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Best overall styling - Which automaker? (2013)

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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
it is so-so... works in pics a lot better than in real life.. like CX5 looks plain from distance, only when you come very close to it, you notice all the detailing.

6 is better since you notice it from further... although I got to ask what happens in 2-3 years when we see a lot of them, it will become a bit of boring.

Their Interior's are actually better once you sit in them vs the pics where that nav setup looks crude a bit.

It is hard to say which one was the best overall though but Mazda seems to be in my top 1-2-3.
Agree with all your points, and yes since this is subjective it's hard to determine other than a general consensus of what people like.

Mazda navi could be bigger. From the Spy Shots Mazda3 I think it grew a little, hopefully
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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 12:08 PM
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I have to give it to Toyota. Their Lexus vehicles are very Aggressive, and yet Elegant. Especially their RX cross over. Best of everything out on the market by now
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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by SteVTEC
Yeah I would have voted for Audi if it was included, but I guess this is non-luxury brands?
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Ferrari............period.

Everything else all look the same........a box on 4 wheels.
Clearly people keep posting without reading any previous posts.

It should be obvious that no luxury/exotic brands are an option in this poll. If they were listed, then there would be no point in including any mainstream brands because they cannot compete on design. The point is to get a sense of where mainstream autos rate for design.
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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by -J-P-L-
Clearly people keep posting without reading any previous posts.

It should be obvious that no luxury/exotic brands are an option in this poll. If they were listed, then there would be no point in including any mainstream brands because they cannot compete on design. The point is to get a sense of where mainstream autos rate for design.
I did post my opinion, mainstream autos all look the same, a box on 4 wheels, so they are all a big tie, no winner
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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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They all have ugly and decent looking cars, so it's a wash.
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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BNR34
I did post my opinion, mainstream autos all look the same, a box on 4 wheels, so they are all a big tie, no winner
I hear some call all cars boxes on wheels, while others call every car a jellybean. Which is it?

Fact is, neither is true. Today's cars differ in shape and styling more than any other time in history. Go check out any decade. Today's manufacturing technology allows for far more varied shapes.

A box on wheels could fairly describe the Nissan Cube, or the Scion xB. But not much more.

Most cars are very sleek and stylish and very aerodynamic.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by -J-P-L-
I hear some call all cars boxes on wheels, while others call every car a jellybean. Which is it?

Fact is, neither is true. Today's cars differ in shape and styling more than any other time in history. Go check out any decade. Today's manufacturing technology allows for far more varied shapes.

A box on wheels could fairly describe the Nissan Cube, or the Scion xB. But not much more.

Most cars are very sleek and stylish and very aerodynamic.
In my honest opinion, all mainstream cars made in the same decade all look the same.

That apply from the 1910s, 20s, 30s.......80s, 90s.........etc.

Except the exotics.

In the 90s, was boxy, now they are all jellybean.
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Originally Posted by BNR34
In my honest opinion, all mainstream cars made in the same decade all look the same.

That apply from the 1910s, 20s, 30s.......80s, 90s.........etc.

Except the exotics.

In the 90s, was boxy, now they are all jellybean.
Yes, they tend to change trends per decade
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BNR34
In my honest opinion, all mainstream cars made in the same decade all look the same.

That apply from the 1910s, 20s, 30s.......80s, 90s.........etc.
Generally true, but American cars in the late-50s to early 60s were a BIG exception. During that perod, you were liable to get almost ANYTHING in the styling department. 1959, especially, was arguably the wackiest year of all.

In the 90s, was boxy, now they are all jellybean.
Most of the 90s's were, in fact, jellybean as well. You can think the original 1986 Taurus (a car I still dislike to this day) for that. The 1996 Taurus, a decade later, was even more outlandish and jellybean, with oval-themes everywhere.

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