The Peugeot RCZ

[Delmaster]

tone down the grille a little please peugot... it can be smaller you know. don't do an audi.

It's the whole face which is huge. Grill too big, lights too big, nose too big...
Once known for quite appealing coupés Peugeot lost it with the 407, which is suffering from the same disease. They should have left the job for pininfarina.

[fisetdavid26]

I hate you?

Win!.

[f6fhellcat13]

Something is missing. I can't put my finger on it. It's just that... oh, wait there's no zero.

Yes but then it would be called "Peugeot R0CZ" and this is a very false statement and they might get sued.

[Cobrafan427]

I actually like it although i think it resembles the Mitsubishi Eclipse a tad too much

[cargirl1990]

ze French Audi TT, no?

[switters78]

Its as happy as a Mazda 3!

Seriously though, when did they reach an agreement that cars need to have happy faces?

Better than the ever-popular angry snarls...and I'm glad somebody else noticed that Mazda is ripping off Peugeot!

[cargirl1990]

i like angry looking cars. theres nothing wrong with being happy of course, it just that...happy people are hiding something.

[Matra et Alpine]

We can all "thank" the NCAP pedestrian safety tests for the new shapes.
The long noses, curved shapes, set back lights etc all are there to manage the pedestrian hit by the car to limit their injuries.
We just have to get used to it

[switters78]

i like angry looking cars. theres nothing wrong with being happy of course, it just that...happy people are hiding something.

I think there's a place for angry cars. It makes sense for a 600+ horsepower Lamborghini to look aggressive because it'll eat you for breakfast, but when a Corolla starts to look angry and aggressive that seems silly and unnecessary...

[cargirl1990]

I think there's a place for angry cars. It makes sense for a 600+ horsepower Lamborghini to look aggressive because it'll eat you for breakfast, but when a Corolla starts to look angry and aggressive that seems silly and unnecessary...

how 'bout the Lancer. it looks like it wants a piece of you.

[switters78]

how 'bout the Lancer. it looks like it wants a piece of you.

Yeah, that thing looks pretty nasty...like a grizzly bear with a hangover!

[Delmaster]

We can all "thank" the NCAP pedestrian safety tests for the new shapes.
The long noses, curved shapes, set back lights etc all are there to manage the pedestrian hit by the car to limit their injuries.
We just have to get used to it

Are overdimensioned set back lights really caused by the NCAP?
Long noses and high frontends seem logical though.
Car makers like audi have a quite traditional design in lights.

[Dino Scuderia]

Japan has been dealing with the issue of car/pedestrian impact for a long time but they don't seem to have gravitated to the curved body on a large scale.

[clutch-monkey]

yeah, but stuff like the new accord is not exactly a looker either.

[switters78]

I like curvier bodies...