Nowadays everyone is going for that aggressive styling, even in crappy, little city cars that have less horsepower than the starter in my E-class.
Yet the damn thing has a spoiler, fake vents, stripes, angry LED strips, smoked taillights and other stuff that doesn't belong on an economy car.
Not to mention the badge idiocy. Tons of M-badges on a poverty spec 3-series, Audi's 40TDI that looks like it should have a 4 liter engine, but can have anywhere between a 1.6 liter and a 3 liter engine
Mercedes with it's pointless "warm" AMGs like the 43AMG, 45AMG, 53AMG and other nonsense...
2000 - 2010 were the best looking modern era cars.
From stuff like the gorgeous E39 and E46 BMWs, the monstrous E63, C55 and SL65 AMGs, through Alfa Romeo, the A8 Audi (one in Transporter 2), Mustang GT, Subaru Impreza, Subaru Legacy.
And the more boring city runabouts were more restrained with the styling. VW Golf, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla... All good little hatchbacks that get the job done and don't stick out like a sore thumb.
Are cars better or worse looking now than they were 15 years ago?
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Nowadays everyone is going for that aggressive styling, even in crappy, little city cars that have less horsepower than the starter in my E-class.
Yet the damn thing has a spoiler, fake vents, stripes, angry LED strips, smoked taillights and other stuff that doesn't belong on an economy car.
Not to mention the badge idiocy. Tons of M-badges on a poverty spec 3-series, Audi's 40TDI that looks like it should have a 4 liter engine, but can have anywhere between a 1.6 liter and a 3 liter engine
Mercedes with it's pointless "warm" AMGs like the 43AMG, 45AMG, 53AMG and other nonsense...
2000 - 2010 were the best looking modern era cars.
From stuff like the gorgeous E39 and E46 BMWs, the monstrous E63, C55 and SL65 AMGs, through Alfa Romeo, the A8 Audi (one in Transporter 2), Mustang GT, Subaru Impreza, Subaru Legacy.
And the more boring city runabouts were more restrained with the styling. VW Golf, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla... All good little hatchbacks that get the job done and don't stick out like a sore thumb.