Worst vehicle concept

AugustusMinimus

Not a concept vehicle, but a vehicle designed to go after a certain niche market which manufacturers think haven't been exploited yet.

My vote can only go to one car, the truly bizarre and horrendously ugly, 5 Series GT. I quite frankly can't imagine what BMW were thinking. Just look at the gaping grill on it.

Owen

All BMW's are now fugly. They've done away with the elegance of the e46/e39, and replaced the quality interiors with cheap recyclable materials.

Getting back to the subject, I can't think of a reason why the Juke should exist. It's like someone on the board of Nissan lost a bet.

mickdw

Owen wrote: »

All BMW's are now fugly. They've done away with the elegance of the e46/e39, and replaced the quality interiors with cheap recyclable materials.

Getting back to the subject, I can't think of a reason why the Juke should exist. It's like someone on the board of Nissan lost a bet.

I dont mind the Juke at all for some reason. Wouldnt buy one but dont find it offensive.
Rover streetwise is a car I never understood.

GTE

I'm struggling to see why this Audi Q3 is being built. Saw pathetic adverts somewhere for it a few days ago.

I already hated the X3. Could see the point of the X5 as I think the Range Rover is good thing to have if you live in the right place.
But then everyone started buying them. Similar to the thread today about the old K10 Micra turnin to a boy racer trend.

savagecabbages

The Juke, for all its oddness is selling well. I'd consider it a good concept on those grounds. Not that I'd EVER buy one!

Renault seem to make a specialty of coming up with odd looking cars that dont fit into any particular niche.

The Espace was the first 'people carrier' and was a massive success. At the time it was conceived there was no such thing on the road, now mpvs make up a huge sector of the market!



Same cant be said for the Vel Satis and Avantime. I think both are cool in a quirky way, but god knows what or who Renault were aiming them at....

AugustusMinimus

bbk wrote: »

I'm struggling to see why this Audi Q3 is being built. Saw pathetic adverts somewhere for it a few days ago.

I already hated the X3. Could see the point of the X5 as I think the Range Rover is good thing to have if you live in the right place.
But then everyone started buying them. Similar to the thread today about the old K10 Micra turnin to a boy racer trend.

The X1 tops the lot of them.

Alan b.

the rear doors on the juke are a massive failure design wise.
trying to get out in a tight space is impossible due to the shape of the bottom half of the door.

For Forks Sake

Mercedes R-class. Unless they were up against a deadline to have a car for every letter in the alphabet, I can see no point to this car. At all.

pajo1981

Owen wrote: »

All BMW's are now fugly. They've done away with the elegance of the e46/e39, and replaced the quality interiors with cheap recyclable materials.

How can you say that? The F10 interior is hands down the nicest interior BMW have ever done.

AugustusMinimus

A Fiesta on stilts. No idea what Ford were thinking.

barura

Thought it was more like a focus on stilts?

For Forks Sake

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

A Fiesta on stilts. No idea what Ford were thinking.

Old people need cars too?

Hiace.

Nissan are going to "win" this thread.

Has to be the Nissan TIDAAAH !, followed by the Nissan Queef, followed by the Nissan Puke.

Someone in Nissan with a huge grudge is deliberately trying to destroy the brand from the inside.

Also lets not forget the Renault Flatulence, or whatever its called.

L-M

Hiace. wrote: »

Nissan are going to "win" this thread.

Has to be the Nissan TIDAAAH !, followed by the Nissan Queef, followed by the Nissan Puke.

Someone in Nissan with a huge grudge is deliberately trying to destroy the brand from the inside.

Also lets not forget the Renault Flatulence, or whatever its called.

LOL

bfocusd

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Mercedes R-class. Unless they were up against a deadline to have a car for every letter in the alphabet, I can see no point to this car. At all.

i was in something like this once and i was praying it wouldnt flip, my mate was having her m5 serviced and they gave her this for the day, i felt like i was on a hockey puk

bfocusd

this is up high on my list of gross cars!

http://www.qewl.com/pages/images/multipla.jpg

David09

What an utterly pointless version of a car. Unless of course there is a niche for 7"5 kids???

VolvoMan

mickdw wrote: »

Rover streetwise is a car I never understood.

It's quite simple. The Rover 25 was too big for a supermini and they needed something that would be a true successor to the Metro.

The only thing they did wrong was price it like a supermini and not like the rubbish piece of Indian built **** it was. If they weren't greedy and sold it at maybe £5k then it would've been a runaway success.

savagecabbages wrote: »

The Juke, for all its oddness is selling well.

I wouldn't put it down to the innovation or cleverness of the Nissan design/marketing team to be honest. Anything they produce sells well in Ireland, even the latest Micra.

Same cant be said for the Vel Satis and Avantime. I think both are cool in a quirky way, but god knows what or who Renault were aiming them at....

The Vel Satis was simply a tall roofed hatchback that took over from the Safrane. It would've been aimed directly at the E-Class segment.

The Avantime on the other hand was a two door MPV which indeed was a bit pointless. That said, there was something I quite liked about it.

pajo1981 wrote: »

How can you say that? The F10 interior is hands down the nicest interior BMW have ever done.

BMW had some of the most elegant interiors around until the Bangle era cars arrived. Where once there lay a perfectly driver focused and ergonomic dashboard in the likes of the E39, it was replaced by a slab sided monstrosity in the E60.

VolvoMan

VolvoMan wrote: »

It's quite simple. The Rover 25 was too big for a supermini and they needed something that would be a true successor to the Metro.

The only thing they did wrong was price it like a supermini and not like the rubbish piece of Indian built **** it was. If they weren't greedy and sold it at maybe £5k then it would've been a runaway success.............

That was the CityRover, the streetwise was a big bumpered 25 on higher suspension with roof rails.

VolvoMan

RoverJames wrote: »

That was the CityRover, the streetwise was a big bumpered 25 on higher suspension with roof rails.

Ah yes.

My mind's not with it tonight.:o

unkel

And in the race for the ugliest most useless BMW there can only be one winner:



Unfortunately there's one very near me, I see it almost every day

bazz26

Hyundai Matrix:



Even Hollywood asked the question, "What is the Matrix?"

L-M

These are so crap they only have a door on one side.

pburns

I don't get all the hate for the Juke. It's in a market segment where they can afford to be a little edgy. Presumably the target demographic is slightly younger than the Quasquai, urban-ish. Fair dues for not pumping out the same old mush I say.

The Tilda is hideous and the Fluence not far behind. BTW, the latter gets great praise from certain sections of the Irish motoring press. Go figure...

VolvoMan

I think four door coupe's like the Merc CLS are utterly pointless. Why can't they integrate that sort of styling into the E-Class saloon?

A coupe has also traditionally meant 'two doors'. There is nothing about a CLS or Passat CC that suggests they are such. You might as well call the original Jaguar XJ Series a coupe if these are.

alfa beta

that big ugly new(ish) mini thing - the countryman I think it's called - sorry, but the whole mini concept (and indeed legacy) revolves around 'small and cute' not big, clumsy and ungainly (which this model most certainly is)

I was looking at one in a showroom the other day and the interior styling (borrowed directly from that standard mini) seemed so at odds with the overall size and shape of the beast it made me scratch my head and scrunch up my face - round pegs and square holes and all that.

they'll probably sell a few to yummy mummies who buy trendy bugaboo buggies and think they're being all quirky and cute though (....as opposed to dads like me who buy McLaren buggies knowing it's the closest to owning an F1 we'll get!!)