The E-Type
Jaguar is beautiful. The
Lamborghini Miura is beautiful. Most reasonable individuals bestowed with the gift of sight would not argue those points. Alas, "beautiful" as an adjective is regularly abused. Case in point: the new Roewe 550, which is inexplicably described as such by our Sino-focused blogging brothers at
China Car Times. We strenuously disagree. We understand that there are many ugly
Chinese cars, and that when the nation's auto industry produces one that doesn't cause onlookers to instantaneously turn to stone, it's noteworthy. That said, "not overwhelmingly ugly" does not equal "beautiful." The Roewe 550's front end looks as if a modern
Nissan/
Infiniti (grille shape & slats), a
Saturn Aura (everything below the front bumper), and a last-gen
Chrysler Sebring or
300M (headlamps) got caught in a horrific
Star Trek transporter accident. As you can see, the result is far from beautiful, despite the generous claims of China Car Times. They're entitled to their opinions, of course, but if
this is beautiful then the new
Malibu looks like
Malcom Pray's 1939 Delahaye by comparison.
[Source: China Car Times]
[Source: China Car Times]
