In my opinion what makes the X6 look so bad is that it can't decide what image it wants to project. The front end tries to look rugged, the rear end tries to look sleek and the result is a mess. The Model X doesn't appear to have that problem. It doesn't try to look anything but sleek.
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In my opinion what makes the X6 look so bad is that it can't decide what image it wants to project. The front end tries to look rugged, the rear end tries to look sleek and the result is a mess. The Model X doesn't appear to have that problem. It doesn't try to look anything but sleek.
CHG-ON
Still in love after all these miles
I was really kidding, though our selfish ways do bother me. As a country, we take more than our fair share of just about everything and essentially look at it as a right.
Grant Gerke
Member
Hi @LSULSU,
I'm writing a post for Teslarati and would like to include some comments from this topic thread. Any thoughts?
Great topic and my vote is X6 and, in person, it's a stunning vehicle. The Model X is a risk but could have a nice niche with the female demo.
I'm writing a post for Teslarati and would like to include some comments from this topic thread. Any thoughts?
Great topic and my vote is X6 and, in person, it's a stunning vehicle. The Model X is a risk but could have a nice niche with the female demo.
EternalChampion
Member
My wife's BMW 5 series GT is absolutely in the evolutionary tree as far as appearance. It will grudgingly be replaced when the model X build # 11819 rolls off the assembly line.
The (maybe) Maserati Levante; a little in front, not so much in back
Maserati Levante Exterior Design Revealed in Patent Drawings
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AustinPowers
Total Smeghead
+1
I mean to be honest I don't really like SUVs to begin with, but the X6 to me is like one of the ugliest by far (ok, forgot about the 5 series GT because there are so few around, thank god, as that is just as hideous). And that statement comes from a long time BMW driver and Bavarian too. ;-)
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Here is Tesla's real inspiration for the final version, though:
Wow, I have never seen this vehicle before. I thought it was impossible to design an uglier car than the Nissan Cube, but clearly Fiat (? if I read that logo correctly) has somehow managed :O
MrBoylan
Member
Not sure about dimensions, but every time I see a Honda Crosstour, I think of a Model X mule, particularly from behind.
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
I can see some resemblance in the side window outlines and a little bit of the rear quarter panels. I think the Model X closest current vehicle is the Tesla Model S!
goneskiian
Active Member
+1 artsci. I don't see it at all.
+1 also to the X6 and 5 GT's from BMW being ugly beyond belief. I much prefer a proper wagon profile. Not so much the overly boxy X5 though.
Frankly it's quite sad that there are so very few proper sports wagons made any longer. Got to hand it to the American public for preferring their wagons jacked up and more "rugged" for all that off roading they never do. I really should have been born in Europe as they definitely know how to do wagons!
+1 also to the X6 and 5 GT's from BMW being ugly beyond belief. I much prefer a proper wagon profile. Not so much the overly boxy X5 though.
Frankly it's quite sad that there are so very few proper sports wagons made any longer. Got to hand it to the American public for preferring their wagons jacked up and more "rugged" for all that off roading they never do. I really should have been born in Europe as they definitely know how to do wagons!
wallet.dat
Member
I'm not really a big fan of SUVs to begin with, and cross-overs even less so. However, I think the forthcoming Infiniti QX30 looks pretty good. Now granted, the QX30 might look a bit over the top, but the X's styling is a bit, well... Frigidaire.
