The Internet is furious. Again.
Audi dropped the Nuvolari. Jaguar teased the still-camouflaged Type 01. They both drove the Goodwood hill climb. And the comment section? A dumpster fire.
It’s the age of the shouting match. You have an opinion, you type it, someone disagrees, war starts. Automakers use this chaos as free advertising. Goodwood posted clips of both machines side by side. Smart marketing? Maybe. It puts two very different bets right in our faces. One is a sudden strike. The other is a reset button.
But people are angry.
Usually, weird cars split the room. Half love it. Half hate it. Here? It’s almost entirely hate. You don’t see comments like this often. Not even a “maybe in real life” to soften the blow. Just pure disdain.
The Audi Nuvolari is new. Audi announced it without warning. No teaser campaigns. No build-up. Just here it is. Production runs 499 units. 2027 arrival. And the web calls it:
“A fast shopping cart.”
“The son of a Cybertruck and a R8.”
“Looks better in 64-bit resolution.”
Ouch. They call it a refrigerator. A cardboard box. One user claimed it looks marginally better than the Jag. Which says nothing at all, really.
Then there is the Jaguar Type 01. This is Jaguar’s attempt to enter the ultra-luxury electric game. It is covered in camouflage. People haven’t seen the final paint or panels yet. But it hasn’t stopped the insults.
“How did they unsink the Titanic?”
“Like a freighter.”
“It’s a squared whale.”
Someone said it looks like a Rolls-Royce made by a toddler who drew with a crayon. Another said it handles like a canal barge. These aren’t car critics. They’re haters with keyboards.
Does this mean the cars are ugly? Or just unfamiliar?
Beauty is subjective, yes. But this volume of negativity is weird. It suggests a disconnect. Or maybe just fatigue with boxy EV shapes. We are used to sleek lines. Now we get cubes. Sharp angles. No frills.
It is early though. Really early. Jaguar hides the Type 01 in disguise until October. That is in New York. We will see the real face then.
The Nuvolari is different. This design language is new for Audi. It won’t just stop at one model. Next year, the concept C turns into a production EV sports car in 2027. After that? The A4 e-tron. The boxy look is coming whether you like it or not.
We judge the sketch before the ink is dry.
We judge the silhouette before the lighting is set.
Is the Nuvolari a masterpiece waiting to be understood? Is the Type 01 a disaster?
The comments say yes to disaster. The calendars say wait until October.
We will see what they drive like. Not what they look like in a 10-second Instagram reel.
That has to mean something. Doesn’t it?
The next car in the lineup is the A4 e-tron. It’s a volume model. You’ll see these boxes on every street corner.
Will you still hate them? Or will you get used to them?
