Car Designs that have aged well/not aged well

[sparkyhx]

What cars in their day did you think
1) WOW, but now you see them they are meh
2) Meh and now WOW
3) Wow and strill are WOW

wow to meh
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Still wow

[arry]

Mk4 Supra. I just can't get over how bulbous it now looks Looked great in the day.

[Hugh Janus]

wanted one badly when i was younger not aged well:

[sparkyhx]

Still wow - RX7, nuff said

Ford Cougar - Really liked them, but not now

[Hugh Janus]

Still wow

RX7

[Johnny]

Mk4 Supra. I just can't get over how bulbous it now looks Looked great in the day.

^^^ 100% .. in its day it was awesom ... now it looks like a special needs kid with big glasses

the VW beetle ... not the original, the rehash ... I never liked it when it came out .... but now I really really think it looks stupid !!!!

[Mark]

All of Chris Bangles effort have gone from meh to wow IMO. Really like the E60 now and even the 6 series is growing on me

[Si]

Z32. Looks soooooooo dated.
And also Veyron.

I was going to put in a 'very well' vote for FD, but thought it might look a bit biased. Then someone else did, so it's all good

Non poppy light NSX still looks good, and fresh too, ditto XJ220.

[arry]

now it looks like a special needs kid with big glasses

You are still talking about the Supra, aren't you?

[Clint]

BMW Z3 M Coupe. I thought it looked like a breadvan when it was released and took the piss out of it relentlessly. Now I desperately want one, I think they look awesome!

[arry]

BMW Z3 M Coupe. I thought it looked like a breadvan when it was released and took the piss out of it relentlessly. Now I desperately want one, I think they look awesome!

x2. The Z4 coupe is another that looks fabulous IMO.

As for going from WOW to Meh - Jag XK8, the older ones - the new one looks wicked, because it looks modern, whereas the older ones just looks really dated now IMO. I'd still have one though.

[R3K1355]

The design is fine, but the colour has got old SO fast it's unreal. Now they look like silly tonka toys.

[Si]

I was thinking XK8 as well It just looks a bit 'nothing'-ey now, lost it's class. And ditto the DB7

S2k and DB9, although relatively new, still manage to look sharp and striking

[Monkey]

Ford GT40,

it will never look old

MK3/4 Escort loved them back then now look crap

[Jonny Wilkinson]

Wow to Meh - RX-8, Chevette, Alfa 156, Audi Quattro, BMW E30 3-Series Tourer, Alfa GTV, All TVRs except the Griffith and the Vixen, Opel GT, Vauxhall Calibra, XK8, Zagatos

Meh to Wow - S13 , BMW 8 Series, back end of the S14(a), Citroen Traction, MGA, Austin 1100, Austin Landcrab, Daimlers

Wow still Wow - Opel Manta Series A, 70s Corvette Stingray, Vauxhall Firenza, 80s BMW 6-Series, Lola T70, BMW M1, Alfa 8C, MG TF, TVR Griffith 500, Nova kit car (now Sterling), De Tomaso Pantera

Meh to Meh - Ford Scorpio, 00s BMW 6-Series, Ford Sierra, Ford Orion, Vauxhall Cavalier (All Mks), Austin Princess, Austin Allegro, Lotus/Caterham Seven

[sparkyhx]

BMW Z3 M Coupe. I thought it looked like a breadvan when it was released and took the piss out of it relentlessly. Now I desperately want one, I think they look awesome!

x 3

[Tetra]

All of Chris Bangles effort have gone from meh to wow IMO. Really like the E60 now and even the 6 series is growing on me

+1

[Clint]

x2. The Z4 coupe is another that looks fabulous IMO.

+1. I'm a big fan of the Z4 coupe too. They both look like they were designed with the sole purpose of annoying 911 drivers at the'Ring!

Jonny has a pretty comprehensive list up there to be fair.

I'd like to add, Peugeot 205 GTi. When I was younger I thought the newer Pugs looked far better, 306 etc, but they've aged beautifully. My neighbour has a MINT silver 1.9 that I regularly have to convince myself not to buy.



EDIT: Excellent thread by the way

[Dan@DB-Power]

I'm going to say that I still think the 406 Coupe looks good nowadays

[Clint]

I'm going to say that I still think the 406 Coupe looks good nowadays

I was actually about to post that when I remembered the 205! One drove past me yesterday and I remember thinking that it was a nice looking car. I like the wee butressess on the sides of the back window.