Has 'Xbox 360 brown' nostalgia finally arrived?

Will anyone ever reminisce fondly about the 2026 Toyota Camry? It seems impossible. Today's cars are almost all ugly to me, and the exceptions are usually concept cars that mimic the lines of decades past.

And yet, on an intellectual level, I know that perspectives on this will change. My first car was a 1990 Toyota Camry that was not at all cool when I was driving it around in the 2000s. Now? It may not be a coveted collector's item, but someone recently got over 900 upvotes on Reddit for showing off a well-maintained specimen.

A little later in the 2000s, when I was driving a different uncool car, everyone was making fun of "Xbox 360 brown," a trend toward muddy, desaturated colors (brown, green, grey, "piss") and ultra-gritty games (they said swears, even...