Ugliest mass-production car ever?

[BenBurch]

My vote, The VW "Thing";

[Piscivore]

Blasphemy, sir.

[timhau]

My vote, The VW "Thing";

No. That one has the "so ugly, it's cute" thing going for it.

[Hokulele]

OK, this isn't mass-produced (http://www.midlandslimos.com/h2-8-wheeler-hummer.html), but man, is it ugly.

[IMST]

This is coming:

www.nissanusa.com/cube

Note the accessories section and learn the use of the term "dashboard pubes"

[Miss_Kitt]

I don't think this is even negotiable: The Ugliest Production Car Ever is undoubtedly the Aztek.

http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/aztek.jpg

It has the ugliest car-butt of all time, unless you count those modified by collision.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_en_CTSne0G0/SYOn5Qvy46I/AAAAAAAAAKk/IW97Wvemg7U/s400/aztek.jpg

A regular visitor to one of my neighbors drives one of these, and every month or so when it's parked on the street, my daughter says, "What a silly car, Mommy!" and laughs. Even at nine, she has an eye for design...

[dtugg]

http://www.timpelen.com/images/cars/countach_lp500_s_img01.jpg

[X]

It has the ugliest car-butt of all time, unless you count those modified improved by collision.


Fixed that for you.




My vote?

Either:
The Citroen 2CV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV) (so ugly that children who see it scream in terror and will not be consoled),
Or the first-gen Fiat Multipla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla) (it looks as though it's been horribly disfigured by a particularly unpleasant disease).

Honourable mention goes to the Chevrolet SSR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_SSR) (it's retro gone disastrously, catastrophically wrong)..

[timhau]

Either:
The Citroen 2CV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV) (so ugly that children who see it scream in terror and will not be consoled),
Or the first-gen Fiat Multipla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla) (it looks as though it's been horribly disfigured by a particularly unpleasant disease).


Fiat Multipla is a good candidate. You're dead wrong on the 2 CV, though. If there was an adjective for "so ugly it's adorable", they'd have a picture of a 2 CV next to it in the dictionary.

[UnrepentantSinner]

I don't think this is even negotiable: The Ugliest Production Car Ever is undoubtedly the Aztek.

:mad:
http://forums.randi.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5696&d=1172197367

A regular visitor to one of my neighbors drives one of these, and every month or so when it's parked on the street, my daughter says, "What a silly car, Mommy!" and laughs. Even at nine, she has an eye for design...

I refuse to say anything about children, so I'll just say you're a terrible mother. :p

[HarryKeogh]

http://www.timpelen.com/images/cars/countach_lp500_s_img01.jpg

I thought that was the coolest-looking car ever when I was a young teenager. I built a plastic model of it. I had posters of it hanging on my wall.

20+ years later I have to say it's one of the most ridiculous-looking, over-styled cars ever.

As for my vote...I was going to say Pacer or Aztek but I just clicked on X's link for the Mulitipla and may have to reconsider my decision.

[Foolmewunz]

Fiat Multipla is a good candidate. You're dead wrong on the 2 CV, though. If there was an adjective for "so ugly it's adorable", they'd have a picture of a 2 CV next to it in the dictionary.

I agree on both counts. The Multipla looks like a maladjusted cartoon car. What is that bit below the windscreen all about, anyway?

As to the "Deux Cheveux" the picture doesn't do it justice. I've never seen one with a factory sheen on the paint job. The all went matte-finish the minute you signed the papers to drive it out of the show room. They look sort of like a WWI tank turned into a car. So far beyond ugly that they're adorable. And those little Briggs & Stratton lawn more engines! You could count the cylinders popping.

[timhau]

I thought that was the coolest-looking car ever when I was a young teenager. I built a plastic model of it. I had posters of it hanging on my wall.

20+ years later I have to say it's one of the most ridiculous-looking, over-styled cars ever.

