Designers have long used angry faces on the front of cars to show aggression. But have we reached peak angry car?
While I have come to expect tight, angry faces on the front of performance vehicles, it seems like just about everything is getting the treatment these days. From ruggedized crossovers to basic commuter cars, so many new cars look properly pissed.
Toyota/Lexus Win ‘Most Pissed-Off’ Car Design Award
Toyota’s latest front-end design language for its TNGA-F global truck platform vehicles is boldly grumpy, or angry, depending on how you look at it. It started with the Tundra, and then Sequoia and Tacoma, and now 4Runner — possibly the grumpiest of them all.
![2024 Toyota Sequoia Capstone](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-2024_Sequoia_Capstone_WindChillPearl_026-1-700x453.jpg)
![2024 Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-2024_Toyota_Tacoma_Trailhunter_Studio_004-700x467.jpg)
![2025 4Runner TRD Pro](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/GJ2025Toyota4Runner-048-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Toyota Land Cruiser](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2023/08/GJLandCruiserBryonDorr-17-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Lexus GX Overtrail](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-2024_Lexus_GX_Overtrail_007-scaled-1-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Lexus TX 550h](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230929-2024_Lexus_TX_550h_Nightfall_Mica_010-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Lexus RC F Track Edition](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20211102-VehiclePage_2024_Lexus_RC_F_TrackEdition-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Toyota Prius Limited](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-2024_Prius_Limited_WindChillPearl_001-700x459.jpg)
![2025 Toyota Camry XSE](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-2025_Toyota-Camry_XSE_008-700x525.jpg)
![2024 Toyota GR86 TRUENO Edition](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230607-MY24_GR86-TRUENO-Edition_001-700x467.jpg)
So Many Unhappy Cars!
![2024 Nissan GT-R](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-MY24-Nissan-GT-R-7-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Subaru WRX TR](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20231212-24MY_WRX_TR-Sicily_21-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230924-2024_Subaru_Crosstrek_Wilderness_041-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230914-2024-chevrolet-corvette-e-ray-3lz-102-700x467.jpg)
![Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230814-All-Electric-Mustang-Mach-E-Rally_14-700x467.jpg)
![2024 EV6 GT](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-21199_2024_EV6_GT-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Kia Soul](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240410-20949_2024_Soul-700x467.jpg)
Luxury Euro Anger
![2024 Audi RS6 Avant Performance](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230614-11590-2024RS6Avantperformance-700x467.jpg)
![Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4MATIC+](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20230702-23c0233_040-source-700x467.jpg)
![2024 Mercedes-AMG GLA 35](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/23c0091_001-1200x800-1-700x467.jpg)
![2024 BMW i7 XDrive 60 Professional](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/20240319-P90543743_highRes_the-bmw-i7-xdrive60--700x467.jpg)
Aftermarket Angry
![Fab Fours Grumper](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/FabFoursGrumper-700x467.jpg)
![Rough Country angry eyes grille](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/04/Rough-Country-10524-Angry-Eyes-Grille-Jeep-Wrangler-JK-Installed-Outside-700x467.webp)