the "just plain ugly" car thread
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I've seen the new Crown CUV Sedan thing to know I don't like how it looks.
Also, the new BMW M5. I was fine with every gen of the M5 (even the e60's styling) until this one mucked it up.
Also, the new BMW M5. I was fine with every gen of the M5 (even the e60's styling) until this one mucked it up.
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Probably a good thing the new Kia Tasman isn't coming to North America.
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Have KIA actually ever produced a good looking car? They often, especially in this electric era, create different looking cars, but i struggle to remember them making anything desirable. The Stinger is a maybe. I guess.
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They've made inoffensive cars like the Cee'd, Rio and Cerato but I can't think of a true stunner in their history. The Opirus is horrible in photographs but surprisingly nice in the flesh. (Yes, really!)
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"We have a Jeep Commander at home" energy
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The Elan wasn't bad looking but it was very much a Lotus, so I guess not. Early Kias like the Sephia were bland and forgettable at best.
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Probably a good thing the new Kia Tasman isn't coming to North America.
I'm calling conspiracy by the USA on that one.
Does the 2025 Kia Tasman ute look any good?
The 2025 Kia Tasman ute has finally been officially unveiled, but its exterior styling has divided many.
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I'm probably going to get shot for saying this but I like it. You won't be mistaking it for anything else and in such a competitive market segment, that's important. I'm sick of seeing Rangers, Hiluxes and Tritons all the time. They've garnered a certain image here in Australia and let me just say that it's not the most favourable. Particularly Ford Ranger Raptors, bought by men who are one-dimensional and have no intent of ever taking them off road. Unless you consider driving down a gravel road on the odd occasion off roading. Whenever I see one, I think "oh look, another moron" who just HAD to get the Raptor to show off in front of his mates. The dick measuring means soo much to these dim-witted fools and they're absolutely insufferable for it. I don't think the Tasman will perpetuate this attitude as it goes about it's business in it's own way, distinct from the rest.
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I just saw a Tesla Cyber truck the other day, color was bronze like. Double take on the thing because it’s absolutely the goofiest car/truck I’ve ever seen, ever. And I like Tesla cars, but it was just on another level of something I couldn’t understand.
Kia and maybe Hyundai jjust look like a Mercedes rip off.
Kia and maybe Hyundai jjust look like a Mercedes rip off.
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Probably a good thing the new Kia Tasman isn't coming to North America.
Based on the current state of truck/SUV styling, it's hard to say it's any uglier than the rest. However, it has something the rest do not: massive eyebrows.
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And almost as worse as the design of the M5 is its weight, 2,5 Tons! It’s an M, a sports version and still being heavier than a comparable SUV by BMW.
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It's not a looker with the pop-ups up or with the federal bumpers, but other than being a little too narrow, i'd say its far from ugly. Matter of opinion, of course.
The Ford V4 was also used in all the other SAABs at the time too, the bigger engined models at least. Like Lotus, i don't think SAAB ever designed and built their own engine. Certainly not until the 90's (and perhaps not even beyond then, without checking). They used the Ford V4 then a Triumph engine when that could no longer meet emission regs. Even the early turbos used a version of that Triumph 'slanted four'.
The Ford V4 was also used in all the other SAABs at the time too, the bigger engined models at least. Like Lotus, i don't think SAAB ever designed and built their own engine. Certainly not until the 90's (and perhaps not even beyond then, without checking). They used the Ford V4 then a Triumph engine when that could no longer meet emission regs. Even the early turbos used a version of that Triumph 'slanted four'.
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I like the Xceed.
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