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"phenotyp" (phenotyp) 01/14/2020 at 15:40 • Filed to: car design fail, car design, nissan, nissan kicks, design

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Potato pic, full zoom in the rain. I might have seen one or two of these on the road, but this one really stuck out.

Not because of the funny plates, or the door graphics. No, what shocked me was that triangle .

Which triangle, you may be asking.

Enhance:

See it?

Enhance:

What the fuck.

I mean, I get that they probably planned on selling most of them with a black roof, but this is the most jarringly-bad detail I can recall seeing in the last few years. Obviously they didn’t bother to mold in a witness line for masking, and just said “fuck it, paint the whole thing white. No one cares.”

Which, being a Nissan, they were probably right.

E90M3 > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 15:43

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Things Nissan drivers don’t care about:

Cars

car maintenance

car styling

driving

MonkeePuzzle > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 15:45

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you: “nissan, you can’t design anything worse!”
nissan: * gestures towards  the Versa *

Milky > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 15:50

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These small hatchbacks seem to be the epitome of cost cutting. The Ecosport’s non matching chrome in  the taillights bother me deeply.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 15:53

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GasMe seems like a weird thing to put on the plate frame.

phenotyp > MonkeePuzzle 01/14/2020 at 15:56

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Yeah, but, I’m talking about details , here.

phenotyp > Milky 01/14/2020 at 15:57

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I know. I feel you.

This thing just kinda shocked me. Like it’s made by a plastic kayak company or something.

phenotyp > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 01/14/2020 at 15:58

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Well, they’re MX plates, so... lost in translation?

Chuckles > Milky 01/14/2020 at 16:02

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That chrome is the rear door handle. I'm ok with it.

Milky > Chuckles 01/14/2020 at 16:17

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IMHO doesnt excuse the fact you  can see a difference at 100ft.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 16:18

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The whole thing is terrible.

Milky > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 16:22

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Lol, nope.   Just a car that had like a billion dollars invested.  

412GTI > E90M3 01/14/2020 at 16:24

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also

credit scores 

412GTI > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 16:25

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These just piss me off for some reason. Like how stupid is a raised FWD only CUV. Nissan truly makes some trash cars. 

fintail > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 16:37

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Easy fix, they need to move on from the faux floating C-pillar fad that once again exposes many car designers as witless copycat sycophants.

phenotyp > Milky 01/14/2020 at 16:53

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The FUCK IT is strong with this one.

phenotyp > Milky 01/14/2020 at 16:58

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This is just the most craptastic thing I’ve seen on a car since the 80s.

OK, maybe the 90s.

Ok, maybe the 2000s.

But this might just hit the high point of fuckitism for the 2010s.

Chuckles > Milky 01/14/2020 at 17:39

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I'm ok with the asymmetry. And it's not like anybody really looks hard at an Ecosport anyway. It's entirely forgettable. 

The Compromiser > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 20:14

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It's meant to make the roof appear to be floating.

Longtime Lurker > phenotyp 01/14/2020 at 20:28

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I'd bet money that if the spoiler was removed the side panel would line up with the hatch glass.

Milky > phenotyp 01/15/2020 at 09:27

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You can just tell their designers are beat. They gave up on the fight and let price / engineering win.

Not saying these are perfect but you can tell they are not as cheap just by looking at them. I’d like to hope the consumer can too.

Milky > Chuckles 01/15/2020 at 09:32

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I’m at a supplier and I sometimes work on CMF (color, material, finishes). It bothers me, I’m sure it bothered some one at Ford. B ut it would have cost more to put a lens over the chrome like on the other side, so cost got in the way.

Be asymmetrical on purpose, not because you dont want to spend a dollar more per part.

phenotyp > Milky 01/15/2020 at 09:34

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