Worst styling cues

[Payman]

Okay, but compared to pretty much everything it feels hella narrow and tight.



The Fiesta feels like I'm driving a phone booth

Perhaps, and I do agree with the Fiesta, but it's a smaller car. I was surprised to find the Cruze claustrophobic feeling when I cross shopped. I really like the interiors of the Mazda3 and 2. Some people don't like the tablet style of the nav screen, but I think it allows for a simpler and more elegant dash design, instead of trying to integrate the screen into the console, which results in a bulkier dashboard.

[Laconian]

The Escape I drove had a very tall dashboard too, built around the TouchMyFord screen no doubt.

[Cookie Monster]

Okay, but compared to pretty much everything it feels hella narrow and tight.



The Fiesta feels like I'm driving a phone booth

Ugh, I hated that about my friend's Fiesta ST. The console is so wide and it has that little hood for the screen and that makes the interior look even smaller.

[Laconian]

This is the only car on sale that always makes me stop and comment on how ugly it is.  Every single time.

I'm so happy I nailed it in one.

Another worst styling cue? The headlights on the Spark. So embarrassing on a car so tall and upright.

[2o6]

I love the oversized front fascia on th Spark


Its better than the 2002-chic Mirage

[Laconian]

The Mirage looks like a car that's meant for third world countries.

[veeman]

I like the look of the infiniti qx80.  SUVs of that size are inherently a little obnoxious.  The qx80's front end looks unique and an interesting mix of hotrod and semitruck.  To me the front end looks really cool. I agree the sideports are ugly. 

[ifcar]

In a sports car? Nothing.


In an economy car? It feels clausterphobic. The Focus feels really tight inside, and the shape of the firewall and center stack only goes further to make feel clausterphobic.

*claustrophobic

But agreed, Ford is a consistent offender of this. In the Focus it's the front passenger who gets the worst of it, but the Taurus is where it's the most ridiculous. That's a car that cries out for '80s-style sofa seats.

[12,000 RPM]

The Mirage looks like a car that's meant for third world countries.

Thats because it is 

[CJ]

In the Focus it's the front passenger who gets the worst of it...

Holy fuck.  This is the worst part of my car. 

[SVT666]

In my old SVT Focus the passenger seat sat at least an inch higher than the driver seat.  It was enough that it was the difference in feeling like you were sitting in the car as opposed to sitting on the car.

[Morris Minor]

Dogs Bollocks Syndrome.
Automobile designers can now bend & shape metal anyway they like. Thy can do things with lights that were never dreamed of before. So I think some of these over the top styling fashions & details are there now simply because designers *can* do it. Not because it's needed, or functional, or even particularly stylish... it's just that they can... so they do.

Why does a dog lick it's bollocks? Because it can.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Dogs Bollocks Syndrome.
Automobile designers can now bend & shape metal anyway they like. Thy can do things with lights that were never dreamed of before. So I think some of these over the top styling fashions & details are there now simply because designers *can* do it. Not because it's needed, or functional, or even particularly stylish... it's just that they can... so they do.

Why does a dog lick it's bollocks? Because it can.

Indeed. I would surely lick my balls if I could.

[2o6]

The weirdass shiny rectangle in the middle of the grille of the Sonata and Genesis

[ifcar]

The weirdass shiny rectangle in the middle of the grille of the Sonata and Genesis

That's not a styling cue, that's radar equipment they didn't bother to hide.

[Byteme]

Perhaps, and I do agree with the Fiesta, but it's a smaller car. I was surprised to find the Cruze claustrophobic feeling when I cross shopped. I really like the interiors of the Mazda3 and 2. Some people don't like the tablet style of the nav screen, but I think it allows for a simpler and more elegant dash design, instead of trying to integrate the screen into the console, which results in a bulkier dashboard.

We stopped by the dealer the other day and drive a Mazda3. 

Pros: 

Slick 6 speed manual
Light clutch easy to modulate
Quick
Responsive

Cons:

Road Noise seemed excessive
Couldn't read that nav screen that sits on the dashboard like a billboard.  The glare made it hard to easily read.  It would be a deal breaker for me.  The 6 is bigger, had better appointments and a nicer dashboard, all for just a couple of thousand more and the loss of a few mpgs.

[2o6]

That's not a styling cue, that's radar equipment they didn't bother to hide.

That's what that is?


Then it's a bad design choice

[ifcar]

That's what that is?


Then it's a bad design choice

Agreed.