Cars That Are Ageing Badly

[ch108]

I think the new Skoda Fabia is dated looking already, especially the rear end.



But the version it replaced wasn't much better.



And the Suzuki Celerio and Vauxhall Viva look pretty old fashioned too. Possibly to do with their boxy shape

[anonymous-user]

AXlawrence said:

These civics don't look so good any more. It's the plastic on the front and on the sides around the wheel arches (current model has the same problem), and the plastic wheels don't help. The Type R still looks good though.

Edited by AXlawrence on Wednesday 21st September 21:48

Sorry in my eyes it hasnt aged looked like a spaceship on wheels then still looks like that now

Thats clearly a base model none i see have those wheels, all alloy

[Henno196]

I think Mercedes always seem to age badly, from the mid/late nineties C class looking like something from the 80's, even the W204 C class now looks a lot older than it is.

The current VW Passat/Jettas will age terribly, such boring cars. Literally the definition of a boxy, hum-drum diesel car.

Audi's age awfully with the early DRL's

On the other hand, (maybe bias-ly) i think my 2003 E46 saloon looks pretty fresh in metallic blue with the aluminium insert interior trim.

[_Marvin]

Somewhat facetiously, Land Rover Defender Heritage Edition - styling looks 50 years old straight away!

[jmop89]

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[anonymous-user]

As a few have mentioned, any Audi with the early LED lights. They look fussy and they always looked like a really badly thought out idea. The very same models without that function look OK. The previous generation Audis look cleaner and more refined because they haven't got these messy, faddy things.
Lexus Hybrid 4x4s look really dated even though they are technologically ahead of the pack.

[Wadeski]

So is the PH opinion that 10 year old cars are looking no longer new, and rather dated?

Well knock me down with a feather....

(better marks to those who at least point out cars that are generationally "modern" but aren't holding up)

[Pints]

Almost any Vauxhall, ever. New one being launched tomorrow, you say? Give it two weeks and it'll look dated.

[MikeT66]

J4CKO said:

DanielSan said:

These have gone from sharp and contemporary looking to really old seemingly over night.

I prefer timeless, they still look better than the later ones by and large.

I'd agree with you on that one, J4CKO - still lovely looking tings.

[berlintaxi]

MikeT66 said:

J4CKO said:

DanielSan said:

These have gone from sharp and contemporary looking to really old seemingly over night.

I prefer timeless, they still look better than the later ones by and large.

I'd agree with you on that one, J4CKO - still lovely looking tings.

Melted and ugly would be a better description, have not aged well at all, on what planet do they look better than the current one?

[av185]

[Tassab]

In my eyes, the latest SLK looked dated the moment it came out. Still a fan of the previous design.

[jshell]

Tassab said:

In my eyes, the latest SLK looked dated the moment it came out. Still a fan of the previous design.

Me too, the previous one was beautiful and well proportioned. Loads of room inside too.

[Redlake27]

It'd be interesting to revisit this thread in 20 years and see what becomes a classic....

Take the Testarossa. 5 - 10 years ago it was a bargain in Ferrari terms. Now, it has become in demand again. Same with he XJS - it polarised opinion, but then grows old more gracefully.

I agree with the CLS post above. They look really dated now. But in a couple of decades it may be en-vogue

[loudlashadjuster]

Considering the W220 S-Class was still on sale 10 years ago I think versions with halogen lights look dreadfully dated now.



I know they were probably replaced across the range with xenons at some point, but this really makes them look about 10 years older.

[JMo22]

BMW i8 - saw one the other day from rear 3/4 and just thought it looked incredibly dated. Never understand why car manufacturers think electric/hybrid cars need to look different to petrol cars (usually just for the sake of it), thought Tesla had shown that is the wrong approach.

[jakesmith]

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David87 said:

I'll start.

I was sitting behind an early L320 Range Rover Sport the other day and it appeared (to my eyes, at least) to have aged really badly. I'm not sure exactly why this is as it looked good when it was launched and many of its contemporaries still look decent enough, but I guess it doesn't help that the current car has massively moved the game on in every area. The facelift version looks better than the early ones, but the particular low point for me was the blinged-up HST model.

Agree? Disagree? What else isn't growing old gracefully?



HST:

Sorry to be pedantic but it's HSE not HST which is more about the seats and tech inside than external. and that last car has had the Autobiography grill added to it without the rest of the Autobiography parts so looks wrong, plus gold is an ancient colour that dates any car. These look good in black and dark grey still

Edited by jakesmith on Thursday 22 September 07:55

[berlintaxi]

jakesmith said:

I

David87 said:

I'll start.

I was sitting behind an early L320 Range Rover Sport the other day and it appeared (to my eyes, at least) to have aged really badly. I'm not sure exactly why this is as it looked good when it was launched and many of its contemporaries still look decent enough, but I guess it doesn't help that the current car has massively moved the game on in every area. The facelift version looks better than the early ones, but the particular low point for me was the blinged-up HST model.

Agree? Disagree? What else isn't growing old gracefully?



HST:

Sorry to be pedantic but its HSE not HST which is more about the seats and tech i side than external. and that last car has had the Autobiography grill added to it without the rest of the Autobiography parts so looks wrong, plus gold is an ancient colour that dates any car. These look good in black and dark grey still

No wonder they are starting to look old, the new one is already looking dated and that has been out no time.

[Tuvra]

JMo22 said:

BMW i8 - saw one the other day from rear 3/4 and just thought it looked incredibly dated. Never understand why car manufacturers think electric/hybrid cars need to look different to petrol cars (usually just for the sake of it), thought Tesla had shown that is the wrong approach.

I Agree, I photoshopped an image of an I8 roadster years ago and the first thing I did was make it look less Hybrid and more supercar, basically changed the colour scheme to something more normal and transplanted M5 wheels on, looked much better IMO:-

[David87]

jakesmith said:

Sorry to be pedantic but it's HSE not HST which is more about the seats and tech inside than external. and that last car has had the Autobiography grill added to it without the rest of the Autobiography parts so looks wrong, plus gold is an ancient colour that dates any car. These look good in black and dark grey still

Edited by jakesmith on Thursday 22 September 07:55

Agreed that the gold is particularly unflattering, but the HST is a real model that was available in 2008, and came complete with the breathtakingly awful body kit. Even the RRS forum seem to dislike it. http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic13818.html