Both France and Japan are countries whose cultures prize beauty, elegance, and style.
So how can a Japanese automobile manufacturer (Nissan), whose Chief Executive Officer (Carlos Ghosn) is a Frenchman, manage to create such strikingly ugly cars? The Nissan Murano, Quest and Pathfinder are all regrettable examples.
While Nissan arguably produces more ugly models than any other company, the competition is close behind.
If I were Dictator of the World, there would be a very substantial ugly car tax.
Enough said!
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- Hugh Elliot
- Mr. Elliot is a founding partner of Collingwood Partners, LLC. He has been an independent management, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and business consultant since 1979. His clients have included government contractors, manufacturing, service, research and development, financial, professional, and banks. He specializes in assisting small and rapidly growing companies with strategic planning, financial management and the management of growth both organically and by acquisition. Mr. Elliot was born and educated in the United Kingdom. He immigrated to the United States in 1968 becoming a naturalized citizen in 1991. He graduated from the University of Cambridge (England) with a BA (Hons) in Agricultural Science and an MA in Agricultural Economics. In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Elliot serves as an International Judge for the sport of sailboat racing.
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In Chassis Engineering we had a saying: "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the chassis."
On an related thought, I always thought that the Honda Element should have been called the "Honda Aztek."
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