No, it’s not ‘bloody awful’ YOU think it’s awful. There’s a difference. Get it right.
I wasn't aware that every expression of my opinion needs to be prefixed or suffixed with "...in my opinion...". But if it helps people like you, who freak out when someone dares to contradict them, then I'll do that in future.
"Kinetic" is bloody awful.
In my opinion.
If it helps, I'll clarify my opinion with reasoning.
Kinetic is bloody awful
because it's very haphazard. It tries to express that age-old concept of making something look like it's moving when it's standing still. It succeeds, if you count an object melting from one shape into another as a movement. They've tried to use old styling tricks like sharp descending creases down the body in order to give the cars an artificial stance, to make it look like it's moving forward.
The trouble is, these lines don't go anywhere. The only reason the cars look like they're moving forward is because they look like someone is blowing them forward with a hairdryer. The Fiesta, as I've mentioned before, is an orgy of curves, sharp creases, contours and materials that don't gel with one another (bulbous wheelarches and a sharp crease down the side that hit each other just aft of the front wing? What's that about?). That it's an excellent car is besides the point - the fuss over the styling is simply down to it being "funky" compared to the fairly toned-down previous Fiestas. It's nothing to do with it being a groundbreaking design, as there are plenty of cars in it's class that remain attractive without needing to shout about it.
For another example, take the original Ford Ka, and indeed the original Focus and the Puma (all signed off under the "New Edge" movement), any sharp crease or curve in the bodywork either led from or led into something else. The line of the headlights came straight off the bonnet. The rear wheel arches/bumper line formed half the rear clusters, and the other half was formed from the oval tailgate. Incidentally, it was all functional too. The large plastic bumpers may not have been to all tastes, but they completely protected the areas most likely to suffer from small bumps - essential in a car designed for the city. Good
design is clever and functional as well as stylish. Let us not forget that a Mini looks like a Mini because Issigonis gave it a transverse engine and stuck the gearbox in the sump giving it a very short bonnet and no intrusion into the cabin. "Kinetic" is simply
styling. Not
design. It's not clever, and it's not functional. It's just a movement that has produced absolutely no classic shapes, and nothing for the history books to take any notice of. In contrast, cars like the Ka, Puma and original Focus will be looked upon as groundbreaking cars for Ford.
...in my opinion.
). I agree I was a little too harsh on that comment. Though I must say I was really annoyed at something else last night before I got home and opened the laptop. So Im sorry for unleashing my incredible Hulk powers on you when I got home. 
