The old car I enjoyed the most in my early 20's was a "hunter green" color 1964 Volvo 122. Nothing fancy about it, nor very safe by today standards, but extremely reliably. The deep-green paint color was super shiny. I drove it for several years in the early '70's, and donated it to a friend of mine when leaving the "Big Apple" with the US military. Manual transmission, easy-engaging clutch, and nearly indestructible like the Toyota Helix.
I agree with you about the looks of cars of today, some look ok, but the best-looking ones aren't affordable to a lot of people. Maybe it is only "me," but the Cybertruck is the ugliest thing I can think of.
I saw maybe two or three 2023 automobiles that look quite nice (Lexus, Jaguar, Corvette, and RAM 1500 truck, come to mind, but a few are quite ugly too:
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