Why some hybrids are dammed UGLY!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t think those are ugly. At least they do have styling and not just the same old bland look that some car companies have done for some time.

 

Not just hybrids.
Nissan is trying to out-ugly Toyota/Lexus.


Nissan Xmotion

 

japanese design is evolving, think yoko ono.

 

I definitely think Oh No!

BTW, the Nissan has suicide doors too.

 

How in the world can these front ends be clean aerodynamically?

 

Coal rollers don't care?

 

If you think about the water droplet (aerodynamic shape) it has a blunt front end. Slight texture in the front end (styled grill and front end) doesn’t really matter for aerodynamics that much if there’s no air flowing through it.

 

…or Yoko NoThanks!

 

When discussion of the goofy front "bumpers" gets old, we can move onto the current state of the interiors...

 

When I lived in the UK, (I moved here (USA) in 1983) I remember a campaign suggested by RoSPA¹ to encourage the designers of commercial lorries (trucks) to make the front of the cabs look more "friendly" rather than "aggressive" (I remember as a very young car-spotter, thinking that the lorries looked nice and friendly or like evil bullies depending on the position and the shapes of their radiator grilles and headlamps. RoSPA carried out studies which seemed to prove that drivers were influenced by the intimidation factor of the vehicles they faced on the road!

¹ Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - Wikipedia

 

iirc, the gen 4 or prime front ends were so bad, they had to do other things to improve aero. i may not rc though.

 

I still think that this view is reminiscent of peering into the innards of a meat-grinder!

 

Predator (1987) film? There's a scene near the end where the face (?) of the alien crab-like thingy is in view (I still have nightmares about that!) That's what the Nissan pic. reminds me of (…that, and Yoko Oh-No-Thankyou!)