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When did “who has the ugliest grill/front end?” become the standard against which automobile designers measure themselves?
October 16, 2024 at 8:25 am
The explanation I’ve heard often is the giant grills (on Genesis, BMW, Cadillac Escalade/Tahoe, etc) are a direct response to the Chinese Market. But, this has been discussed and debated for a decade now and doesn’t seem to be true? BMW’s is really ugly, but the Hyundai/Genesis things actually looks okay though it isn’t my taste.
October 16, 2024 at 8:50 pm
The proximate cause of my musing was some Ford pick-up with a hideous egg-crate grill.
I tend to agree about BMWs. Late-model Jaguars, though, aren’t too bad. One of my neighbors has one.
I’m not saying all late-model cars are ugly, but , but, honest to Pete, so many of them are. And a lot of the parking/running light arrangements are just–er–irritating.