What’s the best looking 4 door saloon car ever?

[Cledus Snow]

[sjc]

sjc said:

BrabusMog said:

sjc said:

A vert good looking car in its day was the Vauxhall Royale. My dad replaced his XJ series 2 with a virtually new one.
Can anyone find a decent pic and post please ( I don’t know how to upload unless it’s on my device already !)
Silver if poss!!

There you go.

Cheers Brab, not the most flattering, mind you it was circa 1980 ..maybe my memory is playing tricks !

I found this which is a little bit more flattering but I’ll just have to assume it wasn’t very photogenic...

[B17NNS]

LuS1fer said:

You've got the wrong model. It's the Japanese market version.

Ah, my bad. Thought it was a Civic Type R.

[DoubleD]

B17NNS said:

LuS1fer said:

You've got the wrong model. It's the Japanese market version.

Ah, my bad. Thought it was a Civic Type R.

It is a civic type r

[Trophy-GTA]

The facelift always looked a bit bland to me compared with the original. Like Alfa we’re trying to be a bit more German with the design. My pick would be the 156 GTA over all but I’m biased lol.

I also prefer the original 166 to the facelift for the same reason.

AMG V12 said:

This gets brought up quite often but I never understand it. What exactly makes the pre facelift 156 better looking? To me the facelift is a pretty, more cohesive design.

Edited by AMG V12 on Thursday 18th April 19:03

[Robert-nszl1]

dbdb said:

It is an Iso Fidia

Saw one for sale recently at Classic Remise in Berlin. Very cool, but not sure the proportions are quite right

[AlfaChris03]

Best looking four door in my opinion the much underrated Alfa Romeo 166 with 3 litre Busso V6! Good looking and sounds amazing and exclusive due to their rarity nowadays.

[AlfaChris03]

Or the Alfa Romeo Guila QV! (Four door Ferrari anyone?) developed and assisted by a man who was responsible for the Ferrari 458 Speciale! Some track record!

[samoht]

AMG V12 said:

This gets brought up quite often but I never understand it. What exactly makes the pre facelift 156 better looking? To me the facelift is a pretty, more cohesive design.

The body has a visual 'centre of mass' quite high, around the top of the wheelarches, because that's where it's widest. The original front end, with the lights 'pointing' horizontally inwards and the shallower shield grille, also places the focus relatively high up, so fits with the body.

The facelift headlights 'point' downwards, combined with the deeper grille it makes the front look more 'hunkered down', with a lower visual centre of mass. This would be ok if it was a whole new car, but it's mismatched with the unchanged original body shape.

Additionally, the original's slit vents around the grille echo classic Alfas like the 8C 2300 Monza, so are a nice link back to Alfa's glory days, whereas the facelift's Almera-esque lights and Audi-style grille could front any car.

[B17NNS]

DoubleD said:

It is a civic type r

Wasn’t aware of the JDM 4 door. Every day’s a school day

[swisstoni]

Alright, maybe not the best evaah, but Ford did a nice job with the first Cortina. Especially in the context of what else there was about at the time.




And Vauxhall’s Victor was a tidy design too, a few years later.

[DailyHack]

Shame these went down the pan, still look fresh in my eyes.

[dundarach]

These are always a post the cars you like fest, I'd post a picture of my Rover 75 however whenever I do that, people complain that I'm biased, and the BMAudiVW boys aren't

The DS wins obviously, it should win every design contest ever...!

Oh balls to it, Rover 75



Nope can't do it, Citroen DS...

[LuS1fer]

The DS is bad from the rear, the CX was good from every angle.

[DoubleD]

LuS1fer said:

The DS is bad from the rear, the CX was good from every angle.

The cx is a horrible looking thing

[AC43]

BSSBMW said:

Thread title is best LOOKING 4 door saloon ever..... not most pretty or most sleek or sexy etc.

Looks are always a subjective thing with anything in life.

Personally i cant stand chintzy Americana from the 50's and 60's but i love boxy 70's and 80's European saloons.

Give me an E28 BMW, Mk2 Granada or a Merc W116. etc.

Or.....

Really like that design

[cramorra]

dbdb said:

It is an Iso Fidia

Lovely cars they made the Grifio with the ‘penthouse’ to accommodate the big hemi is one of my all time favourites strangely the company is an example that buying technology from a mass producer and put it in a bespoke body and chassis can go wrong also although this is often described as the best recepy for small(ish) manufacturers

[Pothole]

Hairymonster said:

Edited by Hairymonster on Friday 19th April 16:10

Flattering angle of that total gopper...

[Le Controleur Horizontal]

DoubleD said:

The cx is a horrible looking thing

Hard to agree with you...it is very very high quality design work in that and it looks/flows fantastically.

[DoubleD]

Le Controleur Horizontal said:

DoubleD said:

The cx is a horrible looking thing

Hard to agree with you...it is very very high quality design work in that and it looks/flows fantastically.

Thats why there is no right or wrong on something like this, only opinions.