{"id":112572,"date":"2009-12-29T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/usa-today-counts-down-decades-most-improved-looking-vehi\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T19:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T00:59:00","slug":"usa-today-counts-down-decades-most-improved-looking-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/112572","title":{"rendered":"<i>USA Today<\/i> counts down decade&#8217;s most improved looking vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/design-style\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design\/Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/630usa.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><small>Hey good lookin&#8217; &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\n<em>USA Today<\/em> looked at cars on sale between 2000 and 2009 and ranked them in order of most improved. Before you get hot and heavy in the comments, let us remind you that they are <em>only<\/em> talking about the way the cars look. Not how they perform. Trust us, there will be plenty for you to get angry about as is.<\/p>\n<p>We noticed that there were a few cars <em>USA Today<\/em> left off the list that the vehicular brain trust here at the blog about autos thinks are very much improved. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/ford+taurus\">Ford Taurus<\/a> being one example. Sure, the new Taurus is large, but the old Taurus (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/ford+500\">Ford 500<\/a>) was a bulbous bore.<\/p>\n<p>But our real choice is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/maseratigranturismo\">Maserati Gran Turismo<\/a>, especially as the last generation Maser GT looked, well, <em>lousy<\/em>. Or at least like something Maserati might have sold when Chrysler owned them. That said, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/\">take a peek at the gallery<\/a>, and discuss <em>USA Today&#8217;s<\/em> list amongst yourselves.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/low\/\">USA Today&#8217;s 10 Most Improved Looking Cars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/a00_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Chevy Malibu\" title=\"Chevy Malibu\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/a10_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Mustang\" title=\"Ford Mustang\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/a20_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota Prius\" title=\"Toyota Prius\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/a30_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Hyundai Sonato\" title=\"Hyundai Sonato\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/usa-todays-10-most-improved-looking-cars\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/a40_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Nissan Altima\" title=\"Nissan Altima\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/driveon\/post\/2009\/12\/the-decades-10-most-improved-cars-went-from-beasts-to-beauties\/1?csp=34\">USA Today<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/usa-today-counts-down-decades-most-improved-looking-vehi\/\"><i>USA Today<\/i> counts down decade&#8217;s most improved looking vehicles<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:59:00 EST.  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