The Scorpio was an absolute stinker. I remember being staggered at the time that someone could design something so bad.

The other one the springs to mind is the mid to late 90s when Rover suddenly decided.it would be a good idea to start sticking fake chrome grilles on the very handsome R8 200 (and the 400 and 800).

And again in the early 2000s when they took the quite classy looking 75 and tried to make it look modern.

I remember the late 90s Toyota Celica with four headlights wasn't well received either. Now I think about it, the Honda Prelude when they removed the pop-up lights and put the big square ones in too.

I think there are a lot!

Edited by Adampr on 07/12/2023 at 22:07

One of my own cars suffered this, thankfully not too badly but didn't do the front any favours though the rear end did improve slightly with new light treatment.

We have the SG9 Subaru Forester regd 2008, the pre facelift SG5 finished around 2006 and had a most attractive front section, they sort of tried to Audi it a bit with the grille extending down below the bumper and someone decided late version Laguna lights would be a good idea.

Here hopefully are the two versions, the older version firs, both are XT's with the bonnet scoop same as ours

www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1435107-Subaru-Forester-SG5-...l

www.vladtime.ru/automedia/734051

Very difficult to find images of standard cars.

The one that has always bugged me is the Lexus 460 2008 on, in my mind one of the most quietly handsome large saloons ever made, yet they saw reason to stick some hideous grill on when they offered hybrid versions absolutely ruining the car in the process.

The W210 E-class Mercs that replaced the W124s. As Jeremy Clarkson pointed out, the headlights looked as if someone had poked a pencil up the car's bottom.

Also, the side view of the short lived Chrysler Crossfire Coupe reminded him of a dog having a poo. Any other deprecatory comparisons available?

Fiat Multipla

I'll stick my neck out here and say I really liked the quirky looks of the (1996) Multipla. It was the facelfited version in 2000, where they tried to make it look more conventional, which offended me!.

Anecdotally from my previous work, Multipla had a narrower rear track than at the front, when you reversed up a full size car transporter deck you normally watched the wheels out of the window to keep your line, if you did that with a Multipla you'd drive off the side, had to watch the body which wasn't much better.

Curious because from what I can find (from three separate sources), the rear track was (very slightly) wider than the front, 1520mm vs 1515mm.