I am getting a little tired of posting about Toyotas, Hondas, and some other brands of cars that have too much decoration, a lot of which is poorly executed. So please, folks, when you stop styling them that way, I'll gratefully stop complaining about them.
That said, Akio Toyoda's crusade to make his lines of car less bland-looking yielded yet another overstyled example, the 2018
Toyota C-HR.
The C-HR can be called a sub-compact crossover SUV, though I consider it something of a four-door hatchback style due to its limited cargo zone. Taxonomy aside, it is interesting to discuss, so On To The Photos.
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The C-HR's front end theme is similar to that of 2018 Toyota RAV4s. A bit aggressive-looking, but not overly complex.
I sometime feel nostalgia for separate fenders front and rear. So I wonder what an actual C-HR would look like if (1) that bulged connecting form between the "fenders" wasn't there, (2) the fender shapes had more rounded profiles, and (3) the fenders projected a little less from the car's body -- were flatter.
Side windows are both short and narrow for anyone unlucky enough to be a back-seat passenger. The character line just under the windows is useful, though its tail light assembly extension is not blended well. Abaft of the aft side window is a slight bend in the sheet metal that adds unnecessary complication, being at odds with all the surrounding shapes and details.
Most of the styling fussiness is concentrated at the rear, something seemingly common these days. Without going into detail, I'll simply categorically state that NONE of the rear end details relate to one another. It's a confused mess, so far as I am concerned.
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