WTF?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 09/23/2015 at 01:49 • Filed to: None

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What is this thing and who beat it with an ugly stick? Toyota is starting to make Ssangyong look like designers of attractive vehicles.

Svend > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 02:04

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I don’t know what Toyota are doing these days.

Aygo

Yaris

The Auris looks pretty good

the Verso isn’t bad either

Thankfully we don’t and I hope we won’t be getting the Sienna.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Svend 09/23/2015 at 02:26

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I tend to agree with your views on these four models, although I have a strong aversion to reversed C/D pillars on modern cars.

I like this this Toyota Wish (at least what I can see of it):

A quick Google image search shows styling a lot like my Mazda5, so perhaps that’s why I like it so much.

Svend > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 02:40

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The reversed C pillar seems to be quite common on hatchbacks where the roof of the tailgate has been pushed back from the car whilst not being an estate.

Vauxhall/Opel/Holden Astra.

It does create more of a bright and more airy space in the rear though.

Whilst the Toyota Wish looks okay, the Toyota Auris Tourer, Avensis and Avensis Tourer look great.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Svend 09/23/2015 at 02:52

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I would tend to disagree about making a more airy space as it actually enlarges the C/D pillar instead of following the contour of the roofline, thus reducing the amount of glass on the side.

The worst offender in the D-pillar wars has to be the Camry wagon:

Eeeeeewwwww. Just wrong.

Leon711 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 03:41

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This ssangyong isn’t really ugly, it’s not great but it’s not ugly

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 03:44

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Would be nice if they brought the last-gen Wish over to the US.

Svend > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 03:54

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It creates a larger D pillar overall but with the light coming in over the occupants shoulder it gives the illusion of airy which is what I should of said better earlier.

That D pillar just doesn’t look right.

Svend > Leon711 09/23/2015 at 04:01

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That looks like a rebadged Vauxhall Mokka.

The other SsangYongs do look hideous though.

The Actyon.

Actyon Sports.

The Rodius.

Expo2k > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 04:11

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Sienta? More like Placenta! I’ll see myself out.

Leon711 > Svend 09/23/2015 at 04:27

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They all had to start somewhere.

Svend > Leon711 09/23/2015 at 04:39

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True but Ssang Yong looks to of gone backwards from the Musso and Korando (Rexton wasn’t bad) to the Actyon. The current Korando looks like a Mokka while the Tovoli looks like a Mokka that’s had some extensive work from Mahindra.

Gigantor, the most awesome robot of Europe > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 05:37

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Honestly, from the small picture on the front page, I thought it was a DS3....:P

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 06:59

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“They say our cars are boring. We need a car that’s not boring!!”

...and they don't seem to realize you can have a car that isn't boring without it being hideous. Is what I'm guessing.

C9200 > Svend 09/23/2015 at 07:08

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I suspect it’s also a rigidity thing. By triangulating that section they can get more strength without having to use exotic blends of steel.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 07:11

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Everything outside of the FRS and some of their Lexus stuff is just plain ugly. Even the Lexus stuff is “pretty to some, awfully ugly to others”. I can’t think of anything in the Toyota (USDM) that I actually like. Maybe the Taco?

But even that they sort of fudged up.

LongbowMkII > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 07:58

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I like it. I’d order a different color but it’s interesting

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2015 at 08:48

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Did Toyota recently hire Nissan's design team? Those just scream Nissan to me for some reason.