BrightSpark
22-03-2008, 23:02
Car manufacturers spend millions, if not billions, developing and testing every nuance of a new car but in the showroom many buying decisions will come down to image.
Now in the days before focus groups, imagineering and the rise to power of the marketing department, the odd aesthetic mistake could be forgiven but looking back on the sheer number of unfortunate lookers, it seems implausible that none of these monstrosities was halted at the drawing board stage. Surely car designers have mates they could go down the pub with and ask them what they think of the latest bunch of sketches?
The sad fact is that often these design disasters led to some very good cars - the Ford Scorpio, Fiat Multipla and apparently even the Pontiac Aztek - being unfairly overlooked and left unloved in the showrooms. See what you think of our rogues' gallery.
http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=7768427
Now in the days before focus groups, imagineering and the rise to power of the marketing department, the odd aesthetic mistake could be forgiven but looking back on the sheer number of unfortunate lookers, it seems implausible that none of these monstrosities was halted at the drawing board stage. Surely car designers have mates they could go down the pub with and ask them what they think of the latest bunch of sketches?
The sad fact is that often these design disasters led to some very good cars - the Ford Scorpio, Fiat Multipla and apparently even the Pontiac Aztek - being unfairly overlooked and left unloved in the showrooms. See what you think of our rogues' gallery.
http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=7768427