[Misc] The demise of Rolls Royce as a style icon

[Icy Gull]

Feck me I have just seen pictures of the new Rolls Royce Cullinan. What a pig ugly lump of shite. I don’t care how fast it goes or how luxurious it is I am just astounded that a car maker that used to have so much style can turn out something like this. I guess Brits have very little influence over the German owners these days. The decline in style has been gradual over the years but this is the now the pits imo

 

[pasty]

Looks like a Range Rover on steroids

 

[zefarelly]

RR haven't done anything vaguely stylish since the mid 60's.

 

[Icy Gull]

Looks like a Range Rover on steroids

Take away the grille and it could be any one of many Chelsea Tractors

 

[zefarelly]

Looks like a Range Rover on steroids

There's no need to be polite just because it's 25th December, It's fugly!

 

[Motogull]

Join the club [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION].

4 door 911s and Ferraris and SUVs from sports car makers. No!

 

[Icy Gull]

Join the club [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION].

4 door 911s and Ferraris and SUVs from sports car makers. No!

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

 

[Motogull]

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

The soulless fukkers. I hate where its all going.

 

[zefarelly]

Join the club [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION].

4 door 911s and Ferraris and SUVs from sports car makers. No!

Our neighbour has a Porsche 4x4 AND it's got a turbo tractor engine. WTF! He should be shot for having appalling taste and Porsche should be heavily fined formaking/selling farm machinery. Leave it to Lamborghini!

 

[zefarelly]

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

This is very sad, I've been hoping they'd make a Giulia wagon or 'sports break' type thing. That mini truck thing is disgusting. A mate arrived in the Quattro-formagio Gilliam yesterday. What a car!

 

[AmexRuislip]

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

Cannot see Parker and Lady Penelope setting foot in this lump of metal

 

[Blue3]

I totally agree but it's not just Rolls Royce, Jaguar are making some awful looking cars they do one that looks like a nissan qashqui and another looks like a Toyota

 

[Live by the sea]

Bentley have largely filled that gap. Convertible and 4 x 4 models are lush.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Tremendous............. money does not equal class or style..

 

[lawros left foot]

https://images.app.goo.gl/t4mHWuUrZV4APKxn7

This for me was the end of civilisation.
An Aston Martin SUV.

How did we get to this

 

[zefarelly]

A jacked up mondeo estate?

Modern cars are utter gash on the whole, style wise.

I'd take this instead any day of the week.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Top six footballer’s hairdresser’s car.


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[crookie]

tempted by a 2/3 year old Maserati Ghibli for about £23K. Last chance to get something before we're all forced to buy electric or driverless cars. Anyone got one ?

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[zefarelly]

I've been tempted by masers too, have a friend with one, and another friend (Italian) who has a fleet of vintage ones . . . .he drives a Merc as a daily driver!

 

[Icy Gull]

I've been tempted by masers too, have a friend with one, and another friend (Italian) who has a fleet of vintage ones . . . .he drives a Merc as a daily driver!

I have lusted after a Maserati for years and some are “relatively” cheap now. I go into a cold sweat thinking about potential maintenance costs though. I have heard some real horror stories and they don’t hold their price either. Alfa maintenance is cheap as chips in comparison and they aren’t cheap!