View Poll Results: What are your Least Favorite Luxury Brands based on Exterior Design? (select up to 4)
Acura
37
62.71%
Audi
4
6.78%
BMW
9
15.25%
Cadillac
13
22.03%
Infiniti
17
28.81%
Jaguar
5
8.47%
Lexus
4
6.78%
Lincoln
39
66.10%
Mercedes-Benz
11
18.64%
Porsche
5
8.47%
Volvo
18
30.51%
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What are your Least Favorite Luxury Brands based on Exterior Design?
06-12-14, 09:12 PM
#31
Racer
I voted; Acura/Lexus/Porsche/Lincoln
Acura=Beak and bland
Lexus=Spindle grill and still a little bland. I like the new grill on the IS and LS. I'm still in love with the 1st generation SC and GS.
Porsche= classic design but everything looks the same to me. Doesn't excite me
Lincoln=weird front end.
I thing every car maker have one or two cars I don't find attractive.
Acura=Beak and bland
Lexus=Spindle grill and still a little bland. I like the new grill on the IS and LS. I'm still in love with the 1st generation SC and GS.
Porsche= classic design but everything looks the same to me. Doesn't excite me
Lincoln=weird front end.
I thing every car maker have one or two cars I don't find attractive.
06-13-14, 06:26 AM
#33
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by Lex2InfiN
Jaguar. Simply the most luxurious looking cars on the road today. They reek of style and sophistication. I just love them. BMW would have to be my second favorite. They simply just know about proportions from every single angle and they always look good on the road. Masculine, solid-looking vehicles.
Plenty of females drive Jaguars.
06-13-14, 10:11 AM
#37
BMW- I used to love how humble the kidney grilles looked on its older generation of cars, but as it gets larger and larger with each new series, it just exudes a level of patronization.I will say this, those newer cars, whether side, quarter panel, or rear shot, are all aggressive, athletic, and really sporty, and that I can appreciate.
Acura- it's beak look is slowly being eroded by newer designs, but it hasn't completely yet. And their rears look like an afterthought on the car. just put together for the sake of needing some sort of design cue.
Lincoln- while I applaud LMC for going it's own route, the designs continues to replicate that of the Chryslers on the road
Mercedes Benz- styling around the cars are fine and a plethora of detail, but the rear lights are something I haven't liked since their W203 (C class), W211 (E class), and W221 (S class). I'm just so used to a MB taillight as rounded with curves, not striking or angled lighting.
Acura- it's beak look is slowly being eroded by newer designs, but it hasn't completely yet. And their rears look like an afterthought on the car. just put together for the sake of needing some sort of design cue.
Lincoln- while I applaud LMC for going it's own route, the designs continues to replicate that of the Chryslers on the road
Mercedes Benz- styling around the cars are fine and a plethora of detail, but the rear lights are something I haven't liked since their W203 (C class), W211 (E class), and W221 (S class). I'm just so used to a MB taillight as rounded with curves, not striking or angled lighting.
06-13-14, 11:57 AM
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I was referring to BMW, not Jaguar, as having more "masculine" styling. How do I define it? Sharp lines, short overhangs, lower height, strong road presence. To contrast that, as an example, I find the current Hyundai Elantra to be the most feminine looking design of any car I've seen possibly, ever - wavy, curvy, horrible proportions IMO.
06-13-14, 01:04 PM
#39
Lexus Fanatic
I went with Acura and Lincoln...though I'm not much of a fan of the Lexus Spindle-grille either. So many customers, BTW, dislike the Acura parrot-beak that dealerships have to re-paint some of the beaks body-color just to get their customers to accept delivery.
Bitkahuna.....I agree that Acura and Volvo are not Tier-1 luxury-brands in the sense of how we usually think of the term. But they ARE upmarket brands, and, for purposes of this thread, I don't see any problem in including them. You can see that many other responses, just like mine, consider Acura and Lincoln the two worst.
Bitkahuna.....I agree that Acura and Volvo are not Tier-1 luxury-brands in the sense of how we usually think of the term. But they ARE upmarket brands, and, for purposes of this thread, I don't see any problem in including them. You can see that many other responses, just like mine, consider Acura and Lincoln the two worst.
06-13-14, 01:12 PM
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