The Toyotas are the ugliest to me. A wrought iron screen door for a grill is so hideous.

Mitsubishi. They’re getting a little better, but they have come out with some butt-ugly vehicles in recent years.

The roads are littered with stupid little crossover SUVs these days. Rav-4, CRV, Escape, Equinox, Envoy...they all look the same, and none of them look good or have any kind of imagination.

Growing up I was a big BMW fan, but these days they're nasty. Whatever that crossover SUV thing with the giant nostrils is is possibly the most ridiculous example of the type.

But by far the ugliest thing on the road right now is this. And I'm a lifelong Chevy truck guy...

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

But by far the ugliest thing on the road right now is this. And I'm a lifelong Chevy truck guy...

I have to agree with the current massive vertical slab front ends on pick up trucks being pretty hideous as well as un-aerodynamic.
Looks like the new Subaru Outback is copying the trend and Broncoing its front as well.

1960's were the heyday of style!
I would love to have a 65 Bonneville.
All the suv's look the same to me.

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Originally posted by FenderBender:
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I agree. The front of their cars are nothing but a grill that seems to get bigger every year.

I agree on the pick up trucks. All of them seem to be sporting grilles that came off of a semi tractor. Some sedans are not far behind.

I have a 2024 BMW 430I convertible. Yes the grill is extreme but I don't see it from the drivers seat. Great, great car.

Jeep

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

...Growing up I was a big BMW fan, but these days they're nasty...

Remember the 633csi from the 1980's? My dream car, except I had just wasted my money on an Alfa Romeo GTV-6 and couldn't afford the BMW.

Along with others I’m throwing in Chevrolet. The Camaro and Corvette alone put them in that category for me.

I cannot pick one as I concentrate on better styling and rolling beauty. A Maybach Mercedes comes to mind as a beautiful car. For you Doc, if I could win the damn lotto, just 1 time, a blue Panamera. I love that damn car. Great style, excellent interiors, large engine with room for a few family members. You need a Panamera. A blue Panamera.

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

...Growing up I was a big BMW fan, but these days they're nasty...

Remember the 633csi from the 1980's? My dream car, except I had just wasted my money on an Alfa Romeo GTV-6 and couldn't afford the BMW.

That was a good one. I was a little younger so my era was the late 90s and early 2000s. I'm too tall for a 3 series, but always loved the 5s and 7s. At this point in my life the only thing that would make sense is one of these:



I do have a thing for wagons. If they weren't such a nightmare to maintain I'd have one.

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Originally posted by HRK:

Sadly, those are barely photoshopped.

I had a E21 BMW 320I back in 1980

Great fun, good looking and unfortunately he got it with an automatic transmission, around town it was good, on the interstate at 100 it was like being in a blender full of ball bearings, noisy, like it needed another gear.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
In the past 5 years Toyota, once a company of conservative styling, started putting huge "spindle" grills on their cars; and then BMW started it too.

Toyota's "spindle" at least shows some reverence/heritage. (Ref: the thread linked in egregore's thread, above.) I'm not sure what got into BMW's designers... Subaru's neither, for that matter. Have you seen the '26 Outback? That thing is "omgosh ugly!"

Back to Toyota: they're taking a lot of grief now for the '25 4Runner's "double moustache" grille setup. Uff.

I would imagine someone at Lexus is a big fan of the original Battlestar Galactica, since most Lexus SUV's look like Cylons,,

I absolutely agree, Mercedes and BMW have both gone downhill since they opened design Studios in foreign countries. Mercedes opened studios in Sunnyvale, California and Bejing and BMW opened studios in Newbury California and Shanghai.

The idea was to build models to appeal to global/local markets. I believe it has done more harm than good.