I'm a massive Vauxhall man. I'll just say that. So when I saw the Adam I thought with sadness "We have forgotten how to style a small car"
Seriously. The Fiesta is a stylish little vibrant design, but it needs 19" wheels to stop the back wheels looking like castors. The 205 and 206 were beautifully proportioned little things, the latest (well, last 10 years of) offerings from Pug are overblown, gaudy. So much is like the Automotive equivalent of that disorder where you shout uncontrollably. LOOK AT MEEEE. I'M MORE STYLED THAN YOUUUU. We're turning into American car design excess of the 50s, but on a worldwide scale.
I genuinely think the last actually beautifully proportioned small cars were the Corsa B 3 dr, 206, that generation. Or, to put it another way, look at the understated grace of a Carlton or Omega, vs the LOOK AT MEE of an Insignia or Mondeo, BMWs.
I'm not having a ranting downer, I mean there's beauty in the car world. Of course, I could list 20 stunning designs that will go down as classics. My point is that the current trend of excess doesn't work too well on a smaller package.
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