New cars = No style or character

[PepeLePew]

"Ugly"
"looks awesome"
"horrid abomination"

All indicative of why this thread has no conclusion. Style is subjective and changes by the day. One day cannot suit all. One style cannot suit all.

Things change, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Change isnt always successful. But we all need to be glad its there otherwise automotive forums wouldnt exist except to fix the things and we'd all be bored in indescribable ways.

[chevypower]

I think style and character are two different things. A car can have really good style to it, but has no character. Also, a car can have character without having any real nice design to it. I think the Camry has style. It's not ugly. But it lacks character. I think people often confuse the two.

[GTENVY]

Originally Posted by JimNiki

We are all unique and individual which is why we all have opinions on which ford is better.
That's fair enough. At lease we all agree unanimously on a few of things...

1] Toyota is for those who treat cars as an appliance to go from A to B
2] Telstra sucks the big one as far as value internet connectivity and service goes
3] smart hoons buy Fords, dumb ones buy holdens cause all their mates have them

any other worldly unquestionable facts of life?

Absolutely Golden, this made my day

[steamin63]

Originally Posted by WILDEB

ewwwwwwwwwwwwww. that looks effing horrible

and some people might think poverty pack EB'S are crap. it's all a question of style . some people have it and some people think they do.

[89.SVO]

Originally Posted by steamin63

and some people might think poverty pack EB'S are crap. it's all a question of style . some people have it and some people think they do.

and i agree. pov pack EB's look crap. with there grey bumpers (on S1) and 14" hub caps

[Bud Bud]

Originally Posted by chevypower

The cars that I can think of that have the most character now, are Camaro, Ford Flex, Mini and Ferrari California. I think the retro styling can bring back character to cars. I would like a modern retro car inspired by the 1962 Eldorado convertible.

This is a very good point chevypower. It is no mistake that the 05 on Mustangs heavily reflect something from around 67-69 and the current Camaro is definitely based on the 69. But the best example though has to be the current Dodge Challenger, that thing looks awesome in the flesh and actually looks like they are NOS from 1969 as well. It looks like the stylist’s now have finally come full circle.

Again it is not really wether they perform or handle any better or worse than they should against anything else from this era really, cause people are buying these particular cars for their styling and this is somehow lost on many new cars today.

This era is still (perhaps even world wide) a milestone for "classic" styling imho.