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i think its called a vel satis and it was a renault,
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The French seem to be good at ugly rear ends the new C4 3dr is another one.
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VW Beetle. In black it looks like a sporty kind of hearse.
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Skoda Fabia Saloon. Absolutely hideous.
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Megane.
And that other Renault that looks like it.
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Why has the new Golf got a big nasty black rubber rear bumper a la Ka? Looks terrible when matched to light paint colours
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Got to be the new 7 Series BMW - what planet is that Bangle living on ?????
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Dare I say it? How about my C5?
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scorpio, (both ends)
Splodgeface
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Suzuki Liana saloon (as seen on Top Gear)
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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Much as it pains me to admit it, the old Alfa 75 had what I'd describe as a "challenging" rear aspect.
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1. Jaguar saloon - estate looks good
2. Lexus 200
3. Renault Laguna
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Bangle has brought a new meaning to the propelor badge
Bum
Made
Worse
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No1---Fiat Brava........yuk
No2-- Vauxhall omega....what went wrong? compared to the beautiful botty of the senator!!
billy
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Of current cars - Renault Megane - pity 'cos the rest of the car looks good.
Also: The Fiat Multipla has an ugly rear, but not as bad as its front! Also Citroen Picasso - everything's just that little bit wrong. BMW 7 series - looks like they forgot to take the disguise off a prototype!
Cheers, SS
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Any bus, especially the routemaster.
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I must again jump to the defence of the Fiat Multipla, which always gets mentioned in a derogatory fashion re it's looks.
It is a shining light of innovative design among the fog of bland breeze blocks that clutter our roads. Ditto the Megane. Who would you rather spend an evening down the pub with, the guy who designed the Multipla or the one whose dull lifeless mind came up with the Vauxhall Zifera. I think that's what it is called, never could bring myself to look at it long enough to find out.
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Focus saloon - now there's a car that looks like it's been rear-ended.
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I must again jump to the defence of the Fiat Multipla, which always gets mentioned in a derogatory fashion re it's looks. It is a shining light of innovative design among the fog of bland breeze blocks that clutter our roads. Ditto the Megane. Who would you rather spend an evening down the pub with, the guy who designed the Multipla or the one whose dull lifeless mind came up with the Vauxhall Zifera. I think that's what it is called, never could bring myself to look at it long enough to find out.
I agree... and by all accounts perfect for teh job it's designed for. A friend of mine has one and thinks it's the DB's
JaB
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I must again jump to the defence of the Fiat Multipla, which always gets mentioned in a derogatory fashion re it's looks. It is a shining light of innovative design among the fog of bland breeze blocks that clutter our roads.
Agree in every respect the Multipla is indeed
1/innovative
2/radical
3/superbly executed
4/a worthy effort to buck to trend
5/admirable
Its so good it could have been french
but most of all it is
6/UGLY painfully excrutiatingly UGLY UGLY UGLY
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but most of all it is 6/UGLY painfully excrutiatingly UGLY UGLY UGLY
Bizzare as it seems that is exactly why I like it. because it dares to be different.
No, It could never be French it is Pure Italian , CentoPerCento!
JaB
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>>Any bus, especially the routemaster.
Is that where the expression 'like the rear end of a bus' came from?
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Quote: "Is that where the expression 'like the rear end of a bus' came from?"
The Routemaster has quite a neat little rear, for a double deck bus. Routemasters look good from any angle, inside or out (well,I think so). The early Leyland Atlantean rear-engined double-deckers had the engine under a moulded fibreglass 'bustle' that protruded from the cutaway rear of the lower deck. That was quite ugly.
Or did the phrase derive from early double deckers that had the staircase out in the open.
Cheers, Sofa Spud
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I don't think it's fair to include the IS200 on this list seeing as if you do a search on Ebay for IS200, you find a deluge of rear IS200 style lights for Pugs, Mondeos, Vectras, you name it!
Imitation is the best form of flattery after all...
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I don't think it's fair to include the IS200 on this list seeing as if you do a search on Ebay for IS200, you find a deluge of rear IS200 style lights for Pugs, Mondeos, Vectras, you name it! Imitation is the best form of flattery after all...
That's an extra reason to dislike it.
And imitation may generally be the sincerest form of flattery, but look at the type of person who is showing themselves to be fans. Not the people with the most taste in the world are they?
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Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.
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I agree with splodgeface, it's got to be the last of the Ford Scorpios, sooooooo americanised.
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>> >> She\'s ugly from any angle....
Certainly angular* from any angle.....
*Didn\'t Ford make that?
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1. BMW Compact (current)
2. Focus Saloon
3. Old Megane Saloon
4. Lexus IS200 (whole car looks like a tarts hand bag)
5. BMW 5 series (current)
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"4. Lexus IS200 (whole car looks like a tarts hand bag)"
Give over! The BMW 3 series plays football. The IS200 plays rugby.
