2022 WRX hatch announced

[Red-86]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Huh, that actually looks rather acceptable in black with the cherry blossom skirts.

The black paint is doing a lot of lifting to hide the ugly black plastic wheel arch covers and clunky rear faux diffuser section. But .i agree, those angles don’t look bad, and oh, isn’t it nice not to see black wheels! Yay for bright rims!

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Huh, that actually looks rather acceptable in black with the cherry blossom skirts.

We live in a crazy world where Hyundai sets car styling trends...



Well designed black plastic fenders make sense practically, but they only look passable on black cars. If that comes stateside it will be a hard pass for the wife.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

We live in a crazy world where Hyundai sets car styling trends...



Well designed black plastic fenders make sense practically, but they only look passable on black cars. If that comes stateside it will be a hard pass for the wife.

With the way many big names are designing their cars, yeah I'll take Hyundai to lead the way. Everything else looks like the same rectangular blob of boringness. The WRX, Civic SI, and shit the new Integra all look like the same damn car.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by weederr33

With the way many big names are designing their cars, yeah I'll take Hyundai to lead the way. Everything else looks like the same rectangular blob of boringness. The WRX, Civic SI, and shit the new Integra all look like the same damn car.

Technically the X gen Civic Type R already looked like a WRX, lol.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by spike021

Technically the X gen Civic Type R already looked like a WRX, lol.

Well yeah, it's been going on for a little while now!!!!

[Sasquachulator]

The newer designs from Hyundai are starting to look a little wierd....

And Kia is just a copycat of other manufacturers....
Because of Peter Shryer jumping ship from Audi to Kia....they gained a ton of Audi/german influence but its getting alot more copycat than when he first came on board i think.

speaking of copycats...im noticing the new EV cars are starting to look alot like cut/paste jobs of each other (mainly fascias)......
even less variation than the ICE cars looking the same with similar design cues.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

The newer designs from Hyundai are starting to look a little wierd....

And Kia is just a copycat of other manufacturers....
Because of Peter Shryer jumping ship from Audi to Kia....they gained a ton of Audi/german influence but its getting alot more copycat than when he first came on board i think.

Kinda don't mind. IIRC he contributed to the Stinger design, and I really like seeing those every time I come across one. It is what it is, even if it means some cars share (a lot of) characteristics.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

The newer designs from Hyundai are starting to look a little wierd....

And Kia is just a copycat of other manufacturers....
Because of Peter Shryer jumping ship from Audi to Kia....they gained a ton of Audi/german influence but its getting alot more copycat than when he first came on board i think.

speaking of copycats...im noticing the new EV cars are starting to look alot like cut/paste jobs of each other (mainly fascias)......
even less variation than the ICE cars looking the same with similar design cues.

Frankly, I'll take weird than bland.