Ugly lights

[Lester H]

Any members agree that rear lights have become ugly, not in keeping with overall car designs and, worse, vulnerable to knocks and minor scrapes as a result of not being integrated into the overall body shape? Toyota, Honda and Nissan are among the worst offenders. The first new MINI ,on the other hand had the rear light cluster recessed into the wing, and thus less vulnerable. The Fiat Panda has the lights integrated into the rear pillar, out of harm’s way in the car park, a design feature introduced by Volvo estates. The old Defender had the Lucas lights screwed on but they cost next to nothing to replace.

[xx99xx]

No

[Super Sonic]

Yes.
You should have made this a poll

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Also No

[toasty]

I’m not sure.

[Blue_star]

I was behind a brand new c5 air cross, the lights were sick. Very original.

[Super Sonic]

Blue_star said:

I was behind a brand new c5 air cross, the lights were sick. Very original.

Is that a yes or a no?

[LunarOne]

Yes. in the race to stand out from the crowd, lights (both front and rear) have become overly fussy and contrived and in many cases, downright hideous. I've spent the last couple of weeks in the U.S. where I saw some absolute monstrosities, the worst of which were the front lights on some sort of Kia appliance. A deep V-shaped DRL extending back towards the windscreen, and then down towards the ground.

The horror!