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Old 10-23-2008, 04:36 PM
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Top 10 bad auto makeovers

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good god. The Acura looks terrible with the side by side comparo with the last gen. I give it less then 4 months before Acura changes the grill so don't bother buying it yet.
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I agree with almost all of those. Definitely the FX, the xB, and the TL. I still think the acura grill might grow on me. maybe if it just wasn't so big. The new TL reminds me of a camry for some reason.

I do think I like the new jetta and viper over the old ones though.
Old 10-23-2008, 06:11 PM
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Agree with all of them except the Jetta and Viper.

And I agree 100% with BT... the new TL is just ugly. Putting it next to the last Gen TL makes is look even worse
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Pretty accurate picks. New murano, fx, tl, and xb are the definition of fugly. Like the new viper though.
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I'm surprised the Maxima didn't make it to this list. I personally think the best shaped Maxima is 95-99 model.
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Originally Posted by juniorbean
Agree with all of them except the Jetta and Viper.

And I agree 100% with BT... the new TL is just ugly. Putting it next to the last Gen TL makes is look even worse
yea same here..
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There's a lot missing, especialy the WRX. That list seemed only half thought out.
Old 10-23-2008, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by wackura
There's a lot missing, especialy the WRX. That list seemed only half thought out.
yea true but its only top 10..there could be 50 cars in that list imo
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I can't actually think of too many other cars to add to the list.

Imprezza probably, the RL and TSX probably could've made it too, but it would've gotten pretty repetitive.

Unless you can go back multiple generations, then there would probably be a lot more. but I don't think that's fair, cause then you can just name every bad redesign in the history of cars.
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Most of those are horrible.
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the e60 to me looks just as good if not better than the e39
Old 10-23-2008, 08:40 PM
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Yup. Most of those made me want to throw up a little.
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The grill on the new TL makes the grill on the new TSX look good. lol

I went to Acura with my g/f last week and she was like "umm why do all the new Acura's have an ugly huge grill?"
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I actually agree with the whole list. the new TL is just
Old 10-23-2008, 09:13 PM
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the e39 is my favorite bmw ever.
anything after that would be a stepdown

and personally the new tl is starting to grow on me especially after seeing what rondog did with it...
Old 10-23-2008, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by juniorbean
agree with all of them except the jetta and viper.

And i agree 100% with bt... The new tl is just ugly. Putting it next to the last gen tl makes is look even worse
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The new tl design isnt really ugly, but i do still perfer the 3rd gen one.

Originally Posted by ChrisQ1980
The grill on the new TL makes the grill on the new TSX look good. lol

I went to Acura with my g/f last week and she was like "umm why do all the new Acura's have an ugly huge grill?"
lol... the new grill made everything uglier
Old 10-23-2008, 09:50 PM
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Agree with most, except the new viper which I love
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Thoughts-
TL looks like a camry that got beat by an ugly stick
def. agree on the navigator, the new one is disgustingly gaudy

but, the new sebring looks better imo, not that any of them ever looked good
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didnt mean to sort of double post, sorry
Originally Posted by vtsx07
The new tl design isnt really ugly, but i do still perfer the 3rd gen one.
lol... the new grill made everything uglier
As a friend said the new TL's rear end looks like the front end of a cadillac..weird, but I completely agree with him
Old 10-23-2008, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by juniorbean
Agree with all of them except the Jetta and Viper.

And I agree 100% with BT... the new TL is just ugly. Putting it next to the last Gen TL makes is look even worse

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I never would have thought the Sebring could look worse than the last gen.
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Hmm I disagree with a lot of them. Maybe I like change
Old 10-23-2008, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by nyclio
I'm surprised the Maxima didn't make it to this list. I personally think the best shaped Maxima is 95-99 model.
I think the new Maxima's look way better than the previous gen.
Old 10-24-2008, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by RyanCHICL
I think the new Maxima's look way better than the previous gen.
Old 10-24-2008, 02:46 AM
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I like the new jetta look better than last gen.
Old 10-24-2008, 08:28 AM
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Some old guy in my neighborhood bought the 09 TL black on black. I was hoping it would look better in person - it doesn't.

My wife saw it and said "which Acura is that, it's awful"
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The only one I don't agree with is the Scion.
Old 10-24-2008, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tegkid
the e39 is my favorite bmw ever.
anything after that would be a stepdown


I agree with everything on that list except for the Viper and Jetta
Old 10-24-2008, 09:47 AM
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+1 on the jetta.
Old 10-24-2008, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Myxomatosis
didnt mean to sort of double post, sorry


As a friend said the new TL's rear end looks like the front end of a cadillac..weird, but I completely agree with him
Is it me, or the whole damn rear corner right upto the gas cap is the bumper???? and it looks like its as high as the minivan beside it.

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i do like both vipers... the older one may look a lil better but the new ones are deff not ugly

everything else is right on par
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I agree with everything on that list except for the Viper and Jetta
Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
+1 on the jetta.
+2 on jetta

Also I feel the new 5 series looks lot better than the old one. I am surprised they didn't list the Pilot in there.
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The TL is the worst...that comparo pic is

The FX is probably second runner-up.
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No doubt TL is the worst one.

I think Murano has eye-cancer. It's like tumor in its headlights.
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The only cars that deserve to be on that list is the TL and FX. All the other cars looked better now.
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I like the new Viper and new xB (relative to the first gens). I actually like the new Viper a lot. The rest...

As much as I love the e60 M5, the rest of the 5 series models suffered (imo). The e39 is so fine though, hard to compare. The new FX is ok, but those headlights...uhg.

And yes, the new TL is gross.
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