Ugh! Another fugly car

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Anonymous wrote:the juke is function over form. nothing spectacular about it.

but Pontiac Aztec has got to be the hand down winner of the ugly car contest.

Nissan rogue Convertible
BWM x6
2002 sc430 convert

Spot on with the Aztec.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What makes less sense are ugly AND expensive cars. For me, it would be the BMW X6 or the Mercedes CLS. But eye of the beholder as you say.

OMG THIS!!!

The X6 always made me think of a 300lb snobby rich girl squeezed into a specially-made Size 32 Dior prom dress.

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You wanna see a truly ugly car?

1978 Ford Thunderbird.


Have a look at that and then tell me again how the Juke is ugly.

But, hey, it's got a great Beach Boys song written about it...

No.

That song was about a first-generation T-Bird.

Not the unGodly thing it evolved into.

Touché

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m noticing a lot of cars getting more bulbous now, and I don’t like it. Hopefully my car will last long enough until the trend moves away from that.

I totally agree but I don't think it will change anytime soon. It's partly driven by aesthetics, but I think a major component is that the rounded bodies make it easier for them to add crash safety measures. It would be hard to install the same level of crash protection into the older, squared off bodies, because you'd still wind up with a bigger car body, just boxier. Rounding things off is actually how designers keep these super protected cars from looking more bulky, not less.

Of course, in addition to preferring smaller, boxier cars, I also think we should lower speed limits and invest in more public transportation infrastructure. We're moving to larger, bulkier cars because cars and driving are so damn dangerous and we spend so much time driving that it's a massive public health risk. We should address that risk by giving people alternatives to driving and making crashes less likely and less deadly (through lower speeds and traffic calming measures). Not by giving everyone a great big armored tank to drive around in. It's very short sighted.

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Anonymous wrote:What makes less sense are ugly AND expensive cars. For me, it would be the BMW X6 or the Mercedes CLS. But eye of the beholder as you say.

OMG THIS!!!

The X6 always made me think of a 300lb snobby rich girl squeezed into a specially-made Size 32 Dior prom dress.

I think it's supposed to be a Ford Mustang built on a large SUV frame.

Kind of like someone who has spent the pandemic eating trying to get into their pre-pandemic clothes.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this will be an unpopular take, but I can't stand the newer model Foresters. I love Subarus and was planning on getting a Forester for my next car. But I just can't get on board with the redesign they did in 2014. I look longingly at my neighbors' older Foresters and wish I could get that car, but new. The redesign isn't ugly necessarily, but it looks like every other crossover on the market and even though it's only a little bigger, it looks and feels bulkier to me.

I hate the trend toward larger cars with these rounded edges. Particularly when it comes to wagons and SUVs, I miss the smaller, boxier versions. I also think the road was more pleasant when more cars sat closer to the ground and weren't as imposing. It was easier to see and I actually think people drove more thoughtfully. Everyone feels armored now and I think it makes us all less safe.

Agree, the new Forester sucks. It’s just a midsize SUV.

I recently sold a 1999 Forester. Such a fun little box to drive in the city, the storage capacity was amazing. The short wheelbase worked great for street parking. I would buy an updated version if they kept the same dimensions and added the new tech.

PP here and yes! Love the 1999 and I would absolutely buy an updated version of that vehicle. I just don't understand what the point was of changing it since that part of the market is already so full. We drive an Outback now but the new Outbacks are also enormous (I kind of miss the old Legacy wagons!). I feel like we're going to wind up in an Impreza because it's the footprint we want but the storage capacity sucks.

I don’t know WTH y’all are talking about. I have a 2018 Forester and it feels so small it reminds me of a go cart. I also have a 2004 Forester for my kid to drive, and other than feeling like I’m sitting about 6” lower, it actually feels larger to drive than the 2018.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this will be an unpopular take, but I can't stand the newer model Foresters. I love Subarus and was planning on getting a Forester for my next car. But I just can't get on board with the redesign they did in 2014. I look longingly at my neighbors' older Foresters and wish I could get that car, but new. The redesign isn't ugly necessarily, but it looks like every other crossover on the market and even though it's only a little bigger, it looks and feels bulkier to me.

I hate the trend toward larger cars with these rounded edges. Particularly when it comes to wagons and SUVs, I miss the smaller, boxier versions. I also think the road was more pleasant when more cars sat closer to the ground and weren't as imposing. It was easier to see and I actually think people drove more thoughtfully. Everyone feels armored now and I think it makes us all less safe.

Agree, the new Forester sucks. It’s just a midsize SUV.

I recently sold a 1999 Forester. Such a fun little box to drive in the city, the storage capacity was amazing. The short wheelbase worked great for street parking. I would buy an updated version if they kept the same dimensions and added the new tech.

PP here and yes! Love the 1999 and I would absolutely buy an updated version of that vehicle. I just don't understand what the point was of changing it since that part of the market is already so full. We drive an Outback now but the new Outbacks are also enormous (I kind of miss the old Legacy wagons!). I feel like we're going to wind up in an Impreza because it's the footprint we want but the storage capacity sucks.

My DH has made this complaint about the new Foresters (I didn't notice myself). Guess we're lucky to have bought our 2012! Love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disclaimer: this thread is not an attack on the owner of any of these makes, but a thread just to vent about cars you don't like the looks of.

The majority of cars out there are standard or good looking cars, but every now and then there are some cars that are just fugly...PT cruiser, Honda Element, Toyota Scion, Nissan Cube.

Nissan has just added another vehicle to the list, the Nissan Juke. This car is the gangly knobby kneed puppy that will look normal when it grows up and fills out, but fugly now.



Yes, I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there are people out there that love each of these cars. This is just my opinion.

What cars do you think are just so homely that you could never own one?

Sorry my friend, Nissan Puke....ahem...Juke has been around since 2014.... https://www.edmunds.com/nissan/juke/2014/review/

[Anonymous]

Vans. They ALL are ugly! Pacifica, Odyssey and Sienna. All trash. I have no idea why they keep adding curve and sports lines to them. It is still a van. They look over styled and stupid.

Honda Element (helmet trucks)
Aztek
Kia Soul
Scion XB
Nissan Cube
The new off-centered LR Discovery ( I CANNOT EVEN)
Tesla ( egg's anyone? Zhuzhu pet's?)
Prius
BMX X6
Infiniti Q560 or whatever that giant ugly thing is.