Are Cars Getting Uglier?S  Today's reveal of the "polarizing"
look of the new 2009 Acura TL and the minor facelift on the 2009
BMW 3-series got us thinking about design. Specifically, bad
design. Does the TVR Sagaris 2 really stand up to the TVR
designs of yore? After a sudden revolution in design a few years
back we feel like maybe some designers are just adding more
lines to cars they've already created rather than going bold.
Ray's orange Challenger looks pretty sharp, but it's not exactly
a "new" design. We have a theory about this. In between big
automotive design revolutions companies have to come out with
"new" models so they get "new" upgrades, which is some variation
of changing the shape of the fog lights and adding a new crease
somewhere. In this case, there are so many lines on the cars
already that adding more just makes them look stranger. Or maybe
we're taking the narrow view. Maybe cars in general are getting
better and we're just picking out a few. Maybe you think they
are better looking. Be