[TheHelix0202]

Now, design is a subjective thing but I ask you this question- why’s the rest of the world being forced to accept certain designs that are targeted at the Chinese audience at large? I’m looking at you too, BMW. And no, don’t come up with the “Chinese buyers make up xx percentage of that specific car’s sales” or “It’s not viable to have multiple design languages throughout the word”. It’s just kinda unfair, isn’t it? I mean, then what’s the purpose of globalising a single car then? We’re just being forced to get used to something over a period of time or get a different car (which I’m sure not many of us would like to do). Take the first gen Creta (pre-facelift ) for example, a really balanced and handsome design that offends none and pleases most. It worked throughout most of the world, didn’t it? I’m not against a radical design change though, just the logic behind this above mentioned behaviour.

[ValarMorghulis]

Originally Posted by TheHelix0202

...why’s the rest of the world being forced to accept certain designs that are targeted at the Chinese audience at large?...

Well to be candid, no OEM is forcing the customers in to anything. The customers handsomely vote with their cash and if they don't like the design, Hyundai will be the first to change.

[TheHelix0202]

Originally Posted by ValarMorghulis

Well to be candid, no OEM is forcing the customers in to anything. The customers handsomely vote with their cash and if they don't like the design, Hyundai will be the first to change.

How many examples of such changes can we see? Even the Verna Transform stuck around for 2 full years before the fluidic Verna came into the picture- and that was to be launched anyway, not Hyundai changing it just because the former was a flop. And then there’s the BMW 7 Series with that ugly grille. In fact, AutoX interviewed the Head of BMW India or someone, about the same and all he said was that he personally liked it (lol) and that people just “need” to deal with it (he worked for RE first and probably the only reason he’d even make such a statement is because he’s heading the company now that gave him his own personal 7 Series, which just goes to show). When there’s almost every other manufacturer out there that provides a stable design output, why does Hyundai (being the case in point) have to come up with such terrible ideas? They had to go and ruin the perfectly fine Fluidic v1 design philosophy. Examples abound; the current gen Verna and Venue to some extent, Elantra (oh boy), 2020 Creta etc.