Que Victor - "I don't believe it.."

Parking up in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a "new" vehicle.
As I'm sure I've made pretty clear I *hate* what's been done to
Discovery III's, but surely it couldn't get any worse?
Well, Jeep have done it. They've copied the Discovery III styling,
seemingly while under the influence. I can't remember the model
name emblazened on it, but what a joke!
Thinking that must surely be the pits for god-awful design
I get to the roundabout and saw...... a Bentley estate! With a
"sports" coupe style sloping roof....... yea gods! I've often
wondered what happened to the designers who worked for Mattel &
Pallitoy in the 80's - now I know.

Roll on when we get back to functional vehicles!

Richard

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:46:48 +0100, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Parking up in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a "new" vehicle.
> As I'm sure I've made pretty clear I *hate* what's been done to
> Discovery III's, but surely it couldn't get any worse?
> Well, Jeep have done it. They've copied the Discovery III styling,
> seemingly while under the influence. I can't remember the model
> name emblazened on it, but what a joke!
> Thinking that must surely be the pits for god-awful design
> I get to the roundabout and saw...... a Bentley estate! With a
> "sports" coupe style sloping roof....... yea gods!

heh - That was more or less my reaction to seeing an XJ6 (I think) estate
many years ago.

> I've often
> wondered what happened to the designers who worked for Mattel &
> Pallitoy in the 80's - now I know.

yes - I think they must have spent their sabbatical at Disney

> Roll on when we get back to functional vehicles!

Does it really matter what others do? So long as the types of vehicle we
prefer are still available?

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William Tasso

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On 2006-06-28, beamendsltd <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thinking that must surely be the pits for god-awful design
> I get to the roundabout and saw...... a Bentley estate! With a
> "sports" coupe style sloping roof....... yea gods!

An *estate*? Please, it's known as a "shooting brake", that makes all
the difference!

To some at least, not me for sure.

> Roll on when we get back to functional vehicles!

Just walk outside and give one a hug!

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"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:732b63e4e%[email protected]...
> Parking up in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a "new" vehicle.
> As I'm sure I've made pretty clear I *hate* what's been done to
> Discovery III's, but surely it couldn't get any worse?
> Well, Jeep have done it. They've copied the Discovery III styling,
> seemingly while under the influence. I can't remember the model
> name emblazened on it, but what a joke!


Jeep Commander??

http://www.jeep.co.uk/jeep/vehicle.aspx?ID=709,32

ugh!

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Thanks,
Paul

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:46:48 +0100, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Parking up in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a "new" vehicle.
>As I'm sure I've made pretty clear I *hate* what's been done to
>Discovery III's, but surely it couldn't get any worse?
>Well, Jeep have done it. They've copied the Discovery III styling,
>seemingly while under the influence. I can't remember the model
>name emblazened on it, but what a joke!
>Thinking that must surely be the pits for god-awful design
>I get to the roundabout and saw...... a Bentley estate! With a
>"sports" coupe style sloping roof....... yea gods! I've often
>wondered what happened to the designers who worked for Mattel &
>Pallitoy in the 80's - now I know.
>

A Bentley estate? are you sure you don't mean the new Chrysler 300C
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J1A96575D

As for rotten styling, am i the only one to think the New Freelander's
styling owes more to the Ford Fusion than to a Landrover?

Alex

In message <[email protected]>
Alex <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:46:48 +0100, beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Parking up in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a "new" vehicle.
> >As I'm sure I've made pretty clear I *hate* what's been done to
> >Discovery III's, but surely it couldn't get any worse?
> >Well, Jeep have done it. They've copied the Discovery III styling,
> >seemingly while under the influence. I can't remember the model
> >name emblazened on it, but what a joke!
> >Thinking that must surely be the pits for god-awful design
> >I get to the roundabout and saw...... a Bentley estate! With a
> >"sports" coupe style sloping roof....... yea gods! I've often
> >wondered what happened to the designers who worked for Mattel &
> >Pallitoy in the 80's - now I know.
> >
>
> A Bentley estate? are you sure you don't mean the new Chrysler 300C
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?J1A96575D

Similar - but I'm retty sure that wasn't it. But then again, Bentley
have lost their individuality........

>
> As for rotten styling, am i the only one to think the New Freelander's
> styling owes more to the Ford Fusion than to a Landrover?

You're not alone - it's aimed squarely at the US market, thus removing
the "Britishness" that used to be LR's styling trade mark, turning
it into just another urban 4x4.

>
> Alex

Richard

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"beamendsltd" wrote
> Parking up in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a "new" vehicle.
> As I'm sure I've made pretty clear I *hate* what's been done to
> Discovery III's, but surely it couldn't get any worse?
> Well, Jeep have done it. They've copied the Discovery III styling,
> seemingly while under the influence. I can't remember the model
> name emblazened on it, but what a joke!
> Thinking that must surely be the pits for god-awful design
> I get to the roundabout and saw...... a Bentley estate! With a
> "sports" coupe style sloping roof....... yea gods! I've often
> wondered what happened to the designers who worked for Mattel &
> Pallitoy in the 80's - now I know.
>
> Roll on when we get back to functional vehicles!
>

Funny how design is such a personal thing, both myself and the wife like the
new Disco, in fact think it's by far the best looking LR product at the
moment (Exc Defenders of course). It has the same understated "Class" as the
original RR and the Defender although I have seen one "Blinged up", yuk!
The RR and especially RR Sport have no "Class" just common "flash or Bling"
and both look like they should be towing large chrome plated caravans with
lacy curtains. Nearly as bad as Picky pickups!
Perhaps it's just the ones we have seen with the blacked out windows, chrome
steps and 22inch chrome wheels etc.

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Bob

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:24:11 +0100, Bob Hobden <[email protected]> wrote:

> ...
> both myself and the wife like the
> new Disco, in fact think it's by far the best looking LR product at the
> moment (Exc Defenders of course).

Goes without saying <g>

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William Tasso

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