Cars
Thus far, two cars that hadn't yet been displayed on these pages have garnered "good" ratings at the Paris auto show. Audi's A1 Sportback and the Renault Megane Coupe are intriguing, handsome, and properly evolved transportation. (Click to read about the ugly and the weird, too.)
- 2010 Lexus Is Coupe-convertible Priced From $38,490
The first-ever convertible version of the IS will be arriving at Lexus dealerships across the U.S. in late May with two available powertrains, a 2.5-liter V6 with 204HP mated to six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission for the IS250C, and...
- 2009 Peugeot 3008 Crossover Scooped Completely Undisguised
When we first saw Peugeot's Prologue concept car at the Paris Auto Show in October we knew that the compact crossover was practically production ready. Apparently it was so good to go that Peugeot doesn't even care about covering the actual production...
- Peugeot Plans To Build Prologue Concept Crossover In Russia Too
At the Paris Motor Show Peugeot took the wraps off the Prologue Concept which is in effect a pre-production version of the 3008, a compact crossover expected in late 2009 that combines elements from SUV and MPV (minivan) vehicles. While it is common sense...
- Lexus Is Convertible's Worst Angles
Way back in October, The Good Car Guy pasted Lexus with criticism "simply because Lexus should know better". When Lexus goes off offending GoodCarBadCar.net with an ugly convertible, it ends up in The Bad 8 and Lexus smartly decides to soon remove it...
- The Ugly... From The 2008 Paris Auto Show
The good and the bad have already been declared. We're only discussing previously un-seen-at-GCBC cars from the Paris auto show currently underway. Audi and Renault snuck cars into the good, Lexus and Peugeot forced cars into the bad. Nissan and Renault...
Cars
THE BAD... FROM THE 2008 PARIS AUTO SHOW
Thus far, two cars that hadn't yet been displayed on these pages have garnered "good" ratings at the Paris auto show. Audi's A1 Sportback and the Renault Megane Coupe are intriguing, handsome, and properly evolved transportation. (Click to read about the ugly and the weird, too.)Now, for the bad. Although suitable for the ugly category that's yet to come, Lexus' IS250C fits in this space simply because Lexus should know better. Already, Toyota's luxury brand has cancelled continuing production of the SC430 that The Good Car Guy placed in The Bad 8. A second convertible appears, this time of the hardtop variety, and it sucks. The current Lexus IS appears to be a sound starting point. But perhaps its lines don't favour the removal of doors and the fitment of a large and heavy roof. In fact, the IS hardtop-convertible looks downright Chrysler Sebringesque from some angles.
Good gone ugly equals bad. The Lexus IS250C is bad, indeed.
Joining the Lexus is the Peugeot Prologue. There's more to its label, but you don't need to care. Worse than its grille is its description: a new kind of crossover. Will there ever be the same kind of crossover, the kind that one manufacturer releases; indentical in concept to its very direct competitor? The Lexus RX300 and Toyota RAV4 were new kinds of crossovers. We didn't even call them crossovers back in the 90s. Now Peugeot is saying the Prologue HYmotion4 is "a new type of cross-over" and that Peugeot is "anticipating future trends"Â
Shut-up. Please. The Prologue may turn out all right; just don't believe Peugeot's hype.
- 2010 Lexus Is Coupe-convertible Priced From $38,490
The first-ever convertible version of the IS will be arriving at Lexus dealerships across the U.S. in late May with two available powertrains, a 2.5-liter V6 with 204HP mated to six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission for the IS250C, and...
- 2009 Peugeot 3008 Crossover Scooped Completely Undisguised
When we first saw Peugeot's Prologue concept car at the Paris Auto Show in October we knew that the compact crossover was practically production ready. Apparently it was so good to go that Peugeot doesn't even care about covering the actual production...
- Peugeot Plans To Build Prologue Concept Crossover In Russia Too
At the Paris Motor Show Peugeot took the wraps off the Prologue Concept which is in effect a pre-production version of the 3008, a compact crossover expected in late 2009 that combines elements from SUV and MPV (minivan) vehicles. While it is common sense...
- Lexus Is Convertible's Worst Angles
Way back in October, The Good Car Guy pasted Lexus with criticism "simply because Lexus should know better". When Lexus goes off offending GoodCarBadCar.net with an ugly convertible, it ends up in The Bad 8 and Lexus smartly decides to soon remove it...
- The Ugly... From The 2008 Paris Auto Show
The good and the bad have already been declared. We're only discussing previously un-seen-at-GCBC cars from the Paris auto show currently underway. Audi and Renault snuck cars into the good, Lexus and Peugeot forced cars into the bad. Nissan and Renault...