I find the design quite ugly
if you hold your hand to cover up the left part of the image where the oversize grille is, the rest of the car just looks like a vauxhall some chav has put mags on. The last 30 years has seen a convergence so that all cars basically look the same. In the 70s all cars looked different. stupidly wide yank tanks, shoebox-shaped volvos, penis bubble porsches, minis and escorts, and rolls and bentleys still had a bit of the old-world horse and carriagey bling to them. It was interesting to walk down the street. Now, everything, from a corolla to a jag has that same aerodynamic shaped steel panelling. it's all boring, and even the stupid dick size compensatory big grille and high bonnet of this bentley is repeated in every fucking dodge pickup you see.
rant over
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 22 Aug 2022, 7:14,
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It's because the majority of cars are all built around 4 oe so different chassis'
The most glaring example being Seat/Skoda/Volkswagen/Audi.
Personally, I think it looks a bit like a Mazda.
Edit: *or - fucksake.
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I honestly
Thought it was a new Jaguar. On a quick glance it seems to have styling similar to the F type, but more beefed up.
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The invisible ham Fig rolls are the best, Mon 22 Aug 2022, 7:34,
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as a case in point, compare two pics
SUV and an SUV
one of them's a 350 bag roller, one of ems a 40k jeep cherokee. Big fucking difference in style, ay?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 22 Aug 2022, 8:49,
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Maybe that’s why the G wagon is popular.
I think it’s really ugly, but at least it has quirky looks, I guess.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 22 Aug 2022, 22:31,
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they tried it with the Chrysler PT Cruiser which they sold in australia in the early 2000s I think
but it seemed like they were trying too hard, deliberately trying to be quirky and retro, and they're not valued much now like something that sprang out of genuine design eccentricity is
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 23 Aug 2022, 9:47,
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PT was sold here and did alright
well by alright I mean it sold a few but not in the numbers expected. A few still survive including a convertible that is as marmite as a car can get. personally I don't mind the design at all but each to their own.
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TBL I posted this on, Tue 23 Aug 2022, 11:08,
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speaking of bonnet (or hoods to the yanks)
I read some article looking at a sort of escalting arms-race in the states for pick-ups competing to have increasingly and stupidly high bonnet with each new model. as result there's been a sharp rise in accident, like people running over their own kids, as they have no idea what in the first 8 or so meters in front of their car when they're driving as it's obscured by the bonnet, e.g hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/2022-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-006-1628798155.jpg
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 23 Aug 2022, 23:22,
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