I totally disagree with you about the looks of the ioniq5. Which goes straight to the heart of the conversation about looks - each person has such unique preferences and opinions about looks. I believe these are molded by all kind of things throughout your life.. including things long forgotten from when you were young. Plus marketing and fashions that you are exposed to on an ongoing basis.
For me, i absolutely love the ioniq 5. So retro and cool and lacking all the ugly gingerbread that car makers for some reason feel they have to design into a car. Convoluted curves and angles and all kind of things that designers do for no functional reason whatsoever. Take lights - my personal opinion about lights is that the best looking car would have no lights at all. The best looking functional car has lights that blend in so nicely you barely notice them. A beautiful sculpture of any kind does not have these weird protrusions sticking out all over the place for no reason. Why do cars have this? Ugly has been shoved down our throats for way too long. One of the missions of toyota seems to be pioneering new and unique types of ugly. They are also actively trying to stop the EV revolution. Talk about looking backward!
I credit Tesla as the biggest driver of beautiful design for other cars. Thank God.. it's about time. Most other makers know now they have to compete with Tesla or end up irrelevant. A big part of Tesla is the clean and simple looks. I can't applaud Tesla enough. Back to the ioniq 5 - when it finally comes out, i could be in danger of making a colossal mistake if it looks as good in person. If i could get the ioniq 5, and my model Y is still in limbo, i might jump at it. I fully acknowledge it would probably be a mistake. But i love SO much how it looks. And a hot hatch concept version of the ioniq 5 has been spied over in Europe. Now THAT's the future!
As for the MINI, the first gen which i have is super cool in my opinion. Every generation since then, has been a slow subtle deterioration into a truly ugly car now. Again, what is this obsession with ugly? I will never understand. Then again, many many people will never understand my thoughts.. that's why cars are so cool. Go to a really big cars and coffee with every type of car imaginable. You will see so many unique and crazy owners. I respect anyone who has a passion for cars. Another win for Tesla - they are creating more "car people" out of people who previously couldn't give two shits about a stupid car. It's amazing.
