It can be a controversial item, but then cars are rarely universally put on a podium for it’s looks.
Usually when you cater to broad audiences designs are trending towards the boring/vanilla side.
The cars that really stick out design wise have always been at least somewhat controversial.
Even today still with all these decades of car design exprience. Take for example BMW’s new (massive) grille.
It can be a controversial item, but then cars are rarely universally put on a podium for it’s looks. Usually when you cater to broad audiences designs are trending towards the boring/vanilla side.
The cars that really stick out design wise have always been at least somewhat controversial. Even today still with all these decades of car design exprience. Take for example BMW’s new (massive) grille.