I think the multipla was right in lots of ways. Stuck two fingers up to the world and said “I’m ugly but I’m practical. Get over it.”
Spot on.
If they weren’t so wide I’d have had one ages ago (not really practical for the narrow country lanes round here).
The ‘challenging’ looks were a masterstroke – shame they dumbed the later versions down.
I love the Doblo too – each one has three separate designs of side window:
Someone has really thought about making it as ugly and uncoordinated as possible, and it works perfectly.
I think they look great – ugly, but great.
Whereas with the M***a, some asshat has just rounded the edges off a Juke during their lunch hour, named it after his regular coffee order and submitted the results when he got back to the office.
Lazy, arrogant thinking & cowardly design.
Practicality? Noooo.
Originality, Oh nooooo, we don’t need any of that.
Let’s call it something ‘modern’ and put a bloke the target audience will either fancy or admire in the advert and we’ll sign the whole thing off.