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Toyota's last vehicle that had any style at all was the last-gen Celica, which ironically borrowed lots of design cues from the "New Edge design" Fords of the time, especially the Cougar and Focus. Since then, it's been appliance after appliance after appliance, each generation getting fatter and softer-looking than the last.

It would be one thing if Toyota's cars were just boring (like the late '90s Corollas and Camrys), but they're now firmly into ugly territory. I honestly believe they don't invest in good styling because they know anything with the oval badge will sell. And I find that insulting to the buying public.

With the gap between automakers narrowing each year in terms of quality and reliability, Toyota will not be able to keep resting on its reputation with no regard to how their products look. Scion looked promising with their first-gen vehicles, but the new xB and xD dashed my hopes that Toyota will ever find an exciting, attractive design language.]]>Apr 15th 2008 5:55PM