I think the answer is "YES" and I'll try to make my case using the GMC Terrain
Looking at this picture you may wonder which feature I'm going to single out...
The fenders and the wheel wells. The picture does not do them justice. To really see them in all their ugly glory you have to see them in person in a side view.
Here's a picture that helps illustrate the ugly
"Round peg in a square hole" comes to mind
I hear you saying - "This does not look so bad, what's the big deal"
Maybe comparing it to one that is not ugly will help.
Here are some good looking fenders with wheel wells made to have wheels in them.
"That's not fair, you are comparing a sports car to a truck" comes the objection.
I would argue that the Terrain is not a truck it is a "crossover" vehicle - because GMC says it is.
What is a crossover?
According to Wiki it is
"a vehicle built on a car platform and combining, in highly variable degrees, features of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) with features from a passenger vehicle, especially those of a station wagon or hatchback"
I like to think of a crossover as being a chubby station wagon and an SUV is a fat station wagon.
Anyway - I should compare a crossover to another crossover or SUV.
Mercedes did a much better job than GMC. Do a search on "crossover" and look at images and you will find many auto makers who did a better job than GMC.
Wheels and fenders are critical to the aesthetics of a car. The Terrain / Denali is ugly. Put the Terrain fenders on the Mercedes and it would be ugly too.
