Of the many factors mentioned for the decline, we should also consider the fact that there are few cars out there that are not fugly.
Really.
A game I have played for years when going through a parking lot is to ask which cars there would I want to be seen in back in the golden years of Detroit. Yup, we all know the answer.
Yes, the new ones are certainly much improved. But they have the visual appeal of Hillary Clinton.
In my opinion, the ugliest car of all time is the 1959 Chevrolet.