Cars that offend you !

Wanderer

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I remember reading the Edsel did't really sell well because the grille looked like a giant muff and back in the 50's blokes didn't want to be seen driving around in large vagina.
 

Wack61

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I had a legacy estate. Plastic but a good car. Handling was awesome.

Same but Hatchback Impreza WRX , apart from the bonnet scoop it looked pretty ordinary but I loved it , If I could wind the clock back I'd have kept it.

I really dislike Rolls Royce
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It might be the ultimate luxury car but it just says footballer from a council estate to me , or lottery winner
 

jasst

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Skoda 'roomster' and Honda 'Jazz' Both nearly always driven by 'grave dodgers' who shouldn't be on the road.
 

Hurricane52

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I’ve just spent a lot of time on the M4 doing a Cardigan - Kent - London - Cardiff road trip and have been mulling this over en route. I must have seen tens of thousands of vehicles. What’s disappointing is that only three models really offended me aesthetically. The others were just dull background noise. I think we’re living in a very boring time for general car design. There were a few supercars in London which I was pleased to see (918 looked better in the flesh than I’d expected) and all the Maserati looked good apart from a very stock black Levante, which disappointed.

Oh, the offensive munters were:
Nissan Juke
Porsche Cayenne
BMW X6

Thankfully, I didn’t see one of those Honda Transformer things.
 

Wanderer

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I like when I park up after some euro-jagged-box has been tailgating me, chap says something like 'Nearly caught you there!' and I say something like 'Sorry, was that you, all those type of cars look the same, sorry...'.

Straight away you've got them by the Jaffas....
 

MarkMas

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Oh, and as I said once before, I'm 'offended' by estate cars that are just created by lazily tacking a bit of a window onto the back of a saloon (left), rather than doing a proper bit of design work (right).

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Crossovers generally, anything by Great Wall, the X6, the Mini coupe, the original MB A class,
70's & 80's Ford Mustangs when they went horribly wrong, most cars made by BL. Especially
the Maestro. The Austin Princess. The Avenger. Not forgetting the Metro and the Allegro.
The original Lexus SUV. On the passenger sun visor
was written in bold red caps, NOT TO BE DRIVEN OFF ROAD. Summed it and it's owners up really.
The American 'transformer' car pictured earlier. I saw one of these in the U.S. years ago.
As bad as it looks on paper etc., it looks far far worse up close and personal. Because you
can spot the acres of cheap plastic both inside and outside, from quite a distance and the
whole car just looks wrong from every angle. Which is quite an achievement.
I did a triple take and either forgot I was crossing a busy road on foot or nearly crashed
the car I was driving. Forget which.
I never liked the Beetle, despite watching some of the Herbie films. Its the definition of unrefined.
Never much liked the XK8 and DB7. I nearly bought a DB7 years ago. Until I drove it
and swore I was in an English country house on wheels.
Never much saw the point of NSUs. Ladas or Skodas.
I shall probably hate the new Defender too.
Modern Audis remind me of coal scuttle helmets on wheels. Very bauhaus, but not in a good way.
Many BMWs after the E9. Like the E36, E34, E39.......
The Fiat Strada. Closely followed by the Stilo and Tipo.
The Nissan Almera, the Lexus Soarer and Lexus SC430. Probably the most ugly convertible ever produced.
Not even getting warmed up :)
 

zagatoes30

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Crossovers generally, anything by Great Wall, the X6, the Mini coupe, the original MB A class,
70's & 80's Ford Mustangs when they went horribly wrong, most cars made by BL. Especially
the Maestro. The Austin Princess. The Avenger. Not forgetting the Metro and the Allegro.
The original Lexus SUV. On the passenger sun visor
was written in bold red caps, NOT TO BE DRIVEN OFF ROAD. Summed it and it's owners up really.
The American 'transformer' car pictured earlier. I saw one of these in the U.S. years ago.
As bad as it looks on paper etc., it looks far far worse up close and personal. Because you
can spot the acres of cheap plastic both inside and outside, from quite a distance and the
whole car just looks wrong from every angle. Which is quite an achievement.
I did a triple take and either forgot I was crossing a busy road on foot or nearly crashed
the car I was driving. Forget which.
I never liked the Beetle, despite watching some of the Herbie films. Its the definition of unrefined.
Never much liked the XK8 and DB7. I nearly bought a DB7 years ago. Until I drove it
and swore I was in an English country house on wheels.
Never much saw the point of NSUs. Ladas or Skodas.
I shall probably hate the new Defender too.
Modern Audis remind me of coal scuttle helmets on wheels. Very bauhaus, but not in a good way.
Many BMWs after the E9. Like the E36, E34, E39.......
The Fiat Strada. Closely followed by the Stilo and Tipo.
The Nissan Almera, the Lexus Soarer and Lexus SC430. Probably the most ugly convertible ever produced.
Not even getting warmed up :)

and relax :)
 

Wanderer

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Alvis Stalwart for me, what a machine, totally impractical but, actually I'll just say it again, what a machine....