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Search Button. It's a commodity that is sadly underused on this forum.
the "just plain ugly" car thread
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Doesn't work well for iPhone.
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Search button?
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I know that now lol. Can we get back on topic of the 2 year old thread?
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It's alright u brought back an old thread. I mean I would have never found it.
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Any car ruined by US-spec 5mph crash bumpers. Legislation by aesthetic-less lawyers...typical.
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Subaru Impreza Casa Blanca.
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The MKT is a car that looks a lot better in photos. You don't notice the sort of droopy, too big for its wheelbase look until you see one in real life, but that's impossible because nobody actually buys these. It's big and frumpy, a real lumpy, fat vehicle. The one big taillight sweeping across the rear is nice though.
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Honestly, what was Subaru thinking of? What kind of person would choose this over a normal Impreza?
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Ferrari's of recent really haven't been great. I know the FF's probably been the most controversal, but just something about the F12 is such a turn off. Well, not something...I mean the REAR. 
Function > Form? I think this time...I'd rather have form.
The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is also ugly... I grew to like the previous E-Class's headlights, but these new ones just aren't working. Another thing about modern Mercedes is the tacky LED strips that you could also find at some auto parts store.
There's probably more I could list off, but these two popped into my head.
Function > Form? I think this time...I'd rather have form.
The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is also ugly... I grew to like the previous E-Class's headlights, but these new ones just aren't working. Another thing about modern Mercedes is the tacky LED strips that you could also find at some auto parts store.
There's probably more I could list off, but these two popped into my head.
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I actually think the E-Class is a significant improvement over the awkwardly sharp model that came about a couple years ago. Neither have the nice simple elegance of the mid 00s E-Class though. I'm not feeling the rest of the Mercedes lineup, at least the most recent models. I particularly dislike the 2014 S-Class, which is a shame because it'll be one of the best cars on the market, except it looks fugly. It's the first S-Class I don't like. Mercedes seem to have this new philosophy where they give the car two blobby headlights and then stick some LEDs in there to give it some shape. It doesn't look particularly good on the E or the GLK, and it only looks worse here. The last S-Class was a big, authoritative sedan that held a lofty spot near king of the road status. But this just looks like a melted, stretched CLA. It almost looks like a German interpretation of a Hyundai Sonata.
They had to go make it look like a "four door coupe" too. The S-Class should have a design that embraces the fact that it's a large luxury sedan, it shouldn't get caught up in the latest fad of making everything curvy and making the trunk short. The back looks just as awful. The taillights are a bad shape, the way the trunk flows with the body is weird, and the rear looks too small for the rest of the car. It looks like a Hotwheels car I have, where it's really big at the front but gets really small at the back.
I don't like how the interior is a slab of wood with four ugly vents and two huge screens either. At least the steering wheel looks better, but that's it.
They had to go make it look like a "four door coupe" too. The S-Class should have a design that embraces the fact that it's a large luxury sedan, it shouldn't get caught up in the latest fad of making everything curvy and making the trunk short. The back looks just as awful. The taillights are a bad shape, the way the trunk flows with the body is weird, and the rear looks too small for the rest of the car. It looks like a Hotwheels car I have, where it's really big at the front but gets really small at the back.
I don't like how the interior is a slab of wood with four ugly vents and two huge screens either. At least the steering wheel looks better, but that's it.
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Something about the previous E-Class did look bland-ish to me with the lesser models, but the AMG model just worked so well for me. Especially in dark grey. But of course, this thread is mostly of opinions.
Have to say...that new S-Class really did loose itself with that look. The front seems almost Volkswagen-ish (Possibly Passat CC?) But that interior! Did they just think to themselves that putting a large touch screen would suffice for the interior? And then everything else was an afterthought? If this is the future of having nothing but gigantic tablets as the "dashboard" then I want nothing to do with it.
Have to say...that new S-Class really did loose itself with that look. The front seems almost Volkswagen-ish (Possibly Passat CC?) But that interior!
Did they just think to themselves that putting a large touch screen would suffice for the interior? And then everything else was an afterthought? If this is the future of having nothing but gigantic tablets as the "dashboard" then I want nothing to do with it.
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Something about the previous E-Class did look bland-ish to me with the lesser models, but the AMG model just worked so well for me. Especially in dark grey. But of course, this thread is mostly of opinions.
Have to say...that new S-Class really did loose itself with that look. The front seems almost Volkswagen-ish (Possibly Passat CC?) But that interior!
To be honest, just having a giant tablet strikes me as lazy, even with all the programming that had to have gone into something that's in charge of controlling everything. Touch sensitive buttons in Cadillacs and Fords are no good either, but the Tesla Model S's interior has to be my least favorite:
Flow? lol eff that it's a touch screen lolz. It's like they had a normal design planned but then someone gave them a good deal on seven foot tall touch screens and that was all thrown out the window.
