Bad Car Design

July 13th, 2011 No comments

Revealed: the UK’s ‘Nightmare Car’

If Dr Frankenstein built a car, it would surely look something like this – meet the Monster Mk1.
The Warranty Direct-inspired horror vehicle would break down every other month and cost an average of £2,050 to fix each year.

The combination of 'the worst cars'

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2011 Caterham SP/300.R Lola – Aesthetically architectual

February 16th, 2011 No comments

Does this seem a bit blocky and square? For sure this is not fast!

Most, if not all of the cars that I’ve taken a look at with you guys have been consumer production cars that would have been designed with a higher degree of form over function. When presented with the press release of the Caterham Lola, I initially put this in the ‘too hard’ basket as I don’t actually know how to evaluate the aesthetic success of this type of car, one that is driven by function over form.

Adrian Newey designed Red Bull racer for a Formula 1 car with no technical restrictions

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