Show me: Car designs you almost like (repost)

"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
07/18/2014 at 11:50 • Filed to: show me

Some car designs are great but they have one small (or sometimes big) detail that makes you to dislike them despite how beautiful or innovative they might be. Show me car designs you'd like if they didn't have that one detail that spoils them.

The current Lexus IS was the first one to come to mind when I thought about this. I really like IS's rear end and it's otherwise fine looking too, until you see the front. I don't mind the hourglass grille which many of you dislike but why on earth they had to put those hideous headlights on that thing?

DISCUSSION (29)

spanfucker retire bitch > KnowsAboutCars
07/18/2014 at 11:54

I really love the new back of the 200. I think that design team deserves a lot of credit with how much better inside and out the 200 looks.

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But there's something about the front-end I just don't like. Maybe it's that it's not as aggressive looking as the rear end makes it look? Is it a bit too bland? Not enough angles/lines? I don't know, I can't put my finger on it, but I'm not a huge fan of the front. It's not ugly...it's just...something. Something I don't like.

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KnowsAboutCars > spanfucker retire bitch
07/18/2014 at 12:00

I was actually bit surprised how good the new 200 looked when I saw the first pictures of it. I have similar feelings about Chevrolet Cruze, the front looks good and aggressive while the rear looks bland.

mazda616 > KnowsAboutCars
07/18/2014 at 12:00

I think the new Cherokee is pretty cool, especially in TrailHawk trim. But those squinty-eyed headlights bug me.

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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > KnowsAboutCars
07/18/2014 at 12:02

2015 Mustang... looks great all around, save for three small details: the front valence, the squinting headlights and the weird quarter windows.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > KnowsAboutCars
07/18/2014 at 12:09

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It's grown on me, but those squinty headlights just don't do it for me.

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Same situation with the front of the California. The rear and side profile are fine to me, but the front grill just seems a little too...fishy.

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Pretty as the 458 may be, it just doesn't do it for me. I think it's because it's a little too smooth and sleek - I'd prefer some more aggression. That's why I'd prefer a 458 Spider or even better, a 458 Speciale, which I think is perfect.

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Rico > KnowsAboutCars
07/18/2014 at 13:10

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Hate these things.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > KnowsAboutCars
07/18/2014 at 14:07

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THIS! why couldn't they have made the whole light assembly on piece, the space between them looks terrible.

Saf1 > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:19

AUDI A7. Amidst a mostly very dull (design variance), copypaste sea of models this car was seriously hot - and it's still very recognisable as an Audi, so why have the other models been so lazy?! Anyways, this would be the best Audi on sale IF IT CAME WITH 2 DOORS. Seriously it irks me everytime I see one you have the A5 (which admittedly looks quite muscular in person as well) with 2 doors why the hell can't one get a gorgeous 2 door A7?

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Needs

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Doors

E92M3 > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:20

The previous gen MDX. The grill ruins an otherwise near perfect design.

GhostZ > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:25

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It really isn't any one detail, but this whole car, while beautiful and glossy, is overwhelmingly bland outside of its details.

If they had just given it more defined proportions and better taillights so it didn't look like a Mazda 6 copy, it would be perfect. Wider fenders, different hood profile, and less tacky wheels would go a long way. Make it look a bit like a Maserati Ghibli.

It still blows my mind that they still can't make something that looks as well-designed as this wonderful piece of minimalism:

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ly2v8-Brian > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:35

4 Series grancoupe. It looks all right but it is just a 3 series with a slightly different roof. The car is pointless to me.

KnowsAboutCars > GhostZ
07/19/2014 at 09:35

I personally think V36 looks better than V35. More aggressive front end suits the car better.

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holdenbacktears > mazda616
07/19/2014 at 09:39

Come on, it's gross...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > mazda616
07/19/2014 at 09:42

those aren't the headlights the middle row is the headlights.

holdenbacktears > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:43

The thing that ruins it is that Lexus didn't think about the effect of a licence plate on their nice grille design

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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:45

Soooo much better.

GhostZ > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 09:47

It does look objectively better, but it's also safer and less distinct. The V35 styling was somewhat bold, it looks closer to a concept than pretty much every car on the road, and they didn't add anything they didn't need.

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > mazda616
07/19/2014 at 09:51

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Looks like this, to me.

KnowsAboutCars > holdenbacktears
07/19/2014 at 09:52

Still better than Alfa Romeos. I really wish there was sticker plate option available for situations like this.

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nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
07/19/2014 at 10:02

that and the led angled piece isn't the same angle as the headlight itself. If they both lined up it'd look so much better, even if not part of the headlight assembly itself

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > GhostZ
07/19/2014 at 10:04

the stacked headlights are what do it for me. Vertical up onto the fender rather than a huge wide headlight spread onto the hood or front fascia

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > KnowsAboutCars
07/19/2014 at 10:10

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Too long to be a short hatch But too dumpy to be a wagon. There's I believe a Chevy that does similar where it looks like a hatch but has like a 4 inch trunk lid on it - can't remember which. It just bothers me.

KnowsAboutCars > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
07/19/2014 at 10:13

Malibu Maxx?

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