Who else wants the ugly cars to go?

Question

I know that car design is all about the performance, but who else is looking forward to next years regulations, so that all the dumbo ears and shark fins are banned. Ferrari are spoiling the look with their new fin for hungary, McLaren have been trying some dumbo ears on what was a beautiful car.

What is your favourite looking F1 car

Answer 1

Yes, the little winglets have ruined the looks of the BMW and Honda, roll on next year.

Favourite 2008 car is the Ferrari.

Favourite ever is either the 1958 Vanwall

1991 Jordan or

1963 Lotus 25, depending what mood I'm in.

Answer 2

Mclaren MP-4/21(ithink) the McLaren of season 2005 was d**n s**y(isnt it looking like am talking abt a girl)....lol..........but really d 2005 car was good........i think McLaren always stood first in beauty contest.....at least from 1999-till today.....mclarens are the most beautiful cars in the grid......BMW saubers tht wing structure on the nose of the car aint ugly either....though the vertical wings(of 2006) were d**n ugly......shark fins too are d**n ugly.....i think the nose of the Mclaren this year is a bit ugly esp the front wing...which hides the mercedes-benz logo.....and ferraris have the best front wing(or nose) this year....and i dont like the wheel caps either.....BMW-saubers fully white(a bit of blue) livery is also a bit unattractive and boring....

Answer 3

Yeah....I bet that were people saying when they made the first modifications on the first trabuc shaped F1 cars two.

Answer 4

BAN those stupid wheel cap covers

I used to like the Jordon cars  

Answer 5

I've always said that teams should be fined for every race they use those ugly engine covers and the front v****a on their cars.

Answer 6

Yes, please. I hope the new regulations next year will result in a cleaner look. They should ban raised noses too, those just look hideous.

My all-time favourite car is the Ferrari 156: http://www.f1technical.net/f1db/cars/ima...

Answer 7

The McLaren Honda MP4/4 pure perfection!

Answer 8

my favorite car has to be the ferrari f1 2002. Slick and fast, no bull... Drivers champion and constructor champion. Michael scored 144 and finish every race on the podium. witch by the way i have seen it in person.

other favorites: Rothsman Williams Renult FW 18 V10( the sound of magic). Renult f1 R26 and lotus 79t (the ground effect pioneer) and other lotus, like the 98t. they where fast and gorgeous. and i cant leave out the mcLaren f1s, not a big fan of them but you have to admit those guys know how to build a gorgeous cars to the last detail, like no other team, and they are fast always, even when they break. (just ask kimi ; )

Answer 9

cadillac escalade

Answer 10

Yeah... some of the designs are supposed to help with aero or whatever but it really ruins the loook of the car. But nobody really minds if it's ugly if it makes the car faster. Still, I think there should be some limits. So I say get rid of the dumbos and shark fins. So of those fins are really monstrous and can be seen from a million miles away...

fave car?... I am not very sure of this but it's not any car with Dumbo ears

Answer 11

My favorite one used to be the John Player Special.  That black and gold.

Answer 12

My favorite looking F1 car is one on slicks.

I would choose any of the silly looking cars of today over the 91 Jordan, my favorite ever, if only they swapped tires.

I have old videotapes from F1 races as early as 1988 and it's nice to remind myself every now and then how nice cars looked on slicks (plus they were fatter back then) and the wider rears.

When they narrowed the rear of the cars they lost lots of visual appeal.

Answer 13

I like the look of these additions to the cars. It gives them individual character. I like the McLaren at the moment, but then I would as a McLaren fan!

Answer 14

Well, you know... many of these guys have never seen an F1 car in person, and don't even think about the newer ones...

Go get a pitlane/paddock pass to see those cars from close-up... the details are astonishing and sometimes you just question why that thing with that ugly shape is doing on that particular part of the car... trust me, those aerodynamic shapes you see in the pictures are so tiny that make you think they destroy the look of the cars. In person, that tiny part is as big as your arm with a deep contours and flawless shapes. You'll change your mind after that. I mean, after all, you don't want the cars to be as dangerously aerodynamic like NASCARs, right? =)

Oh, and my all time favourite: BMW Sauber of course. The side wings are amazingly mean-looking parts!

Answer 15

at least they go fast

Answer 16

yeah the cars just seem to become uglier and uglier i mean like you've sed theres McLaren and ferrari, Honda have just made theirs worse than it allready was and soon the others to follow. my fav looking f1 car has to be the red bull

Answer 17

i disagree completely, i find the organic lines of the modern cars to be the best ever made, the rounded and fluid designs that look more like they are grown by nature rather than built, i will pick it every day over the flat planes and square edges on any car of yester year,

BUT!!!! barge boards and wing lets are hideous, you can try and give it a gimmick names like "shark fin" "elephant tusk" or"viking horns" but it still reminds be of a gorgeous woman with a big Harry birth mark on her face

fav car? the 05/06 renault