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minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’s great Citroën is making a small, cheap EV … but why did they make it look like a cross between a Fiat Multipla and a pug? That thing is ugly.
minus-squareMuchPineapples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoAll cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·1 year ago“Why is this $8,000 car so terrible,” he lamented, without a trace of irony.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThat thing’s front and back are exactly the same. It saves on fabrication costs to use the same part but it gives a weird look.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTurns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job
It’s great Citroën is making a small, cheap EV … but why did they make it look like a cross between a Fiat Multipla and a pug?
That thing is ugly.
All cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.
“Why is this $8,000 car so terrible,” he lamented, without a trace of irony.
That thing’s front and back are exactly the same. It saves on fabrication costs to use the same part but it gives a weird look.
Turns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job