Awkward-looking coupes
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DrSteveBrule said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Vitorio said:
MorganP104 said:
Suzuki X90
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Whoever within Suzuki signed that off was on some strong meds!
I have a huge soft sport for that, i dont quite now why, but i'd totally drive oneWhoever within Suzuki signed that off was on some strong meds!
The steering seemed like a suggestion rather than a command, it was cramped, impractical, gutless, the boot lid was incapable of staying open and itmade you feel like a right berk. I saw it pottering around the city last week. I can't believe it hasn't been crushed.
I'm sure I read somewhere (I am aging rapidly, and therefore quite possibly wrong), that a 'rule of thumb' for designers when considering a 'sporty' car (I.e. Including coupes) was that the panel depth between front wheel arch bottom and top should be no more than the distance between the average persons little finger and thumb in plan view. Works well as a general rule when considering 'looks'.
As for looks, I have a love for the Marcos ugly duckling, which is the exception that proves the rule...
As for looks, I have a love for the Marcos ugly duckling, which is the exception that proves the rule...
Why has nobody mentioned this elephant in the room? (Literal elephant man of a car) 
Everyone is arguing so hard about the high-back/boot, half hatchback coupés like the Brera and Scirocco (both we can mostly agree look great from the front) but nobody has mentioned this weird 4 door mongrel? It was labelled a coupé and was always tested against others like the Celica.
Yes it drives well but it has a torquless, noisy, fuel guzzling, oil burning, expensive ticking time bomb of an engine in a family saloon trying to be a Coupé. I wouldn't mind if it didn't look like Gok Wan if he injected wallpaper paste into his cheeks instead of Botox.
Everyone is arguing so hard about the high-back/boot, half hatchback coupés like the Brera and Scirocco (both we can mostly agree look great from the front) but nobody has mentioned this weird 4 door mongrel? It was labelled a coupé and was always tested against others like the Celica.
Yes it drives well but it has a torquless, noisy, fuel guzzling, oil burning, expensive ticking time bomb of an engine in a family saloon trying to be a Coupé. I wouldn't mind if it didn't look like Gok Wan if he injected wallpaper paste into his cheeks instead of Botox.
300bhp/ton said:
They are essentially a Vitara, so drive the same as them. I,e. Nothing wrong with them at all.
I've never driven one but the X90 was terrible. I suspect the vague steering and tendency to follow the road camber and tramlines was down to the (relatively) huge wheels and tyres it had. I'm a 6'+ powerfully built company director etc. so perhaps I'm not the demographic it was aimed at.Low Pro said:
Coupe or marketing ploy? But the one with the GTI 6 engine is fast, I very nearly bought one but thought better of it
The Xsara was one of the first PSA products to use the common bus electronics and I can only conclude that they must've skipped the testing phase as the system was terrible. The highpoint for me was, from time to time, being able to turn off the ignition and remove the keys with the engine still running!
To answer your original question, it was definitely just a 3-door hatch, whatever the badge may've claimed!
LordTwaddle said:
Why has nobody mentioned this elephant in the room? (Literal elephant man of a car)
Everyone is arguing so hard about the high-back/boot, half hatchback coupés like the Brera and Scirocco (both we can mostly agree look great from the front) but nobody has mentioned this weird 4 door mongrel? It was labelled a coupé and was always tested against others like the Celica.
Yes it drives well but it has a torquless, noisy, fuel guzzling, oil burning, expensive ticking time bomb of an engine in a family saloon trying to be a Coupé. I wouldn't mind if it didn't look like Gok Wan if he injected wallpaper paste into his cheeks instead of Botox.
Ill agree its a poorly designed car, but family saloon?Everyone is arguing so hard about the high-back/boot, half hatchback coupés like the Brera and Scirocco (both we can mostly agree look great from the front) but nobody has mentioned this weird 4 door mongrel? It was labelled a coupé and was always tested against others like the Celica.
Yes it drives well but it has a torquless, noisy, fuel guzzling, oil burning, expensive ticking time bomb of an engine in a family saloon trying to be a Coupé. I wouldn't mind if it didn't look like Gok Wan if he injected wallpaper paste into his cheeks instead of Botox.
Honestly, if i ever were to roll the dice on a rotary, itd have to be an FD, anything else just looks awkward, the RX-8 is a contemporary of the brera, looking odd, bloated and just wrong (anyone remember that top gear episode? I think the TT is the only one to have aged well enough to consider driving)
AH33 said:
Anyone mentioned the CR-Z yet?
I quite like it from the front, It's definitely an oddball though.
Especially from this angle.
Still hasn't stopped me thinking about getting one though...
Looks like a squashed catfish from the front, and the back...I quite like it from the front, It's definitely an oddball though.
Especially from this angle.
Still hasn't stopped me thinking about getting one though...
And to top it off, the weird manual+hybrid combo made it excrete too much emissions for it to actually benefit from any hybrid incentives at the time over here, to top it off, the thing is heavy and doesnt perform like you'd want from a CRX inspired car.
Vitorio said:
Looks like a squashed catfish from the front, and the back...
And to top it off, the weird manual+hybrid combo made it excrete too much emissions for it to actually benefit from any hybrid incentives at the time over here, to top it off, the thing is heavy and doesnt perform like you'd want from a CRX inspired car.
All true, but it'll do 40mpg in stop start traffic where my golf gti - hardly a thirsty car - can't crack 23. And it being a 2005 I'll be facing all sorts of "toxin taxes" over the next few years that the cr-z will avoid. Not to mention the tax/insurance.And to top it off, the weird manual+hybrid combo made it excrete too much emissions for it to actually benefit from any hybrid incentives at the time over here, to top it off, the thing is heavy and doesnt perform like you'd want from a CRX inspired car.
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