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yes, if you pick one of the ugliest modern cars, and compare it to one of the best-regarded car designs from the last 50 years, modern cars are ugly. however i

yes, if you pick one of the ugliest modern cars, and compare it to one of the best-regarded car designs from the last 50 years, modern cars are ugly. however if you compare these two, we can only conclude that cars are getting better looking: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2019/03/28/17/00DE283D00000190-6859835-image-m-5_1553792531481.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2019/03/28/17/00DE283D000... https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-aston-martin-dbs-superleggera-mmp-1545071883.jpg https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images...

bgee 7y ago
Worth pointing out that the Reliant Robins on Top Gear were modified so that they flip (more) easily [0]. [0]: https://jalopnik.com/clarkson-reveals-bombshell-top-gear-modified-reliant-r-1752707025 https://jalopnik.com/clarkson-reveals-bombshell-top-gear-mod...
NeedMoreTea 7y ago
Oh dearie me. Hadn't seen one of those before. That over muscled slab fronted steroid abuser is not a patch on a DB5. Or 6. Or even a mid 70s Vantage. It doesn't look deserving of an Aston badge. Actually, that's a really odd car. I looked around for more pictures ... it looks fine looking head on toward the front, as does a perfect side view. Every other angle looks oh so wrong. I have no idea how they achieved that! :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5#/media/File:Aston_Martin_DB5_(Skyfall).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5#/media/File:A...
- notatoad 7y ago
  Yeah, that new vantage is actually not that great looking, is it. I didn't look too closely, just grabbed a random shot off image search. The previous iteration of that car looked so good.
  - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    Which I think is a neat summary of current cars all having got over fat and bloated. The Jag F type is similarly too big (for my taste), but is one of a very few that manages to wear it well. An E type it is not, but it manages that "certain something".

bgee 7y ago

Worth pointing out that the Reliant Robins on Top Gear were modified so that they flip (more) easily [0]. [0]: https://jalopnik.com/clarkson-reveals-bombshell-top-gear-modified-reliant-r-1752707025 https://jalopnik.com/clarkson-reveals-bombshell-top-gear-mod...

NeedMoreTea 7y ago

Oh dearie me. Hadn't seen one of those before. That over muscled slab fronted steroid abuser is not a patch on a DB5. Or 6. Or even a mid 70s Vantage. It doesn't look deserving of an Aston badge. Actually, that's a really odd car. I looked around for more pictures ... it looks fine looking head on toward the front, as does a perfect side view. Every other angle looks oh so wrong. I have no idea how they achieved that! :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5#/media/File:Aston_Martin_DB5_(Skyfall).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5#/media/File:A...

notatoad 7y ago
Yeah, that new vantage is actually not that great looking, is it. I didn't look too closely, just grabbed a random shot off image search. The previous iteration of that car looked so good.
- NeedMoreTea 7y ago
  Which I think is a neat summary of current cars all having got over fat and bloated. The Jag F type is similarly too big (for my taste), but is one of a very few that manages to wear it well. An E type it is not, but it manages that "certain something".