In the '50s, we taunted the clunky cars of the U.S.S.R. for their farm-wagon squareness; now we drive cool SUVs.
The cars of the '50s were never ridiculed or criticized for their shape. 
mnli hypothesis: The cars of the '50s were never ridiculed or criticized for their shape.  premise: In the '50s, we taunted the clunky cars of the U.S.S.R. for their farm-wagon squareness; now we drive cool SUVs.