On the other hand, about the KIA Soul - when I first saw the ads I thought: Ugh. But then as I’ve seen them in the ads and on the road, I’ve come to find them charming, particularly the green ones. I think they’ll be adored like old and new Beetles in about ten years. That’s my prediction.
There was a recent New Yorker magazine cover which showed an airplane passenger trying to push a green one into an overhead compartment. For some reason I found this added to their endearingness.