Which brand new (or nearly new) car has the least class

[832ark]

Greg_D said:

Although horrific, i'm not on about modified cars. I'm taking about pre ruined, straight out the factory.

I'm on about this sort of thing.....


The sort of car that you are actually embarrassed about on behalf of the owner

Absolutely zero class. Just screams bellend.

[KFC]

yellowbentines said:

I see a pattern emerging....there's 2 of these in my street, both badly driven by fat, orange 'full-time mummys' and frequently seen bumped up on kerbs on zigzag lines at the local schools.

Any time I see the typical 'white audi bashing', then I click on the posters garage, he's always driving something st in comparison. I can only assume a lot of these type of posts are fuelled by the green eyed monster...

[MRobbins1987]

The new Type R makes the Focus RS look subtle, sort of... Its still a bit too lary for me...

[Coolbanana]

Any Estate car or rep-mobile irrespective of the Brand.

[KFC]

Coolbanana said:

Any Estate car or rep-mobile irrespective of the Brand.

No.

[ManOpener]

Saw one of these in Sainsbury's car park:



That.

[otolith]

Stultifying middle-middle class small-c conservatism born of social insecurity. The kind of people the other thread is talking about are past keeping up with the Joneses or even worrying that they might find their taste a bit vulgar.

[Nerfbat]

I think a Hummer would fit the bill for having zero class - particularly if fitted with chrome spinners etc

[r11co]

Dave Hedgehog said:

any VXR vauxhall

No no no! I think you are missing the point. For this to work you have to be quite model/spec/colour specific. For example - while I agree that the lime green Focus RS is tasteless, a white one with discreet blue decals would be class.

[anonymous-user]

Anyone who is suggesting a bog standard BMW or a white Audi is an idiot/troll and doesn't understand the op

[thatdude]

That forcus RS is just gash, and I'm not too keen on the new civic type R either. If they are being used as a racing car (hillclimbs, sprints, whatever) then they look the part...but on the road, day-to-day, they look stupid. It's like ford and honda decided to employ 14 year old boys to design their cars as part of their schools work experieince fortnight.

The important thing is the attitude of the owner (at elast, to me). Someone who knows when they should change the oil, someone who does check their tyre pressures (I wince when i see low profile tyres low on pressure), that kinda thing. At the end of the day, run what you like but please please keep it in a mechanically safe condition

[ralphrj]

KFC said:

You could say that about almost any car though. What do you drive? I bet there is a nicer model ahead of it that you wanted but couldn't afford"

Sorry to disappoint. I drive a Ford Focus but not because I couldn't afford a Mondeo.

It was my Mother-in-laws who left it to me when she died. I looked at part-exing it but even without the dealer seeing that some kind soul had keyed the entire length of one side as my MIL was terminally ill the offers were so low and with only 19k miles on the clock I decided to just keep it and enjoy "free" motoring.

[Cliftonite]

Stretched USA-sourced 'limousines' especially Hummers. In pink.

[irocfan]

Khan kitted RR/Cayenne/ML/Q/X after that anything is ok - even BMdis

[yellowbentines]

KFC said:

Any time I see the typical 'white audi bashing', then I click on the posters garage, he's always driving something st in comparison. I can only assume a lot of these type of posts are fuelled by the green eyed monster...

Yeah, sure they are...is it beyond the comprehension of your tiny mind that maybe there is a reason people bash white Audis, because the thread title asks what car in our opinion has little class, what car in our opinion we'd be embarrassed to show up somewhere classy driving, and that maybe our opinion differs from yours?

Do one.

Edited by yellowbentines on Friday 29th August 13:26

[Ali_T]

chonok said:

Would love one personally!

But then again, I don't give a fk what anyone else thinks!

People were saying much the same thing on the Type R thread but EVERYONE cares about what people think of them. It's an inbuilt social instinct, even if the image you're trying to project is "f**k you, I'll drive as fast as I want" which the RS portrays rather well. Every car tries to say something about the owner, even a beige Subaru Forester says something about its owner.

Edited by Ali_T on Friday 29th August 13:32

[andrewparker]

MK7 Golf in S trim level

[DaveCWK]

The question would be far easier if it was Which brand new (or nearly new) car has the MOST class.

Majority of new cars are gash tbh. Superbright LED's are not classy. Aggressive styling is not classy. Plastic body panels which deflect when you press them with your thumb are not classy. The smell of diesel left on your butlers hand after he's filled up isn't very classy. What does that leave?

[Some Gump]

yellowbentines said:

KFC said:

Any time I see the typical 'white audi bashing', then I click on the posters garage, he's always driving something st in comparison. I can only assume a lot of these type of posts are fuelled by the green eyed monster...

Yeah, sure they are...is it beyond the comprehension of your tiny mind that maybe there is a reason people bash white Audis.

Do one.

Sorry KFC, there is little less classy than buying the most "look at me" version of a boggo car on tick. Classy people would want to be understated - not maximise the amount of Bradford you can get for 300 quid a month. I can't think of any motivation for buying a "white A3 S-line lowest engine diesel" other than wanting the bling - you could get the exact same car wearing a VW dress and nicer bits, better engine etc for the same money - so the "I want a sporty car" doesn't wash.

Anyways, that's not the least classy car you can buy. There's no excuse whatsoever for those daft "lifestyle" pickup trucks with "monster" or "animal" scrawled up the side. Need a pickup truck? Fine. Putting really gay stickers on at the factory? No wonder they're always parked like s at the shops.

[Ali_T]

DaveCWK said:

What does that leave?

Aston and Alfa, purely based on history and lack of offensive models. Possibly Maserati, though they had far more class before they started making diesels.