoid huge fines for not meeting the required targets.
TBH, it isn't something I have noticed myself movilogo, can you give some examples?. I went outside and looked down our street but none of the dozen or so cars I could see (including my VW Caddy van) looked like they had a nose down stance.
Re the Gran Torino on Starsky & Hutch, I remember when David Soul was on Top Gear he said it was an awful thing to drive and that the scruffy saloon cars his character drove, were usually faster and better handling!.
The Torinos had their rear ends lifted by air shocks and were equipped with "U.S." brand 5-slot aluminum wheels with larger rear tires.
Paul Michael Glaser (Hutch) didn't like the Torino either-
When interviewed about the Torino, which became the de facto "third star", Glaser had no qualms about saying he did not like the car at all. He was quoted as saying "it was huge, it had no pickup, it couldn't handle," and in all of the scenes where he would lock the brakes to stop at a crime scene and bump the car off the curb, Glaser was purposely trying to break the Torino.
As usual in filming there were several identical looking cars, the ones that did the stunts had the 400 cubic inch engine to replace the gutless standard 351 Windsor, the series was filmed in California so the emissions equipment stifled the power on the standard Torinos.
Edited by focussed on 18/11/2021 at 00:09
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