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Hyundai’s ix-Metro concept scuttles out from behind a rock and ends up on Autoexpress.
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I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again; It looks like the lovechild of a Chevy Spark and and Acura MDX. The wheels look nice, but that’s about it for me.
It is distressing to have a 60s flashback 40 years later.
It’s like looking at a grasshopper after hitting a microdot of acid or something. Combine the asian obsession with designing “organic” insectoid cars with pedestrian-friendly hood height regs and compact size….and this is what you get.
The Jimmy Durante of cars. Finally something for Aztek designers to mercilessly mock.
To think that I used to complain that the first Taurus ushered in the age of jellybean design, marking the end of vertical sheetmetal, upright grilles and ample visibility. It must be true that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.
Just more conceptual nonsense that will never even see sheet metal, much less a factory floor.
One should master crayons before attempting the digital arts….
It looks like something the Chigs from Space: Above and Beyond might drive.
Mmm, pedestrians are yummy…
Maybe the Fiat Multipla got (some of) the headlights positioned correctly under the windshield all along? Could it be the future? Keeps them high for good visibility and out of harm’s way? Comment, Daniel Stern?
superbadd75 :
September 8th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again; It looks like the lovechild of a Chevy Spark and and Acura MDX. The wheels look nice, but that’s about it for me.
And the huge wheels are always the first to go in the transition from concept to production… sadly… though why you would want 20 inchers on a city car is beyond me.
Color me weird… I actually like it. Damn my Asian ancestry!
Nice South Park reference!
“Damn my Asian ancestry!”
Dude, there’s nothing wrong with being Asian. Seriously. It is the variety of the world that makes it interesting.
Quite the strange little car there. Let’s see if it will scuttle over to some sales. Reminds me a little of certain Mazda designs.
The ideal rock scuttle reference is that it scuttled out from under a rock.
The young designers of today are totally without a clue of what design is suppose to be about.
Raymond Lowery needs to be resurrected to come back and kick butt.
1/Camry for sure.
That car doesn’t have a straight line on it, does it? This translates to “expensive to manufacture”.
For better or for worse, the curvy bodywork is distinctly Korean. Not sure it works in such stubby proportions however… kinda reminds me of a Santa Fe balloon that hasn’t been blown up yet.
Based on looks, I’d rather have a tin-beak Acura or clown-face Mazda! Thankfully ClutchCarGo is probably right, and this picture will never be more than that.