Prince Philip hasn’t done the reputation of the old defender any harm, that hearse was the epitome of style, especially the green with green wheels.
That said, it’s too old a design to qualify for Howard’s idea, the original TT is certainly one that does but it’s hard to think of anything else which has been in anyway exciting, perhaps the Skoda roomster for no other reason than it’s the modern equivalent of the Allegro in terms of being so ugly, it fascinates...a true anti-style.
