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Old 01-26-2012, 04:11 PM
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May have to get myself one of these. I like the looks







Old 01-26-2012, 06:49 PM
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That rear end smacks of Audi Q7.
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Front end looks a bit stormtrooper-ish. And not in a bad way.
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Front = fugly Veloster.



That rear end smacks of Audi Q7.


i agree. mixed in with the Genesis Coupe





i know now is not the time to say this but i still think there's too much complicated plastic crap going on with cars everywhere. i wish it were one smooth painted surface, or some simple plastic trim that matched. i miss these days:





simple *ing plastic trim. why do cars need all of these nonsense crests, bumps, lumps, bulges, joints, frames, panels, holders, fittings..........
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I like the current space rocket voyager look. I do agree that it is a little fiddly though. I think the worst of it was in the early 2000s, bad plastics tech + attempts at looking futuristic = epic failure.



The desperately bland interior of the LC accent, the ridiculous interior of the ford Ka, the silly interior of the RD2 (cmon, those switches are gay) etc... they just made everything more blobby and grey it seems.
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Oh, oh, Tom, you did NOT just call my car gay, did you? Well then, at east my car has it's full interior still!



All joking aside, the new Fe looks pretty good, but it is a little too "fluid" in the back to match with the "get out of my way!" toned front end.



I'll still use the brake calipers off one though.
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I fully acknowledge that my own car was a victim of early 2000s design fail. What a devastating color combo.



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^LOL!! I liked the gray and black of the Viper, which is also in the RD1 Tiburon.



I think the worst of it was in the early 2000s, bad plastics tech + attempts at looking futuristic = epic failure.


I really agree! I think they've exhausted all the crazy and wild "futuristic" conceptual ideas and seem to be coming up with all sorts of complicated indentations to try and make it look like more than it is. Fits the times I guess.



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