Fugly steering wheels

[D.E]

15 minutes ago, stuboy said:

i found them uncomfortable to use..

Yeah I don't like them either (my Dad drives a 2023 Partner). As long as steering wheels make full rotations I prefer them to be round.

[willswitchengage]

How have we not had this yet 

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

*Pedant Mode*

Because that is a yoke, not a steering wheel.

*Pedant Mode*

But yes, it’s horrendous.

[HMC]

Rover 800. In original form ive no complaints. Add airbags and the cool dash shelf sweep with the veneer is gone. Back on topic and to the wheel and the rover logo is colourless and now part of the centre boss, which becomes a bulbous blob.  It always seemed a clumsy way to “upgrade” the interior. Yuk.

 

[Barry Cade]

Original Dodge Challenger. 400 bhp and they give you this to hang on to. Give it welly and the wheel bent back with you..

[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, Wibble said:

But apparently this was bad?:

People at the time just loved BL bashing...

[Snookey]

12 hours ago, Soundwave said:

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

Add Rishi Sunak to complete the set of three.

[MAF260]

This monstrosity in a non-Mulliner spec Bentley Continental, made worse with the 2-tone colour way:

By paying a King's ransom upgrading to Mulliner spec or Speed/Supersports models you got this. Although an improvement it's still not befitting a £150k+ car:

 

 

 

 

[willswitchengage]

1 hour ago, MAF260 said:

I am pretty sure that is a simple re-trimming of a standard VW wheel.

[Lord Sterling]

16 hours ago, D.E said:

The stupid tiny and unround wheels in modern Peugeots.

I've driven a LOT of cars and never in my entire life have I ever had a problem with any steering wheel apart from the new Peugeot one above. 

They are ABSOLUTELY the devil's creation, horrid to use, too small to be comfortable and they do honestly get in the way of reading what's on the dash clocks, I've never been able to getnone adjusted just right, it's either too low or too high that I can't read the dash.

[Soundwave]

Kia Picanto. Looks like a clown's mouth.

[SEATMad]

Gotta respect Volvo for taking inspiration from the Allegro but damn she's fugly 

[caffeine]

23 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

That's not fugly, thats genius!

 

Yep, I always thought this quite a good idea, it surely makes sense for the steering wheel controls to remain stationary, rather than finding everything suddenly upside down and back-to-front while manoeuvring, I think it was also supposed to be safer in an accident for the airbag to 'launch' from a fixed position.

Kind of a shame it never caught on, and now even Citroen themselves seem to have abandoned it.

[Mr Laurence]

350z. I’ve always liked the styling of these but I can never get over how cheap and terrible the steering wheel looks

[RoverFolkUs]

The bulbous centre of the MK1 Focus steering wheel always gave me the ick:

[richardmorris]

23 hours ago, D.E said:

The stupid tiny and unround wheels in modern Peugeots.

 

I think that’s because the steering column comes out below the bulkhead shelf.

[J R Hartley]

Late 90s, early 2000s Camaro steering wheels were pretty grim.

 

[Mrcento]

I hate flat bottomed steering wheels, they're fucking HORRIBLE to live with in practice.

Sure, not an issue 98% of the time, but try parallel parking or backing out of a space with one, Very disconcerting when you're focused on your surroundings mid manoeuvrer, the wheel randomly ends and your grasping at thin air.

[ProgRocker]

23 hours ago, HMC said:

Rover 800. In original form ive no complaints. Add airbags and the cool dash shelf sweep with the veneer is gone. Back on topic and to the wheel and the rover logo is colourless and now part of the centre boss, which becomes a bulbous blob.  It always seemed a clumsy way to “upgrade” the interior. Yuk.

This one. The early R17 Rover 800s didn't even have airbags iirc and they were still lumbered with equally ugly steering bosses.

[bigstraight6]

Subaru XT steering wheel, bonkers.

[MorrisItalSLX]

That reminds me of the wheel fitting to certain Ford XD & XE Fairmonts:

I believe it was a no cost option to have the normal lower spec wheel fitted.

[leafsprung]

The late TD5 Defender 'Blob' was a particularly hideous thing. It instantly says 'we can't fit an airbag but nevermind we came up with this one afternoon after a particularly heavy lunch'. 

[caffeine]

Alfa Romeo showing that ‘Italian’ needn’t be synonymous with ‘effortless style’ on the 4c;

[Mrcento]

1 hour ago, leafsprung said:

The late TD5 Defender 'Blob' was a particularly hideous thing. It instantly says 'we can't fit an airbag but nevermind we came up with this one afternoon after a particularly heavy lunch'. 

In a similar vein, i don't particularly like the Disco 2 wheels. They always 'feel' a little back to front to me, almost like it's been mounted back to front, the rim being set so much further back than the centre just looks so awkward.

[barefoot]

On 13/08/2024 at 21:42, Soundwave said:

1970s VW Beetle steering wheel is just a big ol' slab of creaky plastic...


 

...and thus did VW discover soft touch plastics.

[grogee]

19 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

That reminds me of the wheel fitting to certain Ford XD & XE Fairmonts:

I believe it was a no cost option to have the normal lower spec wheel fitted.

That is making me want to set fire to things. Just horrible

[willswitchengage]

On 14/08/2024 at 17:22, SEATMad said:

Gotta respect Volvo for taking inspiration from the Allegro but damn she's fugly 

Recent Volvos look fantastic on the outside - yet in the inside a minimalist 'no effort' which just looks crap and lazy.

[Tenmil Socket]

On 13/08/2024 at 22:02, willswitchengage said:

How have we not had this yet 

 

I initially thought that was an X Box control pad!

[camryv6]

22 hours ago, Mr Laurence said:

350z. I’ve always liked the styling of these but I can never get over how cheap and terrible the steering wheel looks

They have always reminded me of an early 2000's X trail

[Marina door handles]

On 13/08/2024 at 22:21, HMC said:

Rover 800. In original form ive no complaints. Add airbags and the cool dash shelf sweep with the veneer is gone. Back on topic and to the wheel and the rover logo is colourless and now part of the centre boss, which becomes a bulbous blob.  It always seemed a clumsy way to “upgrade” the interior. Yuk.

 

Worse still is that mine has a none air bag version of the air bag style wheel (what's that about?), I could in theory swap it for a 3 spoke but not sure I can be bothered........