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Not only are modern cars huge, they're fuckin' ugly as well. I can't stand the "aggressive" look every car, truck, and SUV has nowadays. Sorry, but Mom's minivan does not need to look "aggressive". That thing is lucky to even reach a high speed to warrant such a look. The shapes of cars nowadays look like hideous blobs, especially most SUVs. Taillights taking up the whole rear end, weird headlight placement (who the fuck designed the Nissan Juke?) and other design choices that make the car look uglier every generation.
I know it's because of studies showing people like "aggressive" cars (because people are fucking stupid, it isn't aggressive if every car is aggressive) and aerodynamics are why cars look like blobs, but I sure miss when cars actually looked like cars. That died out in the late 90s/early 2000s.
Hyundai Ioniq 5, Hyundai Vision 74 (just a concept for now)
These 2 look really nice.
The i20 looks nice 2 in my opinion and my Hyundai i40CW is probably the best looking car of it's generation in its category
Aggressive is definitely the current trend. Rivian is an interesting exception, imo. The front end has a lot of rounded features even though they are on trucks and SUVs. I hated the headlights at first but they are growing on me. They are a tiny player of course, but they have a lot of buzz at the moment.
Have you seen the engines they put in minivans? They're pulling upwards of 300 horsepower. When Mom wants to go she's going to beat your crossover.
I was going to say, you can option almost any model minivan with 300 these days