Cars That Are Ageing Badly

[David87]

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:

[David87]

Glad it's not just me then! Some others have picked up on some good ones, actually. The early Audi LED DRLs where you can see the individual diodes aren't looking too great nowadays. And yes, the pre-facelift first generation Nissan Qashqai looks really old too.

[David87]

[quote=Löyly]The old Peugeot 207 tail lights have aged appallingly. They always looked bad but the passage of time has not been kind. They have that awful design of a single bulb beneath a perforated cover to attempt to give the impression of an LED cluster or similar. It was a look that was just becoming popular then and the 207 seemed to want in on that style without any of the technology. I always hated these lights, particularly when the indicstor is flashing inside and highlights just how naff the whole thing looks.


[/quote]
Dear, oh dear, they are dreadful. I forgot about those.

Agreed on the Dacia Sandero (and I own one!), but it's just been facelifted and now features... LED DRLs. Oh yes.

[David87]

tankplanker said:

hat's a £3800 optional pack to get the black cladding on the XC90, a lot of money to make the car look dated.

Really? That's mad!

[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

[David87]

r11co said:

And at a stroke the problem has gone!

Time for me to don my anorak once again, but these lamps aren't aftermarket, as such. They are called Darkline lamps and are an official BMW part, which are indeed so much nicer than the standard ones! They used to do them for a bunch of different models, but unsure if they still do for the current lineup.