Cars we're supposed to like - but hate

[billywhizzzzzz]

funny one this one for petrol heads - because in a way we're all interested in car culture, design, performance, technology and we can find interest in the strangest places... but there are some cars I just hate (but feel a bit embarrassed as we're 'supposed' to like them - these are:

All Jaguars, without exception, since the early 70's XJ6 - just so badly built, did nothing that the germans couldn't to better, then they started harking back to their past rather than doing what they had done brilliantly in the 50s and 60s - been breathtakingly innovative, progressive and building beautiful and relatively affordable cars... And, above all, what's so bloody awful is that vile beige leather/horrid wood combo they've patented. Old mens cars...

Ferrari Enzo - quick, yes, but just where's the elegance? Ugly as sin...

Veyron - so ugly, overblown... compared with the sublime and radical and intelligent F1

Pagani Zonda - tart's boudoir - just horrid in every way - a design crime...

Lots of others, I know. And of course, I'm delighted if everyone contradicts me - diversity is a good thing - but what are yours...?

[Derp]

MX5.

Horrible, boring and over-hyped hairdresser car.
Ok PH;

[NLB]

I don't actually hate much, especially cars (ok, Lincoln Town Car - yuck), but...

Porsche 944 - they are... alright.

[Johnboy Mac]

BMW 520d's. Maybe it's just me but I cringe every time I see one, which is a lot.

[Urban Sports]

I quite like the proper RR but the sport always looks cheap and nasty to me, and they always seem to be leaning over to one side!

[Pixelpeep]

Chrysler 300C

Its too big, too thirsty, too slow and is the pinnacle of bling over common sense.

[fatboy b]

Any BMW since the E46. They're just depressing looking cars these days.

[bimsb6]

Bmw gt .fugly

[anonymous-user]

Any bmw that people have to say m-sport after. It is a trim level..

[Pixelpeep]

Ok, ill go for the whole 'old bmw' range then cos you it's usually girls saying 'oh they are doing really well for themselves.. yeh, they drive a BMW..'

look at the classifieds love, you can pick up a BMW for £200 !! - how is that a sign of success ?!

[LHD]

Audi TTRS.

A quite fast snooze-fest that is in no way a sports car.

[sjabrown]

Any BMW Mini. Hateful things.

[SWoll]

Johnboy Mac said:

BMW 520d's. Maybe it's just me but I cringe every time I see one, which is a lot.

bimsb6 said:

Bmw gt .fugly

I think you've missed the point of the topic... Since when are either of them cars PH'ers are supposed to like?

billybob69 said:

Any bmw that people have to say m-sport after. It is a trim level..

I can only assume you've never driven one? The suspension makes a big difference to the car, and I wouldn't class that as trim personally.

[Don1]

Some of the Zondas are lovely IMHO - others, as the OP states. But I'm enough of a lummox to not be able to decide what makes the difference!

The front 'cheese grater' grill of a Tuscan and rear of a T350. Just don't like the holes.

Ferrari F12 and California. Ugly.

Mclaren MP12-C (XYZetc). Boring looks, nothing new about the styling and named like a photocopier.

Mk3 MR2. No thanks.

The Merc SL-Gay (SLK). Just tries too hard to be the SLS.

The new Jag R with the strange body pack on it. Strange.

Lotus Evora - looks boring as hell except in two colour schemes (Green with yellow stripes, Red with a black roof).

[billywhizzzzzz]

SWoll said:

Johnboy Mac said:

BMW 520d's. Maybe it's just me but I cringe every time I see one, which is a lot.

bimsb6 said:

Bmw gt .fugly

I think you've missed the point of the topic... Since when are either of them cars PH'ers are supposed to like?

billybob69 said:

Any bmw that people have to say m-sport after. It is a trim level..

I can only assume you've never driven one? The suspension makes a big difference to the car, and I wouldn't class that as trim personally.

exactly - we're not 'supposed' to like 520d s - or 5GTs...

[billywhizzzzzz]

Yes agree about the Evora

[otolith]

Hang on, I'm just trying to remember who I want to offend.

[Vitorio]

sjabrown said:

Any BMW Mini. Hateful things.

While i agree they lack the charm of the original, once you've driven one you'll come around, i did for sure, lovely little karts they are, even if they look stupid in some cases.

Mind you, i wont excuse the countryman/clubman/roadster/coupe on their looks, and the mk2 hatch also looks wrong compared to the mk1

[SystemParanoia]

Urban Sports said:

I quite like the proper RR but the sport always looks cheap and nasty to me, and they always seem to be leaning over to one side!

[SWoll]

otolith said:

Hang on, I'm just trying to remember who I want to offend.

Lotus Elises.

fking hateful things.

That should cover you, kambites and Captain Muppet all at once