MarkV Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I googled 'the ugliest car ever' and see what I found, a few are lists, the other is one with some pics. of a 'unique' Corvette, tell me what you think!:http://neptune.spacebears.com/gallery/ugly.htmlhttp://varifrank.com/archives/2007/08/worlds_ugliest.phphttp://www.bt.com.bn/en/node/32069/printhttp://www.dailylemon.com/pages/page_002.asphttp://auto.commongate.com/post/world_s_cheapest_if_not_ugliest_car_introduced_2500/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkV Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 I found this car in my google search thought it was worthy for it's own post. Have you ever seen it?http://www.bt.com.bn/en/node/32069/print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Wes', there's a lot of "an acquired taste" in those links! Do you guys get this horror, the SSangYong Rodius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my65riv Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The pontiac aztek has my vote.Jeff MealerMt. Juliet,TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I always thought that those Citroen's were the ugliest car on earth. Someone around town had one in the 60's and I still remember seeing it drive past the farm. That's my vote! Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Dittos on the Aztec! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I don't know about plug ugly but all the uninspired look alike cars since 80's kind of fit........Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersix Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Ugly is "in" now. We have boxes (Scion), Playskool toys (Element), and military vehicles (Hummer, among others) and small cars that looks like they were hit at both ends and pushed up in the middle. They don't get much uglier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 http://www.oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Crosley/ scroll down 3/4ths to the King Midgets!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Maybe he coulda made money if he'd bless each car personally!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I'd like to see a picture of it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 http://zzz262.multiply.com/photos/album/80/Aurora_-_The_Worlds_Ugliest_Car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my65riv Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 What I find interesting is the the so called "experts" in design of the new car magazines.When a car company "strays" of the beaten path of an egg car and adds something "extra",they do not look well on it all.they question the need of a crease at a belt line,port holes,extra chrome,whatever.There has to be something besides the emblem to tell what kind of car is it.when the 2005 Chrysler 300 came out there was "experts" saying it wouldn't sell,HA!yeah right.Jeff MealerMt. Juliet,TN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: supersix</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ugly is "in" now. We have boxes (Scion), Playskool toys (Element), and military vehicles (Hummer, among others) and small cars that look like they were hit at both ends and pushed up in the middle. They don't get much uglier! </div></div>Don't forget about Tonka Trucks, i.e. Toyota FJ Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr. Strangelove Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Toyota products, such as the Lexus small SUV (300?) and Prius. Misguided California styling ques abound where the tail lights are not red, rather clear and look like headlights. Sometimes as you glance at the cars in an intersection as you go through it, there is one of these cars and for a brief moment, you panic as you perceive the rear of the car to be the front. I've felt the adreneline and pucker factor associated with a crash due to quickly mis-judging what end of the car I'm facing. Did I mention they are butt ugly too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitter Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 aurora...I feel like laughing on seeing that piece of metal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 How about Toyota Echo. It looks like the rear wheels are trying to catch up with the front ones. And if you look at the drivers, they look like their cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gariepy Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Bob, I agree about the Echo. It looks like its going downhill even on flat ground. Then again, looking that the pict of your Metropolitan kinda reminds me of the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gariepy Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Course, I cant talk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bollman Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The problem with most ugly car or worst car lists is it is a matter of someone's opinion, and I often find than many of the cars on the list are ones I wouldn't mind owning. But then I collect Crosleys so we know what my opinions are worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINC400 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 No new cars are ugly. In order to be ugly or beautiful, they must have some sort of styling and character, which they do not. New cars are just bland. As for ugly cars, how about the AMC Matador Barcelona. It's easy to pick out small inexpensive ugly cars, but this was supposed to be a personal luxury coupe. It looks like a Javelin, a Gremlin, and a Pacer had a 3 way, and the offspring was a Baby Huey Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> As for ugly cars, how about the AMC Matador Barcelona. <span style="font-weight: bold">It's easy to pick out small inexpensive ugly cars, but this was supposed to be a personal luxury coupe.