Fugly steering wheels

[grogee]

Weirdly, I think both of these came straight outta Whitley (Coventry). 

The 1307/Alpine looks worse from a slight angle where you can see the slabby offset bit in the centre. 

Arguably the MkIII steering wheel is even worse than XJ40, but both a massive letdown inside a luxury car. 

Anyway these are just starters for ten, weigh in with your hated hoops. 

[wesacosa]

[IronStar]

Early ph1 Saxo

Pre-facelift Zastava/Yugo Florida/Sana

Zastava 128, but probably also Fiat one or the other

[Bren]

Gopping.

[willswitchengage]

If mid 90s early airbag porn is your thing, there is plenty of material to spaff over here:

 

[Asimo]

Anything modern with buttons on it can fuck off.

[Missy Charm]

I don't know what some of you lot have got against eighties steering wheels.  They were, at least, round and thin rimmed.  

One has to look to the present day for a truly ugly steering wheel:

A Lamborghini, no less!

Here's one from a Ferrari.  It's worse.  

And this monstrosity positions the Dubai desert-smasher.  

[grogee]

  On 13/08/2024 at 19:21, Missy Charm said:

I don't know what some of you lot have got against eighties steering wheels.  They were, at least, round and thin rimmed.  

One has to look to the present day for a truly ugly steering wheel:

A Lamborghini, no less!

Here's one from a Ferrari.  It's worse.  

And this monstrosity positions the Dubai desert-smasher.  

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Yeah they're pretty bad. The flat bottomed Peugeot wheels can FRO too

[grogee]

I'm not against the wheel per se but I cannot get my head around how they got the wheel to turn more than 360° and yet keep the centre part fixed. 

Witchcraft 

[FakeConcern]

  On 13/08/2024 at 19:42, grogee said:

I'm not against the wheel per se but I cannot get my head around how they got the wheel to turn more than 360° and yet keep the centre part fixed. 

Witchcraft 

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That's not fugly, thats genius!

 

[grogee]

  On 13/08/2024 at 19:47, FakeConcern said:

That's not fugly, thats genius!

 

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I don't understand it. Therefore I FEAR it. <plans riots against fixed hub steering wheels>

[DavieW]

  On 13/08/2024 at 19:21, Missy Charm said:

I don't know what some of you lot have got against eighties steering wheels.  They were, at least, round and thin rimmed.  

One has to look to the present day for a truly ugly steering wheel:

A Lamborghini, no less!

Here's one from a Ferrari.  It's worse.  

And this monstrosity positions the Dubai desert-smasher.  

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The rest of the interiors aren't any better - f-ing fugly.

[Soundwave]

Not so much 'fugly' as 'didn't think it through'... Mk7 Fiesta Roland Rat edition.

[Spiny Norman]

Imagine paying the £100k or however much these were in the early 90s to get this monstrosity of a Ford wheel, complete with Aston Martin badge in the oval bit the Ford one was once on.
 

[Asimo]

Off topic-ish but hard to resist bumping these

 

[stuboy]

  On 13/08/2024 at 17:40, IronStar said:

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i had this wheel in my 1982 fiat 128 cl found it horrendous, so in the scrapyard i found an zastava..and bought its wheel..

 

[hairnet]

  On 13/08/2024 at 19:42, grogee said:

I'm not against the wheel per se but I cannot get my head around how they got the wheel to turn more than 360° and yet keep the centre part fixed. 

Witchcraft 

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poke yer eyes out now and FRO

bad man ya

someone tell me about the central button one up there - xm? am only used to xantias

fugly?

any wheel with alcantara on it 

or wood (sorry)

[hairnet]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:03, Soundwave said:

Not so much 'fugly' as 'didn't think it through'... Mk7 Fiesta Roland Rat edition.

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theyre ok due to lack of buttons (fuck sake you only need radio and cruise up and down)

everything else FRO

[D.E]

The stupid tiny and unround wheels in modern Peugeots.

 

[wesacosa]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:18, hairnet said:

poke yer eyes out now and FRO

bad man ya

someone tell me about the central button one up there - xm? am only used to xantias

fugly?

any wheel with alcantara on it 

or wood (sorry)

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Mk1.5 XM, they switched from the lovely single spoke on the mk1 to that thing before going for the 4 spoke airbag one in mk2

[hairnet]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:23, D.E said:

The stupid tiny and unround wheels in modern Peugeots.

 

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thats not just the wheel tho

[Wibble]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:23, D.E said:

The stupid tiny and unround wheels in modern Peugeots.

 

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But apparently this was bad?:

[chaseracer]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:24, wesacosa said:

...the lovely single spoke on the mk1...

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The only thing I have left of my first XM.

[grogee]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:10, Asimo said:

Off topic-ish but hard to resist bumping these

 

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That was an interesting video, thanks for posting. I've watched a few of his vids and they're nicely made. And an interesting insight into a superheated motor industry that was ravenous for 'features' to make products stand out. 

Compare to our 60s/70s stodge which was third-world in comparison! 

[Timewaster]

My Skodiaq has one of these strange wheels with a missing spoke.

Bizzare.

[grogee]

  On 13/08/2024 at 17:40, IronStar said:

Early ph1 Saxo

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The Saxo one reminds me of this Mk1 Megane effort. Grim. 

[stuboy]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:23, D.E said:

The stupid tiny and unround wheels in modern Peugeots.

 

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i found them uncomfortable to use..

[hairnet]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:32, Timewaster said:

My Skodiaq has one of these strange wheels with a missing spoke.

Bizzare.

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rented one of them in ireland - didnt mind it apart from the silver bit

[Soundwave]

1970s VW Beetle steering wheel... my own Beetle has one of these, it's just a big ol' slab of creaky plastic, dreary to look at and doesn't feel great in the hands.






The 60s wheels were far classier:




Sure the 70s wheel is probably "safer", but it's a Beetle. Doesn't matter what steering wheel you've got, your knees are the crumple zone. In a crash situation you'll have bled out from your two severed femoral arteries before you have time to worry about what the steering wheel has done to your chest.

[IronStar]

  On 13/08/2024 at 20:12, stuboy said:

i had this wheel in my 1982 fiat 128 cl found it horrendous, so in the scrapyard i found an zastava..and bought its wheel..

 

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Those came before and after those monstrosities. There was also one for nice/fast ones:

Same as 128 coupe I think?