Awkward-looking coupes
Discussion
blearyeyedboy said:
At the other end of the scale, I give you the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti.
Others will disagree, I'm sure, but the looks of this don't appeal to me. The front end is very heavy-looking, and seems rather sad for itself.
Yep, with you on that one. I'm not Ferrari's biggest fan but that is by far the worst looking car they ever made.Others will disagree, I'm sure, but the looks of this don't appeal to me. The front end is very heavy-looking, and seems rather sad for itself.
HD Adam said:
It seems that not everybody is immune from shatting dog syndrome 
I hate, HATE, HATE the A7 (and to a lesser extent the A5)4 door coupes are just wrong in general but the reason for my hatred of the A7 is the boot line. The long drooping section from the roof line to that boot. The boot lid is just too low I think. If it were higher the design might work.
I must disagree with you on the CLS though, while the update did it no favours the overall shape works. The first generation looked incredible, best 4 door coupe design for me.
BMW's 6 Gran Coupe works very well - although it's a 4 door version of the two door version of the 4 door version. Which is frankly ridiculous.
Baz Tench said:
I can remember people critising these for their looks when they were launched, but I pretty much fell in love with them there and then.
And that dash!
Ditto, love them even though mine was crap, a mate has one now and it was nice to go in one again, they have a quite muscular looking body.And that dash!
And god, the Cross fire thing about dogs having a crap, I see it as a measure of someone being a knob, that moment where someone mentions one and someone is itching to get that line in and if they can squeeze it in, the line about anyone owning an MPV having "given up on life", someone at work said that one about our (now departed and actually missed) Galaxy, so I asked him what wild and crazy s
t he gets up to in his Toyota Avensis 1.8 Auto 
So the squatting dog comment should be banned, yes the rear profile has a certain curve but its a decent little coupe, the V6 goes well and it is at least distinctive, I quite like them, can get one for two grand, it does sixty in under 7 secs, its based on Merc underpinnings.
Also, not sure how a CLS or A7 looks like a squatting dog either ?
HTP99 said:
You are mad, the Calibra is one of the best looking Coupe's of all time; it looked fantastic when launched and still looks fantastic and timeless now.
Agreed.Looked better on the 16" alloys or even better on choice 17's and lowered slightly... as most cars do. Coupe's should be low and sleek, most have wheels that are lost and arch gaps of a Discovery. The Alfa thing, just don't get the whole fat arse thing... it's not nice.
schmalex said:
Here's mine. I hated the look of these when they first came out, but they are aging quite well to my eyes. They are quite Marmite, though...
I couldn't stand the e63, the e60 and didn't particularly like the e90 either when they first came out but as they've (and I've!) gotten older I've found myself becoming a fan, especially after I'd seen what you can pick up a decent v8 e63 for these days.
And I've always found the A5 quite a handsome car, although I'm not a big fan of the latest model.
njw1 said:
schmalex said:
Here's mine. I hated the look of these when they first came out, but they are aging quite well to my eyes. They are quite Marmite, though...
I couldn't stand the e63, the e60 and didn't particularly like the e90 either when they first came out but as they've (and I've!) gotten older I've found myself becoming a fan, especially after I'd seen what you can pick up a decent v8 e63 for these days.
And I've always found the A5 quite a handsome car, although I'm not a big fan of the latest model.
CAPP0 said:
Rather unfair to compare the handsome-looking Mondeo to the car above it.
The A5 Sportback came first...But the Mondeo always looks badly proportioned in real life. They're very under-wheeled which doesn't help the bloated appearance.
The original A5 Sportback is a decent looking car - not really a coupe, more a large hatch version of the A4. But, as someone else has said, it has aged very well.
I'll also come out as a fan of the A7. In the metal, they're fabulous.
Hackney said:
HD Adam said:
It seems that not everybody is immune from shatting dog syndrome
I hate, HATE, HATE the A7 (and to a lesser extent the A5)4 door coupes are just wrong in general but the reason for my hatred of the A7 is the boot line. The long drooping section from the roof line to that boot. The boot lid is just too low I think. If it were higher the design might work.
lufbramatt said:
Always thought these looked weird, it's like they made it about a foot too short
But then I guess it is kind of a saloon version of a hatchback version of a saloon
I dont mind them but my thinking it that to accomodate a range of human drivers it has to be a certain height, but in that length the proportions dont work as well as when you have more length to play with (fnarr) But then I guess it is kind of a saloon version of a hatchback version of a saloon
Erudite geezer said:
The Ford Cougar, was a mainstream Ford product, apparently.
No idea what the design philosophy was here:
It's a 2 door Mondeo, hence the back quarter panel to door ratio looks wrong.No idea what the design philosophy was here:
The Americans were guilty of some of the ugliest coupes based on the "3 box design" approach like this Coupe De Ville
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