The ugliest 'new' car on sale today? No, it's not Korean...

[kmpowell]

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the 'new' Q7.

What on earth were Audi thinking?!?

[Boosted LS1]

It's a thing of beauty compared to a nissan Puke, lol.

[toasty]

It's a bit bland, I suppose, but I've seen worse.

[ewenm]

Conservative, bland and generic, but it's not offensive IMO.

Edit: It's a white-goods product. I don't think my dishwasher or washing machine is ugly (or attractive for that matter!), it's just there, doing a job, neutral.

Edited by ewenm on Tuesday 5th May 13:30

[TwigtheWonderkid]

looks fine to me. Not something I would buy but no real objection to it.

[richs2891]

I would not call it ugly, as ugly has features that make you think yuk,
Its just a nondescript design

[illmonkey]

It looks like a Korean knock off of a Q7. Horrrible.

[kmpowell]

Looks like it's just me then.

I'm struggling to think of a car on sale today that's more gopping and disproportioned.

[Spanna]

A front splitter would sort that out. The front end looks awful in the first picture but it's an easy fix. Plus they have to put it out looking a little off at first so they can facelift it in three years to expand the lifespan of the model.

[Willy Nilly]

All Porsche's look a bit like a 911 and all Audi's look a bit like an A4

[IanCress]

It's not ugly, it's just a generic Audi. I think they stopped coming up with new designs about 10 years ago.

[Liquid Tuna]

kmpowell said:

I'm struggling to think of a car on sale today that's more gopping and disproportioned.

Which bits are not proportioned well? I think the grill is too big but that's the same for most Audis and indeed a lot of other manufacturers now. I think the proportions look bad on a lot of cars these days due to the constraints of safety directives?

[s111dpc]

Boring, yes. Ugly, no.

[ewenm]

kmpowell said:

Looks like it's just me then.

I'm struggling to think of a car on sale today that's more gopping and disproportioned.

I'd easily put the Porsche Panamera ahead in the ugliness (well, badly proportioned) ratings.

[Crush]

I detest the bland Audi lineup due to the boring design, but I don't think it looks that hideous compared to the likes of the BMW SUVs

[Rich1973]

It will still sell by the bucket load

[Turbodiesel1976]

The interior is a vast improvement over the current car apparently, I don't like the front styling at all on this, looks worse than current IMO

[Nors]

Crush said:

I detest the bland Audi lineup due to the boring design, but I don't think it looks that hideous compared to the likes of the BMW SUVs

+1 and including the new Merc that looks like a X6 with warts.

Subjective and in the eyes of the beholder I guess, but I've never got over how BMW have persisted with the 1 series. It's utterly ugly in terms of how BMW's used to look (IMHO of course). Talking of Hyundai, the 1 series looks more like one of those after an accident!

[kmpowell]

Liquid Tuna said:

Which bits are not proportioned well?

For me it looks as if they've started with an SUV design and tweeked it in a [failed] attempt to make it look as 'car like' as possible, rather than make the SUV look like an SUV.

The rear shot reminds me of the Gen 1 X5, stupidly tall and thin (looks like it could fall over if you gave it a push!), rather than stocky and wide. The side profile has a low roof line, but the door panels are huge in height, which then flows along the side of the car dwarfing the wheels in huge arches. The front grille size and frame dimensions are ludicrously gopping.

Perhaps this is the future of SUV's, and it might grow on me. But right now it sits bottom of the pile.

[Nors]

Boosted LS1 said:

It's a thing of beauty compared to a nissan Puke, lol.

Another car that is ugly ugly ugly yet seems to be everywhere. Why why why?