what do people here think about "sporty" cars today?

[Steve Hirsch]

Since there seems to be a good bit of old-school sensibility here, I think I'll pose this.

What do people think of today's flavor of "sporty" cars? Personally, I find myself increasingly 
ambivalent about new cars starting a couple years ago.

Aesthetically, I think today's cars are pretty ugly.  I like some of the styling elements, for 
example BMW's "flame surfacing" or whatever they call it now, and Mazda's done a nice job with the 
new 3.  But the overall profiles and proportions of today's cars are ugly, IMO.  All I see are high 
beltlines, bulgy hoods and blunt noses. I'll admit it works on cars like the Chrysler 300.
But for example:
E90 > F30 3 series
G35 > G37
evolution of the Audi A4 and Acura TL
Mercedes C class (not that Id ever buy a Mercedes, but the previous gen C class has a nice profile, 
IMO.)

The current models are all uglier than previous models.

Curious what others think here?

-steve


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