Auto Express design the perfect car… End up with a “Homer”

Auto Express, the weekly British car magazine famous for its spy shots, speculative renders, news and reviews, have sat down and come up with what they call “the perfect car”. I don’t think it was an overly serious attempt at creating a real game-changing vehicle. They admit as much themselves by saying that after choosing the best bits from their favorite cars, they’ve ended up with a Frankencar. Or as Simpsons fans will recognise, a “Homer”.

The result is something that looks like a crudely stretched Audi TT with Porsche headlights and funky doors. For the full list of vehicles which influenced the design of the Auto Express perfect car see below.

The Auto Express perfect car uses inspiration from a number of production vehicles including:

Front end and grille: Third-generation Audi TT
Ride Quality: Land Rover Discovery
Performance: Porsche 911 GT3
Interior Equipment: Mercedes C-Class
Interior Styling: Tesla Model S
Practicality: Fiat Multipla
Reliability: Toyota Yaris
Rear Styling: Citroen C4 Cactus
Safety: Volvo V40
Handling: Porsche Cayman
Running costs: Nissan Leaf

Even if you discount the physical impossibility of building a vehicle which has the performance of a 911 GT3 with the running costs of a 100-percent electric car. Not to mention ride quality of a luxury SUV coupled with the handling of a fine German sports car. It’s more likely that the original Homer car would get built before any sane manufacturer, or millionaire loon with cash to burn, would commission something as mixed up as this.

In fairness it doesn’t look terrible – Ssangyong have been making much worse for years, and they’re still going. But it’s far from being the “perfect car”.