Beat some ugly Italian designs with an ugly stick
Got some time to burn? Of course you do! iMotor Mag has created a game to punish the wayward children of esteemed Italian design houses. Where designers such as Pininfarina and Bertone have penned gems like the Ferrari F599 and the Lamborghini Miura, they have also thrust the Peugeot 1007 and Skoda Favorit on unwary car shoppers (hey, even designers have to eat...).
iMotor (the same blokes who gave us the Bail Out Chrysler game) gives you the chance to beat them, and a couple of Bertone designs to boot. You may not agree with all of them (Subaru SVX?) but the better you wield the ugly stick, the more unfortunate designs you get to eradicate from the (virtual) world. However, as with many ugly-yet-enduring designs, the cars put up a good fight, so good luck getting to Level Two.
[Source: iMotor Mag]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Aprime 2:31PM (3/27/2009)
... Yeah, but unlike the Chrysler game it gets boring after the second time you try it.
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Sektor 2:36PM (3/27/2009)
I fail to see the point of this.
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Steve 2:44PM (3/27/2009)
No matter how hard I try, I always fail the first level. I try to make a rhythm. Fail. I go fast. Fail. I hit slow. Fail.
What a dumb game.
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hwyhobo 2:46PM (3/27/2009)
I will take their hatchback designs over the boring domestic sedans in a New York minute.
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Shiftright 2:51PM (3/27/2009)
Stupid and pointless article. In the painfully conservative US, anything that is not a muscle car or SUV and is remotely avant guarde or has a rear hatch is considered "ugly". The SVX and Citroen XM ugly? Puh-leeze!. Well executed and brilliant designs, either of which I would love to have in my garage.
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Alex 3:04PM (3/27/2009)
umm... you do know that iMotor is a Brit pub, right?
Pokey 4:08PM (3/27/2009)
Of course he didn't realize it was a British publication, he probably didn't even bother reading the text. He just saw a chance to bitch about Americans, and jumped on it. Typical.
Shiftright 4:24PM (3/27/2009)
My mistake for assuming it was an American publication, but regardless, I stand by my assertion that the US market is notoriously conservative and rarely 'gets' any automotive designs that are remotely progressive or just daring to be different. Just because I made a comment about the US market doesn't make it 'typical' in any way either. Grow up. I happen to be a US citizen.
I still feel this article is stupid and pointless, and meant only to generate a feeding frenzy of hating blog comments and uneducated opinions.
MachinaDC5 3:05PM (3/27/2009)
I always thought the SVX was a pretty awesome looking car. Different but good.
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inline6 3:09PM (3/27/2009)
The Favorit, XM, and SVX aren't ugly. They're distinctive, but not ugly.
The Getz is dull, the Matiz is lumpy, and the 1007 is, indeed, just plain ugly.
Bertone is a hit-or-miss styling house. Giugiaro and Pinninfarina are usually much better. But the two Bertone examples they have here aren't the most awkward Bertone-styled cars. Not by a long shot. They've done some bland stuff (Citroen Xantia, Volvo 262C, Volvo 780), and some awkward stuff (NSU Sport Prinz, Fiat Ritmo/Strada). And the Favorit may fall into the former category. But the XM falls into neither.
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Swede 3:11PM (3/27/2009)
The british also thinks that generic stone houses rock, to give you some sense of their esthetic ambitions.
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fixitfixitstop 1:18AM (3/28/2009)
Stone...rock....what's the difference?
Serge 3:18PM (3/27/2009)
lol... 9th place...
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dukeisduke 3:20PM (3/27/2009)
None of them can beat the Renault Avantime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Avantime
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Cornelius 3:24PM (3/27/2009)
I'll take your Avantime and raise you a Pontiac Aztec.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Aztek
I am Rich 3:27PM (3/27/2009)
I'll see your Avantime and Aztek, and raise you a Multipla.
I WIN!!!
Pokey 9:52PM (3/27/2009)
Yup, Multipla FTW!
Shiftright 4:41PM (3/27/2009)
Looooove the Avantime! Odd, quirky, maybe, but to compare it to an Aztek is truly misguided.
nmichael 3:35PM (3/27/2009)
what an arrogant article. just because it is small. these are delightful designs. im sick and tired of lack of recognition of design and utility. probably have a low carbon footprint, if you even know what that is. youre going to be the last one standing when this current auto evolution continues.
david b
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Kitko 3:28PM (3/27/2009)
Oh yeah, the "good" old Favorit. Caused quite a stir in its homeland (Czecho-Slovakia) when it arrived being the first FWD front-engined Skoda in decades. It actually drove quite well, on par with the 1976 Lada 2102. I know, I drove both. Favorit was faster, though, both on a highway and the road to the scrapyard being very keen to mate with oxygen. And while Lada sported an OHC engine, Favorit had an OHV "powerplant" running on low-octane gas.
Seriously though, what made Bertone come up with a car that had a drag coefficient of 0.45? You could actually experience "aerodynamical braking" while going downhill.
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