Worst Car Interior Ever?

[bennno]

Equus said:

I always thought that the Noble M12 was let down by the interior from a kit car:

We were at Mallory park for a supercar driving day just after the Noble was released, laugh of the day was when one participant snapped the entire steering wheel and boss off the noble as exiting the car. It didnt turn a wheel for the rest of the day so never did get to drive it.

[bennno]

TheOctaneAddict said:

For me, 90s american cars were just something else.

Gen 1 Viper, who the hell thought that grey was a good idea?

had one of those, car was such an experience you could almost look past it.....

[lowdrag]

The Golf Golf, or somesuch. White car, white seats, white everywhere. Even the carpets were white.

[StuntmanMike]

Chubbyross said:

TheOctaneAddict said:

For me, 90s american cars were just something else.

Gen 1 Viper, who the hell thought that grey was a good idea?

None more grey.

It’s E36 grey. Which is bad.

I had a E36 328 many years ago, I liked it at first but after a couple of years I could not live with the horrible two tone grey anymore.
I will never again own a car with a grey interior, looks as bad as beige to me.

[griffsomething]

It’s certainly striking, but I think I like it.... I’d prefer that over standard black leather anyway.

[flatso]

Filibuster said:

Hub said:

Aston Martin Lagonda hasn't aged well!

That is absolutely brilliant!! Love it (when it works).

ETA, this is a hugely innovative and very simple, straight forward design, that works really well with the exterior.
Also it has aged very well! Tesla with the model 3 and Honda with that urban design concept do look very similar in many points.

Great piece of design that!!

Edited by Filibuster on Wednesday 10th June 09:09

For real! Looks good to my eyes

[irocfan]

TheOctaneAddict said:

For me, 90s american cars were just something else.

Gen 1 Viper, who the hell thought that grey was a good idea?

It's bland but not offensive (like the Ferrari above - or the pastel green 911 interior that pops up on PH from time to time)

[grudas]

that LC interior would be fine if it wasnt for terrible colour combo.

e.g.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

[Court_S]

This 996 is pretty sodding grim....

[SweptVolume]

Not sure this thread is for me. The more I look at that Lexus, the more I like it. Ditto the Ali G F430.

The green Lagonda I think looks fantastic.

I agree on the mid grey plastic interiors from the 90s; never liked them. And beige was even worse. Years ago, my dad was looking at Rover 200/400s, and we went to look at one that had the pensioner beige interior. It was quite revolting when we finally twigged what the colour reminded us - a hearing aid. He ended up buying one with a dark blue interior, which wasn't too bad.

[james_zy]

I'll take a different angle to the "one off" worst interior trims.

I think one of the worst for a mainstream car (with the potential to do better) would be the E90 3 series. For a car that has aged well in terms of exterior looks, and was quite "different" looking when it was released back in 2006, the interior somewhat lets it down. Saving grace would be for cars specced with the nav which brings things up a bit.

People may disagree with this, but as I said coming from the angle of a mainstream car that really could have done better.

Edited by james_zy on Wednesday 10th June 10:39

[RazerSauber]

What is the point on modern cars of having that little bar on the passenger side of the console towards the stereo? It doesn't seem to provide any function whether style or otherwise

[scottygib553]

TVR interiors

[vikingaero]

Evercross said:

I didn't think it was that bad until I saw this pic....



Why does the instrument binnacle have ears?

To hold in in place when cornering from the phenomenal G-forces.

I've always thought that Americans have endured a lot of really poor kwality interiors over the years in some of their cars.

[Smitters]

I think that 996 takes it. That's dreadful.

[Court_S]

Smitters said:

I think that 996 takes it. That's dreadful.

I do t think the 996 interior has aged well in black but that green (everything ) turns the awfulness up to 11!

[bennno]

Court_S said:

Smitters said:

I think that 996 takes it. That's dreadful.

I do t think the 996 interior has aged well in black but that green (everything ) turns the awfulness up to 11!

agreed, its really bad, however its 20 years old.

still think the purple, orange and grey combo on my first post is the worst i've seen on a recent modern car

[Court_S]

bennno said:

Court_S said:

Smitters said:

I think that 996 takes it. That's dreadful.

I do t think the 996 interior has aged well in black but that green (everything ) turns the awfulness up to 11!

agreed, its really bad, however its 20 years old.

still think the purple, orange and grey combo on my first post is the worst i've seen on a recent modern car

Some old interiors age well (I still like the E39) though.

That interior you posted though.....£54k for the privilege too! :hehe;

[Filibuster]

I must be one of the few people who think the 996 interior has aged well then ....

I didn't like it at all 10 years ago, but I rather like it today.
It is a very organic, flowing design, very 90's indeed! But it really works with the exterior of the 996.

[Evercross]

vikingaero said:

Evercross said:

I didn't think it was that bad until I saw this pic....



Why does the instrument binnacle have ears?

To hold in in place when cornering from the phenomenal G-forces.

LOL.

james_zy said:

I'lI think one of the worst for a mainstream car (with the potential to do better) would be the E90 3 series.

People may disagree with this, but as I said coming from the angle of a mainstream car that really could have done better.

I'll concur, considering I sat looking at that exact dash layout for the best part of 5 years. The nav equipped versions were worse IMO because of the 'double-bubble' dashtop profile.

Also it did not help that much of it was covered in that dreadful rubberised paint that turned to goo (especially the door grabs) and the aluminium trims on the door cards were positioned exactly where the seatbelt buckle would collide with them when reeling back, leaving the interior of the door looking like a pock-marked mess.

Oh, and the silver trim on the gearknob would peel off from the front edge leaving a very sharp and scratch edge on the plastic.

Edited by Evercross on Wednesday 10th June 11:18