60年来10大最丑轿车
1958版别克Limited
别克Limited 说起别克Limited的缺点,有一位批评人士总结道:“造型雷人,油耗高,体积庞大,开起来感觉像开船。它是50年代末最好也是最差的美国车,再也没有哪款车型比它更大、更炫了。” 别克匆匆将这款轿车推向市场,试图扭转销售颓势。与其说这款车型是设计的产物,不如说它是装饰的产物。它的散热格栅由160块正方形电镀件组成。其中每块电镀件又有四个三角形凹面,用来反射光线。与车体同色的侧面嵌板上镶嵌了好几道倾斜的斑马纹,不知用意何在。尾灯被厚重的电镀层包裹着,前保险杠上还有两个炮弹形的突出物,人们称这种保险杠为“达格玛”(Dagmar)保险杠,以此向一位名叫达格玛、胸部伟岸的电视女星致敬。 然而,Limited这款轿车并未阻止别克的销量下滑,这款车型第二年就停产了。 |
Buick Limited When asked to describe the minuses of the Buick Limited, one critic summarized it thusly: "Dreadful styling, high thirst, gargantuan size, and barge-like handling: There's no bigger or flashier example of the best and worst in late-50s American cars." Rushed to market to halt slumping Buick sales, the Limited was decorated rather than designed. Its grille was composed of 160 chrome squares, each styled with four triangular concave surfaces to reflect the light. The body-colored side insert panels featured slanted hash marks for no apparent reason. Heavy chrome surrounded the taillights, and the bumpers featured a pair of "Dagmars," so-named in honor of a busty female TV personality. The Limited failed to arrest Buick's sales slide, and the model was gone the following year. |