I cannot work out American car design; it has always produced distinctive cars but you have to be blind to the absolute stinkers that get produced along with the classics. There are some cars that just do not look right. The American Ford Focus is such a car.
These are starting to appear on American roads. It is an incredibly ugly car that does not sit well on the road and does not look pleasing to the eye at all. There is a lot of competition in this area with cars that looks much better, the Scion being a good example. It is a sleek, tough looking little car with a good, almost senatorial, stance.
This is the same company that caused a competitors to create a run of retro cars with its Mustang; Chrysler and Chevrolet are yet to catch up with their retro muscle cars; but somehow the ugly Ford Focus appears on the US market.
To make it even more baffling, the European Ford Focus is a very attractive car.
I just don't understand how these things get on the road when they are so obviously offensively styled. I guess someone loves them. A few people do buy them after all.
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