[Misc] The demise of Rolls Royce as a style icon

Icy Gull

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Feck me I have just seen pictures of the new Rolls Royce Cullinan. What a pig ugly lump of shite. I don’t care how fast it goes or how luxurious it is I am just astounded that a car maker that used to have so much style can turn out something like this. I guess Brits have very little influence over the German owners these days. The decline in style has been gradual over the years but this is the now the pits imo

 

pasty

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• Dec 25, 2019

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Looks like a Range Rover on steroids

 

zefarelly

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RR haven't done anything vaguely stylish since the mid 60's.

 

Icy Gull

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pasty said:

Looks like a Range Rover on steroids

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Take away the grille and it could be any one of many Chelsea Tractors

 

zefarelly

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pasty said:

Looks like a Range Rover on steroids

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There's no need to be polite just because it's 25th December, It's fugly!

 

Motogull

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Join the club [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION].

4 door 911s and Ferraris and SUVs from sports car makers. No!

 

Icy Gull

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Motogull said:

Join the club [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION].

4 door 911s and Ferraris and SUVs from sports car makers. No!

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Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

 

Motogull

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Icy Gull said:

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

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The soulless fukkers. I hate where its all going.

 

zefarelly

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Motogull said:

Join the club [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION].

4 door 911s and Ferraris and SUVs from sports car makers. No!

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Our neighbour has a Porsche 4x4 AND it's got a turbo tractor engine. WTF! He should be shot for having appalling taste and Porsche should be heavily fined formaking/selling farm machinery. Leave it to Lamborghini!

 

zefarelly

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Icy Gull said:

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

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This is very sad, I've been hoping they'd make a Giulia wagon or 'sports break' type thing. That mini truck thing is disgusting. A mate arrived in the Quattro-formagio Gilliam yesterday. What a car!

 

AmexRuislip

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Icy Gull said:

Alfa have now put all future models except Stelvio style SUVs on hold as well. As an Alfa fanatic this is sad news

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Cannot see Parker and Lady Penelope setting foot in this lump of metal

 

Blue3

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I totally agree but it's not just Rolls Royce, Jaguar are making some awful looking cars they do one that looks like a nissan qashqui and another looks like a Toyota

 

Live by the sea

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Bentley have largely filled that gap. Convertible and 4 x 4 models are lush.

 

Worried Man Blues

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Tremendous............. money does not equal class or style..

 

lawros left foot

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https://images.app.goo.gl/t4mHWuUrZV4APKxn7

This for me was the end of civilisation.
An Aston Martin SUV.

How did we get to this

 

zefarelly

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A jacked up mondeo estate?

Modern cars are utter gash on the whole, style wise.

I'd take this instead any day of the week.

 

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Top six footballer’s hairdresser’s car.


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tempted by a 2/3 year old Maserati Ghibli for about £23K. Last chance to get something before we're all forced to buy electric or driverless cars. Anyone got one ?

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zefarelly

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I've been tempted by masers too, have a friend with one, and another friend (Italian) who has a fleet of vintage ones . . . .he drives a Merc as a daily driver!

 

Icy Gull

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zefarelly said:

I've been tempted by masers too, have a friend with one, and another friend (Italian) who has a fleet of vintage ones . . . .he drives a Merc as a daily driver!

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I have lusted after a Maserati for years and some are “relatively” cheap now. I go into a cold sweat thinking about potential maintenance costs though. I have heard some real horror stories and they don’t hold their price either. Alfa maintenance is cheap as chips in comparison and they aren’t cheap!