Unsymmetrical cars - The new Discovery

[Sid123]

I'm not talking about an Alfa with the front number plate stuck on one side of the front bumper (which I quite like) but why is the back of the new Discovery unsymmetrical or asymmetrical?
I'm not sure of the difference grammatically, but why does it look so weird from the back and why?
It's got a huge arse seen from side on, but other than design aesthetics is there a reason why it's not symmetrical from the rear view?
I'm sure there have been others but I can't think of them or why.....?

[miniman]

It's a pastiche of the earlier Discos which had an asymmetrical rear window and a spare wheel attached to the rear door.

It's gopping.

[AH33]

It's 100x worse than the front of a multipla.

Point and laugh if you see one out there on the road.

[Rick101]

A very ugly rear. I can't understand how stuff like that gets through. Very tall and thin compared to the older car which had some presence. Reminds me of one of those little wheelchair friendly cars you see old dears driving.

[Wobbegong]

A few people I know at JLR suggested it looked st during the early stages but it was ignored.

My parents had thought of buying one but won't as the rear looks so 'wrong'. I doubt they're alone in that view!

[anonymous-user]

I quite like it. Had a few in the workshop recently and think they look good in the metal.

Clearly the car buying public like them as well, because they are shifting plenty of them.

[Sid123]

I'm not questioning the cars 'goodness' as I am sure it's a great car as most LR products sell by the bucket load.
But why the odd symmetry and did anyone else do it?

[cuprabob]

Don't see what the issue is. You can't see the back from the driver's seat and just reverse it into parking spaces so you don't need to see it when you approach. As a plus you will know it is annoying the guy behind you too

Hyundai Veloster and one of the Minis only has a rear door on one side so that's not symmetric either.

[kambites]

As others have said, I think it's meant to hark back to the old Disco which had a spare wheel mounted on the boot, off to one side.

[Sid123]

Point taken and well made but did anyone else do it too?

[kambites]

Sid123 said:

Point taken and well made but did anyone else do it too?

There's a few asymmetric cars out there, although none I can think of with qutie that design. Obviously asymmetric examples:

Nissan Cube (D pillar design)
TVR Sagaras (roof bulge)
Mini Clubman (rear door on one side)
Hyundai Velostar (completely different door designs on each side)
Jaguar D-type (fin behind the driver)

Probably loads of others.

[Sid123]

I meant front or rear rather side differences otherwise we'll have Renault 4s. 14s and 16s with unequal wheelbase lengths, not that you could spot it with the naked eye....

[anonymous-user]

[kambites]

Well the Cube and D-type very obviously different from the rear.

Edited by kambites on Monday 26th June 21:00

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miniman said:

It's a pastiche of the earlier Discos which had an asymmetrical rear window and a spare wheel attached to the rear door.

kambites said:

As others have said, I think it's meant to hark back to the old Disco which had a spare wheel mounted on the boot, off to one side.

Side point but all four series of Discos have had an asymmetric tailgate not just the early ones with the spare wheel mount.

[InitialDave]

Man, that's bad. Not seen that view before.

I've seen a few cars with assymmetric rear ends (Nissan Cube, for example), but they didn't look so completely off.

[Tubes63]

On the M1 yesterday with a non-car person. New disco drives by. "What the fk is that ugly piece of st?!?". Completely unprompted. Regardless of how well they are shifting that's not the reaction any car maker should be aiming for!

[98elise]

It looks like it's had a stroke.

[anonymous-user]

One of the ugliest, gopping, fugly-wagons ever built. If you have the "pleasure" of driving behind one you'll even have a nice view of the spare wheel slung under the back bumper. Perfect vehicle for anyone who found the SsangYong rOdious a bit too attractive.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[wildcat45]

I thought it looked quite good and radical on the Discovery Vision Concept which is or was on display at Gaydon.

In production and in the metal it just looks weird and adds another negative feature to the already bloated rear end.

Maybe a square rear plate would look better? Anyone got a picture of an American spec one?

I'm all for "design cues" but not every traditional feature needs to be carried forward to the next generation.

I wonder if the tailgate pressing will be changed in the facelift