Personally, I think marketing types and focus groups have been too close to this project - it's got that whiff about it.
I actually don't mind it the look of the car... Apart from those rear "fenders" behind the rear wheels - remove those and it starts to look a little bit better. BUT...
Indycars are suppose to be simple, pure racing machines... Of all the open wheel categories, they are a man's car - no styling, no fake bits, no swooshy lines for the sake of having swooshy lines... Just a neat, well-proportioned body, a couple of bits for aero, a rollover bar, a blow-off valve and that's about it...
Something like this:
http://www.alex-zanardi.com/public/i...37_Cart/25.jpg