It bores me. Would you go out with a bland girl?...
IMO, a lot of very attractive cars are pretty "bland."
I disagree. Genuinely attractive cars are often very distinctive. A Ferrari looks like a Ferrari, if you removed all the badges you could still tell exactly who made it. Same goes for Lamborghinis, same goes for Porsches, same even goes for Renaults. The Peugeot we're all discussing just looks like "generic convertible" with a few hints of Aston Martin. Peugeot really need their own design language, something that makes you think "yep, that's a Peugeot". The old Pininfarina ones had that. The only thing that makes you think "yep, that's a Peugeot" with modern Pugs is the bloody awful grille they attach to all of them.
But maybe that's just because I don't like overstyled cars?
A nice design doesn't have to be overstyled. In fact, I'd usually say quite the opposite. From my posts on this forum by now you should be aware that I despise ostentatious cars - my tastes are usually pretty simple. But I dislike bland.
Nobody is going to like every detail on some new cars that have very complex styling. And those elements that don't quite fit the car make it difficult for the car to go from looking 'nice' or 'good' to looking beautiful or whatever.
It's so much easier to make a bland car with an excellent shape and use your pen wisely and conservatively if you want to make a truly great looking car.
I disagree. No cars that I'd call pretty are bland, they're simply well designed. The Peugeot does have a nice silhouette admittedly, but it's let down by some odd details and a lack of anything that makes it a Peugeot, IMO.
I dunno, there's just something about it that doesn't really speak to me. I can't remember a Peugeot concept car that I haven't found a bit lacklustre.
Do you like the new RC-Z coupe?
This?
No, not really. It's potentially a nice car, but completely and totally spoiled by the front end. The lights and grille are hilariously out of proportion. Peugeot is definitely a manufacturer that needs to learn a bit of subtlety. Unfortunately, unlike Citroen, their badge isn't of a shape (like Citroen's chevrons) that you can make a natural front end out of, so what they tend to do is just attach a massive badge to the front and give it a huge, gaping grille.
I've mentioned it before, but I find it impressive how Citroen and Peugeot, both from the PSA group, have managed a complete turnaround in their designs. Citroens used to be bland when Peugeots were pretty, and now Citroens look fantastic and Peugeots hideous. Now we just need both manufacturers to have their act together at the same time...