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like to revise my "ugly" tag for Lexus 200's bum to "bland"
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Any car that is sitting in front of me and won't chuffin' well move over to occupy that half mile of empty inside lane!
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Not sure what's wrong with the back end of this car; it seems too low relative to the front wheels.
photos.fotango.com/p/eba00453146f00000001.jpg
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Just shows what you can do with the humble Corsa.
www.wraggy.com/barryboys/submitted/unknown1.jpg
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oh my gawd....looks like something from the special effects department of DrWho.....I used to hide behind the sofa from
less scary monsters!
StarGazer
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It's amazing what we all find ugly and what we like. I suppose it's all a matter of personal taste. For example, the new 7 series whilst not fantastic looking, doesn't look ugly - certainly not the rear end of it either.
Another one, the humble Ford Focus. I've watched this thread long enough and now I must jump to it's defence here - or rather the saloon. HJ's car by car breakdown describes it as "plain ugly". Others have called it ugly - personally, and I suppose rather controversially I like it more than the hatch which is why I set out to buy the saloon over the hatch. People will think I'm mad I know but it looks that little bit different. Of course I'm biased but I'm entitled to be! Same with the Alfa 156. I'd rather have the estate than the hatch; no that isn't just because what ND has but because it's different and that's what makes it nice. I have strange tastes and no doubt others do too. In contrast, when I got my new car, 3 of my mates shouted "What have you done" but the vast majority like it because it's different. I understand I'm ranting now but it's all a matter of taste.
Incidentally, there is no way on earth I will ever like the new Golf. I've tried but I just can't. Sorry.
Moan over...thank you :-)
Adam
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Another one, the humble Ford Focus. I've watched this thread long enough and now I must jump to it's defence here - or rather the saloon. I like it more than the hatch which is why I set out to buy the saloon over the hatch. all a matter of taste.
And it is quieter inside and I would expect the body shell to be a good bit stiffer. A little extra security with a boot?
These are some of the reasons I got a Mondeo Saloon not a hatchback.
I must admit I am still getting used to the different styling of the Mondeos rear lights but I am sure I will get to love em!!! Not sure if they are everyones favourites.
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Henry,
Like you I always thought the Mondeo saloon looked better than the hatch, and more secure too as I often carry goods in the boot. Only thing that worried me was the lack of rear visibility when reversing, and today it caught me out. Managed to park it agaist a low wall with a horrifying crunch. Fortunately the plastic bumper took the impact without a scratch or any distortion.
I have now handed in my resignation to the Campaign For The Return of Steel Bumpers.
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Managed to park it agaist a low wall with a horrifying crunch. Fortunately the plastic bumper took the impact without a scratch or any distortion.
I am still exploring my new toy.
My rear bumper skirt has one flimsy bracket that is supposed to secure its bottom edge to the boot floor. It is not (spire clipped?) properly so I have rusty bracket and a rusty patch under the boot. I think it will be drill a hole and bolt it.
There is another hole in the bumper where it looks as if they have deleted the second bracket. No wonder I see Mondeos with this rear lower bumper flexing.
I need to remove the front bumper to access the rad but the fixing bolts are rusted into their nylon rawlplug type fixings. Fantastic design!!! Poorly plated bolts deployed in the front wheel arch area. B... Ford bean counters. Surely it is a fairly basic requirement to change the bumper in this day and age? I have now cracked the problem so it will be white grease all round when I take the bumper right off.
Having significantly upgraded and with alloy wheels I am very wary of kerbs, walls etc. I want to keep my rear in its proper shape.
If anyone wants to know my approach and tools used to solve the problem then speak up.
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Not sure what's wrong with the back end of this car; it seems too low relative to the front wheels.
A programmer would say "it's not a bug, it's a feature" ;-)
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Late as ever replying-
I always thought the Ford Classic was hideous.
Similarly the Karmann Ghia - but I changed my mind over that.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
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New Pug CC.
From directly behind, just one huge slab of metal, that in silver looks like a battle ship that's sinking bow first, stern aloft.
Truly a horrible piece of 'design' that makes Bangle disasters look half reasonable! Talking of these, I saw a black, German registered, new 5 series whilst on holiday in Sweden last week, where a truck with a delaminating tyre had clearly battered all down one side. Frightening thoughts aside, at least this gave an interesting pattern to look at!
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I hear that Renault are shortly to release anew model.I understand they will be calling it the J-Lo!
Roger. (in Spain).
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It's curious that it is almost invariably the rear ends that people are critical of. It seems that it is pretty easy to design an attractive front, but that there is something inherently difficult about the back.
My theory is that it is because of the pressure to make cars shorter than nice flowing lines would ideally dictate, so there is inevitably a sense of the car having finished abruptly, because the designer has suddenly run out of space.
Look at the beautiful cars of the past, when length was no object, and they could have a few extra feet just so that the lines could sweep back elegantly.
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