</span> It looks like a Javelin, a Gremlin, and a Pacer had a 3 way, and the offspring was a Baby Huey Barcelona. </div></div>I agree. For a car to be truly ugly it has to have attempted beauty and failed. The Matador is a perfect example. Patrick Foster's book <span style="font-style: italic">The Last of the Independents</span> lays AMC's demise right on it's doorstep, I think correctly. It's hard to believe that the same people who came up with the Javelin did that one, even as a facelift (as the 4-door was, the 2-door was a new design meant to be stylish). There's nothing on the 4 door that's an improvement from the previous model, and the 2-door just didn't work and looks almost child-like.The Aztec I think is the all-time champ, although it's probably too soon to really appreciate it now. That thing, especially in the first model year before all the cladding came off, is definitely in the same vein as the Matador...especially the "exclusive" versions like the Barcelona or the Pierre Cardin versions of the 2-door. It went all out to make a visual statement, a risk few cars attempt, and fell on it's face hard. Too bad the designers didn't have a cash-strapped empolyer to blame like Dick Teague did at AMC.Another good one is the Datsun F10 from the mid-1970s. Nissan was generally an understated company by Japanese standards (240Z, 510, 210, Datsun truck, etc.), but this thing swung for the fences and missed big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamcar Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I have to agree with Supersix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peter Gariepy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Then again, looking that the pict of your Metropolitan kinda reminds me of the same thing. </div></div>Hey Hey! Another funny car, Volkswagon Thing. What were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwnut Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 re;ditto on the aztek or how about a Scion xB SUV.looks like A bread box with A frount end,And some people think they look cool? No taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Most youngsters call their Scions "Toasters" as some sort of badge of authority! Doesn't make much sense to me either. They'd probably fit in just swell with the milk truck, ice truck thread on this forum! Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Another good one is the Datsun F10 from the mid-1970s. Nissan was generally an understated company by Japanese standards (240Z, 510, 210, Datsun truck, etc.), but this thing swung for the fences and missed big time. </div></div>An old timer told me how the Datsun got it's name. Seems that the Japanese engineers were at a loss for a name for their newly created car. At a world auto trade show they met up with the German engineers and let them study the plans. The Germans kept the plans for several days and after looking them over the Japanese came back and said "What do you think???" The Germans replied, " Dat sun Car!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 The winters get harsh up north. "With man stuck indoors all day, he begins to hallucinate, dreaming up all kinds of wild theories about why the earth revolves around the sun!" Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aussie610 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skyking</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peter Gariepy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Then again, looking that the pict of your Metropolitan kinda reminds me of the same thing. </div></div>Hey Hey! Another funny car, Volkswagon Thing. What were they thinking? </div></div>It was designed as a military vehicle, but was rejected by the military, so they sold it to the public. Ever seen a Moke. Same thing, but using a Mini as a base... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Wayne, Sound um like advice from ancient injun wiseman. Plenty good um too! Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shop Rat Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R W Burgess</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Most youngsters call their Scions "Toasters" as some sort of badge of authority! Wayne </div></div>Maybe it's because if they have a wreck in one they are "toast". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: aussie610</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It was designed as a military vehicle, but was rejected by the military, so they sold it to the public. Ever seen a Moke. Same thing, but using a Mini as a base... </div></div>I don't think the Thing was rejected by the German military. It was indeed used throughout WWII, but it was called the Kubelwagen (sp?). The Thing and the Moke made no attempt to be a pretty vehicle. They were pure function. Can anyone say that the Willys MB was a good looking vehicle? Today's Wrangler isn't much better, but we are just so used to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Can anyone say that the Willys MB was a good looking vehicle? </div></div>Just the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 In describing the original military Jeep, the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art said, "...the earlier Jeep avoided all sense of styling or streamlining..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Steve Braverman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In describing the original military Jeep, the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art said, "...the earlier Jeep avoided all sense of styling or streamlining..." </div></div>Yes, but it somehow still made it to the list of 6 honorees for design excellence based solely on the 1952 facelift. I suggest you read the home page for the exhibit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Dave,I admit that I didn't read any further than the one page on the Jeep. What an interesting group of vehicles the MoMa decided to display. My wife is an art teacher, and has asked me several times to got to the MoMa. Now I guess I have a good reason to go. I still think that the VW Thing and Mini Moke are beautiful in their own way At least as beautiful as a Jeep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Mueller Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Glad to see that although I saw Pacers mentioned in this thread, they didn't seem to come up as one of the ugliest. I guess it depends on your point of view. I just bought one that my son and I are playing with, and it certainly shocks people with how unusual it is. I have a '51 Pontiac Catalina, '66 Bonneville convertible, and have driven all kinds of interesting cars. I think the Pacer might draw more looks from more people than anything else I've ever driven or ridden in. I do agree about the Matador above as the ugliest--WOW!How fun! I'll try to post a photo of our Pacer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Had two of them. A red '76 sedan and a dark green '77 wagon. They were great cars for me. The huge doors allowed me to stuff my 6'5" frame into it. No one could sit behind me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reatta Man Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Once all the dust settles about gas mileage, I think the Prius will be the Pacer of the 21st Century. The car is functional, but styling? Must have been recalled by the Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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