Cars That Looked Best/Worst as an Estate

[Busso GTA]

Almost as bad as any of the numerous face lift threads

[Pebbles167]

r11co said:

PEBCAK

Ha!

Fools behind their desks then. True no doubt.

[r11co]

Pebbles167 said:

Agreed. Although your use of the words 'best' and 'worst' lead people to quickly conclude that you want nice/ugly estates. If a thread title change were an option it would be easier, but it's not, so maybe a bold header would do the trick.

Ah, right - I see where you are going, but I was specifically trying to root out where people thought the stylists of a car did their best work on the estate version, and conversely where it was left to the engineer with not a clue about aesthetics to graft a glass box on the back! This rules out where the estate looks better than the saloon but not as good as the hatch, for example....

Yuk...


Better...


Better stil...

Edited by r11co on Wednesday 25th February 15:02

[SPD14]

Good: B8 A4 Avant (my old car, so slightly biased )



Bad: B8 A4 Saloon



I've never been a fan of saloon cars, they always look a bit too 'big in the rear' for my liking.

[Lee UK]

Blueprint said:

Best

yep

[Lee UK]

Pebbles167 said:

Best

Although I do quite like this generation Megane in the sporty Renaultsport trims (especially the R26) it was pretty ugly. The only time it had nice lines was in estate form:

yep

[Pebbles167]

Don't worry, i saw what you meant, mainly because i like this kind of thread.

[Regiment]

Probably just me but I think all BMWs look better as estate versions, at least everything of 3 series and up.

[addz86]

Guy martins Volvo

[addz86]

Clio estate

[Lee UK]

some of mine that I thought were better as an estate

megane hatch and estate are ok, saloons a poor
blob eye and bugeye estates look better in estate form, for me anyway. Except the STi vers

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it does look ugly but its better than the saloon and one of my fave cars ive had and the longest owned

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Edited by Lee UK on Wednesday 25th February 15:32

[phil1979]

Lee UK said:

Blueprint said:

Best

yep

Yep. /Biased

[lickatysplit]

ok ok, I know its an MPV but...................

[Lee UK]

lickatysplit said:

ok ok, I know its an MPV but...................

horrendous

[Pobsmate]

r11co said:

Pebbles167 said:

Agreed. Although your use of the words 'best' and 'worst' lead people to quickly conclude that you want nice/ugly estates. If a thread title change were an option it would be easier, but it's not, so maybe a bold header would do the trick.

Ah, right - I see where you are going, but I was specifically trying to root out where people thought the stylists of a car did their best work on the estate version, and conversely where it was left to the engineer with not a clue about aesthetics to graft a glass box on the back! This rules out where the estate looks better than the saloon but not as good as the hatch, for example....

Yuk...


Better...


Better stil...

Edited by r11co on Wednesday 25th February 15:02

I don't get it?

[Pebbles167]

Pobsmate said:

I don't get it?

The idea of the game is to post a picture of a car that in estate form, was either the best or worst looking of the body styles.

[shake n bake]

FD3Si said:

No mention of this particularly ham-fisted effort:


OK, the original isn't exactly a looker in stock form, but the estate just looks like a 5 year old squared the back off without doing anything else.

Ummmm, see page 3

[Rickyy]

Always quite liked this generation Primera, but someone put zero effort into designing the estate!

[31mph]

Good thread this.

Let's try some Mondeos.

I think the MkIII looked better in saloon/hatch form than esate





Esate a bit too boxy IMO

However, the MkIV looks great in both, I can't decide what I prefer...





I think the hatch might just edge it actually

[dazwalsh]

What do we all think of this



Now I actually bought one for a while, ridiculously cheap for its age and kind of warmed to it apart from the look of the thing forward of the A-Pillar.

Super comfy on long journeys but didn't go down too well with the ladies at 24