Why are cars so berkeleying ugly?

Regal GS

New Impala

potentially, the new Chevy SS

2013 Malibu SS Concept

Sonic RS is pretty sharp

Cruze 5 door

Not to mention the CTSv Coupe and the 'Vette, which are obviously sexy and need no "proving"...Id say the General is getting it right (finally)

After the new Camaro, they need to..

I'm just going to leave this pile here.... Cough, choke, splatter.
I turned my head so as to not sully my shoes.

In reply to 4cylndrfury:

IMHO those are nothing special looking.

I think the Riv is a bit over the top too.. but the E24 is about perfect

Of all the new cars that have been posted above (particularly the 4 door sedans), could anyone tell who made what at 25 meters? Would you even know they were different cars? OK, they may look decent. But are any of them even remotely distinctive?

Honestly Jeff.. go back to the 80s and 90s.. cars at that time all looked alike too.. same with every decade. Right now we are into a "high" look

Bumboclot wrote: I'm just going to leave this pile here.... Cough, choke, splatter. I turned my head so as to not sully my shoes.

wowThey wouldve been dead on if they were making a list of "Cars meant to convince humanity to stop making cars"...but as a list of something special, they are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY off

4cylndrfury wrote: Cruze 5 door Not to mention the CTSv Coupe and the 'Vette, which are obviously sexy and need no "proving"...Id say the General is getting it right (finally)

See the stupid outfit on the chick? Makes her look like an idiot, right? As in, the designer secretly hates women and delights in making them look like clowns.

That's what a lot of car designers are doing only to all of us. Even though that Cruze is distasteful at least it's not as bad as the MINI Coupe.

I swear the roof looks like Moe Howard's haircut.

Makes me want to do this:

93EXCivic wrote: In reply to 4cylndrfury: IMHO those are nothing special looking.

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I actually don't hate the mini coupe. Yes, it's utterly ridiculous. But it's distinctive, i can tell it's a Mini, and it looks FUN.

mad_machine wrote: Honestly Jeff.. go back to the 80s and 90s.. cars at that time all looked alike too.. same with every decade. Right now we are into a "high" look

I'll have to do a Google tour and look see. You are probably right. I'm suffering a bit of "Back in my day... Hey, get the hell off my lawn"

Not a fan of the MINI coupe. I'd take a Countryman over that (no, I don't want a countryman either).

Jeff wrote: Of all the new cars that have been posted above (particularly the 4 door sedans), could anyone tell who made what at 25 meters? Would you even know they were different cars? OK, they may look decent. But are any of them even remotely distinctive?

"Distinctive" is part of what has driven us into the huge steaming pile of excrement that car styling became in the last decade. Think how many clean, efficient-looking designs there were in the last half of the 1990s and early part of the 2000s.

Then everybody decided that manufacturers needed to look "different" at any cost, and that's what prompted the rise of Bangle-ism, Audi's Trout Pout nose treatment, Subaru's bizarre pig-nose detour (and subsequent over-generification), and the mother of all berkeleyups, Mazda's "Maximum Overdrive" styling treatment of all their cars. And that's leaving Nissan's entire product line out of the discussion, too.

So now we've got different-at-any-cost automotive styling everywhere. Personally, I prefer "handsome and understated" to "garish and over-the-top", but judging from what's on TV these days, I'm in the vast minority of the money-spending public.

4cylndrfury wrote:

Bumboclot wrote: I'm just going to leave this pile here.... Cough, choke, splatter. I turned my head so as to not sully my shoes.

wowThey wouldve been dead on if they were making a list of "Cars meant to convince humanity to stop making cars"...but as a list of something special, they are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY off

HOLY CRAP. They might as well have chosen the 10 most worthless cars made in the last decade. I wouldn't own ANY of those if you gave it to me for free, at least not longer than it took to unload on eBay. The only one I would even remotely consider is the M/B R-class.

In reply to 4cylndrfury:

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Also I think the old G35 coupe is better looking then the new G37.

In reply to 93EXCivic:

Actually, you happened to pick three cars that have (IMHO) managed to be updated without being totally FUBARed, the Civic being the weakest of the three.

93EXCivic wrote: In reply to 4cylndrfury: Of course it has also gone from to

Sir William Lyons is spinning in his grave right now at the though of that bloated characterless whale as the flagship of the company he built from scratch. In fact, it's both of them; the XJ6 may have been a trouble prone turd but man was it good lookin'.

Check out the 'haunches' and the unashamed proptuberance of the headlight 'tunnels' on the hood. The rear quarter glass really set it off, both of these so called 'examples' have nothing to define them and set them apart from the characterless masses.

Duke wrote: In reply to 93EXCivic: Actually, you happened to pick three cars that have (IMHO) managed to be updated without being totally FUBARed, the Civic being the weakest of the three.

You are kidding right? The new XJ is beyond horrible (as a Jag) and the stupid smiley face on that Miata.

Don't come down on the SUV too much, I mean at least Land Rover gets it:

and that started out like this:

And even the General started their return to design with SUVs:

OK, they're working on it...

pinchvalve wrote:

Eeeeewwww.

Looks like a cross between:

and:

pinchvalve wrote: Don't come down on the SUV too much, I mean at least Land Rover gets it: and that started out like this:

Are you freaking KIDDING me? The Evoq is second only to the Murano convertible in "Ugly Overpriced Overdesigned Pieces Of Boutique Crap That Duke Wouldn't Be Caught Dead Driving For Fear People Will Think He Paid Money For It".

The Evoq is hideous, stupid, useless, and a blight on the Land Rover / Range Rover name. That poor narrow-light Landy is SCREAMING in silent horror of what its progeny have become.

4cylndrfury wrote:

Bumboclot wrote: I'm just going to leave this pile here.... Cough, choke, splatter. I turned my head so as to not sully my shoes.

wowThey wouldve been dead on if they were making a list of "Cars meant to convince humanity to stop making cars"...but as a list of something special, they are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY off

Well it says top 10 headturners. It didn't say that headturning didn't involve sticking your head in a trash can and hurling.

93EXCivic wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote:

Bumboclot wrote: I'm just going to leave this pile here.... Cough, choke, splatter. I turned my head so as to not sully my shoes.

wowThey wouldve been dead on if they were making a list of "Cars meant to convince humanity to stop making cars"...but as a list of something special, they are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY off

Well it says top 10 headturners. It didn't say that headturning didn't involve sticking your head in a trash can and hurling.

Sad about the Juke actually. If it had more conventional looks and awd with the 6 speed, it would make the mini cooper owners cry.

I can get past the looks and it might be my next car.

Maybe

This thread is perfect proof that one man's ugly is another's beautiful. It all depends on where you are coming from, and that usually depends on where you've been.

Or whether your eyewear prescription is up to date.