These cars look nicer to drive than they are – Jalopnik

Some cars are sleepers and hide incredible performance behind pedestrian body work. Others are simple slow-car-fast fun fun, economy hatchbacks such as the Honda Fit of Original Mini who are a lot of fun in a corner through simple coincidences in Packaging. Nowadays, however, we are not here to talk about one of these. We are here to talk about the opposite: the cars that look nice, but those are not.

Earlier this week I asked you all the cars that look nicer to drive than they really are. Today we look through your answers and there are some real surprises here. The i8, certainly, everyone expects a supercar, but the Audi TT? The BMW 3 series? I am not here to judge, but, wow. Tough Crowd. Let us jump to your answers without further delay and see what cars had performance that you have disappointed – cars that you rated on their coverage, just to get away from acid.

The Tesla model S. I know it is low -hanging fruit, but after testing this week a test. Wow, I was so bored. It is ridiculously fast and the technology is great, but compared to the Lucid Air Touring, Polestar 2 performance or even the charger EV, it is not at all fascinating. The acceleration is insane, but it never wanted to take me on a curvey Road or really wanted to push it on it. The car just doesn’t seem to have been set up for driving enthusiasts. The sky and polestar are fantastic to drive, even as an enthusiastic who usually chooses small, light cars. The charger is sloppy but fun in a foolish way. And compared to a real performance car such as a Camaro SS, it is not even close. The Tesla does not communicate with you and it does not feel sporty in any way, excluding acceleration. Great car for Ubers or people who want an A to B, not great for enthusiasts.

Submitted by: North

BMW i8

Supercar styling, supercar doors, supercar price tag, no supercar driving experience.

Not saying that it is a bad car (because that is not the case), but the appearance definitely writes a check that the driving experience cannot cash in.

Submitted by: featherlite

The Honda CRZ must be on this list, I think.

Submitted by: Give me tacos or give me death

My father has a 1981 Corvette with which he refuses to give up. Admittedly, it is a beautiful auto-colored Bordeaux about wine, orange pinstriping and mirrored T-top-in-pack in that beautiful C3 body with less than 50k original miles. Then you drive it and realize that it is not good in something other than cruising in the city and look cool. Everything feels slow and numb, while the whole car becomes a cacophony of squeaking and rattles all around you.

Submitted by: Funky Dynamite

FWD Non-Turbo Mitsubishi 3000gt-based or SL model. I used to have one. Styling was great. It seemed that it went 80 km / h, just parked. I exchanged some parts to add the twin turbo brakes and wheels. Otherwise it was 100% stock. People would always give me positive reactions. When I moved to a new house, several people who walked dogs or neighbors outside would stop and talk to me because they were attracted to the car. Driving was completely different. Even with a manual transmission, it was painfully slow, sloppy shifter, very loudly inside at any speed, and zero consideration of giving up comfort for performance.

The car that is a lot fun to drive, but looks terrible, is the BUG-Eye 02-06 Lexus Es. It is better about the corners than some “sport” cars, is fairly fast for what it is, and so well built that you cannot hear the engine running unless you really go on it. It feels much lighter than it is and simulates an EV experience more than 20 years before EVs became mainstream.

Submitted by: tex

Coming from an after Miata in my early days and later an E46 Cabriolet, I grabbed the chance to spend a long weekend with a 3rd Gen Audi TT Cabriolet (Leninger) while my A4 was for service. On paper it checked all courses: sporty appearance, compact size and a drop-top.

But the reality was disappointing. In sitting it felt like you were sunk in a bathtub with only my head and top of my shoulders that protrude, even with the chair completely adjusted (I am 5’9 “). Top down or not, it was more like you were in a pilbox than an open air roadster. The” convertible experience “, that feeling of openness and connection with the road was just not.

To be honest, it had treated solid strength and well, but the overall atmosphere never delivered what I would expect from a car that looks so playful and sporty. It may fit with the flavors of some drivers, but for me the shortage of the convertible experience I had hoped for.

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In 2017 I bought and M3. I loved that car, but I had to take him for service when I was out of the state and the dealer gave me a 320i as a loan.

It was so bad that I took photos. The steering wheel felt cheap, the Idrive screen had a mile wide, and even the i-Drive button was smaller in a way that was designed to make you realize that you were too poor to pay a real BMW.

Driving was “fine” but the dog felt slowly … As would be expected when I got out of an M3 in an 180 hp four cylinder.

Why someone would sign up for BMW maintenance to live with an Econobox interior is by me.

Submitted by: Leon Grossman

Lamborghini Countach, hard control, heavy clutch, chair against the back, terrible visibility, small pedals, but it looks great.

Submitted by: Towman

The BRZ.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s okay, it’s fine, it’s the work. But it looks about 50% nicer than it actually is. I didn’t like the engine or how the power was supplied in one of the three different models (Toyota and Subaru with different melodevies).

It just let me want more

Submitted by: jaredoflondon

I have to stand up here for my beloved Toyobaru. Admittedly, yes, it is slow from the factory. However, throw it in a corner, or kick the tail out, and I assure you that it is as fun as it seems.

Definitely the Prius. The new styling makes it nice … but it is still a prius.

Submitted by: Sennamp4