These Are The Car Designs Our Readers Once Hated But Now Love - Jalopnik

Lexus SC 430 has long been a flashpoint for design criticism, and the article looks at how opinions can shift over time among readers. It says Lexus replaced the first-generation SC with a harder-to-love SC 430 hardtop convertible and initially offered it only with an automatic transmission, which hurt its reputation. The piece also points to a reputational blow after Top Gear called the car ugly, noting that Car and Driver had earlier described the SC 430 as a “terrific-looking” vehicle and MotorTrend called the design dramatic but not entirely new. The article links the shift in sentiment to a discussion started on Thursday by the author’s coworker Logan, who asked readers what car design they once disliked but later came to like.