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That C8 looks a bit garish to me.  Of course, I thought that the C7 and the last two iterations of the Camaro have looked garish.

The 570-hp Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder doesn't have side scoops at all.  Maybe it has a radiator in the front and takes in air for the engine on top behind the passenger compartment.

A lot of what I find ugly in current auto styling is the front end.  The "faces" no longer look attractive at all.

I'm thinking of Lexuses (Lexi?) with the grills that get wider as they go down, and then don't have any trim element at the bottom.  That look is like a face with its lower jaw shot off.

The Ferrari 458 has a pretty face.  The face of the Corvette C8 has many lines going in several different directions, for no apparent reason.  I do not believe that it is all about airflow.  Think of the face of a Jaguar E-Type, or a '63-67 Corvette.  Much nicer than recent Corvettes, including this C8.

The C8 has a backward-facing air scoop on the hood.  What is that for?  Is it the exhaust for a radiator mounted in the nose, perhaps?

Shelby Mustangs have ugly faces these days, too, with vents, faux vents, deflectors, and splitters arranged unharmoniously, almost if looking ugly is the goal rather than an unintended consequence.

Going back aways, the Ferrari 308 GTS, as driven by Tom Selleck's character in Magnum, P.I., was a very nice-looking car.

Audi has some of the same ugly-grill look about it, although the rest of this car is generally harmonious.



Google "car with ugly grill" and you get pictures like this one.

Here's one of the Lexi to which I referred, although this one does have a slight trim element below the grill.

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If that ain't a butt-ugly front end, then I don't know butt-ugly.

And the rest of it doesn't look much better.

I find that this is called the "spindle grill," and that Lexus has made the decision to alienate older buyers with taste in favor of luring in younger buyers who have none.

My wife and I like the grill on our 2017 RX350. The whole design is very angular, but I find it to be quite cohesive and looks great.

I agree on the Lexi being ugly. They really messed up.

And yeah, Harbaugh is an assbag.