At some point in the 1980s, it seemed like cars just had to have straight surfaces and lines. Just compare e.g. a 1980s Volvo 700 series (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/91744ti.jpg) to its current equivalent (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/2007_Volvo_S80.jpg). The Countach was just a child of its time -- a time when IMO car design was stylistically at its low point.

[ElMondoHummus]

I don't think this is even negotiable: The Ugliest Production Car Ever is undoubtedly the Aztek.

http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/aztek.jpg

It has the ugliest car-butt of all time, unless you count those modified by collision.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_en_CTSne0G0/SYOn5Qvy46I/AAAAAAAAAKk/IW97Wvemg7U/s400/aztek.jpg

A regular visitor to one of my neighbors drives one of these, and every month or so when it's parked on the street, my daughter says, "What a silly car, Mommy!" and laughs. Even at nine, she has an eye for design...

GM's got an odd habit of this. In second place, because it undoubtedly is not uglier than the Aztek, is the Chevy Avalanche.

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_1238649ae67cc7f9a2.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15503)


Little wonder it's named after a natural disaster, no? :boggled: Anyway, while it's utterly normal looking next to that monstrosity Pontiac put on the road, it's still *****' ugly. Newer models, oddly enough, are less painful; they now more resemble standard pickup trucks with some weirdness on the box. And thank goodness for that, because the old circa '02 versions should be upheld as examples of what not to design.

[timhau]

If you want ugly SUVs, how about the Dodge Nitro?

http://www.automedia.com/NewCarBuyersGuide2008/photos/2008/Dodge/Nitro/SUV/2008_Dodge_Nitro_ext_1.jpg

Looks like the bastard son of a Hummer and a Kenworth truck.

[BazBear]

I'd have to nominate the Toyota Scion xB, ewwww.

http://www.niot.net/niot_570/scion_xb_niot.net%20(11).jpg

[madurobob]

What, no mention of the rolling fishbowl yet?

AMC Pacer (http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/01-1975-amc-pacer-x.jpg)

[MG1962]

I am suprised we got 15 posts into this thread, and no mention of this..........

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/117444658_1178a7d624.jpg

[HarryKeogh]

What, no mention of the rolling fishbowl yet?

AMC Pacer (http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/01-1975-amc-pacer-x.jpg)

I mentioned that montrosity in my post above. I was a little kid when those came out. They gave me nightmares for years. That and the Iran hostage crisis.

[Ove]

The Chinquechento (Fiat500) is adorable. Ugly that is this one. Who ever came up with the stupid idea of converting a millitary wehicle for road use? UGLY....

[timhau]

Come on MG, where's your sense of cuteness? The Fiat 500 is another one of those "so ugly it's adorable" European cheapo models of yesteryear. Others include Renault 4 (http://www.geocities.com/richardirl/ghi.jpg), Fiat 500's big sisters, the 600 (http://www.pursiaisenauto.com/kuvia2/fiat600%2071.jpg) and the 850 (http://www.delest.nl/media/img/DCP_3840.JPG), and naturally, the original cheapomobile, the VW Beetle.

[Psi Baba]

I'd have to nominate the Toyota Scion xB, ewwww.

That's always been my #1 ugliest car, but I can never remember the name of the damn thing in order to search for it when this subject comes up (thank you for finding it for me!). Even the name is so ugly it's simultaneously ridiculous and unmemorable!

Ove, I would agree with you re: the Hummer, but there is one example of a military-cum-consumer vehicle that's been, oh, somewhat successful. They call it Jeep.

And that Fiat Multipla is downright disturbing! :boxedin:

[Cainkane1]

Ford Edsel

[ElMondoHummus]

The Chinquechento (Fiat500) is adorable. Ugly that is this one. Who ever came up with the stupid idea of converting a millitary wehicle for road use? UGLY....

Hummer H2... it's oddly popular among sports stars and some celebrities here in the States.

And for the life of me, I can't see why. It's basically an ugly body on top of a quarter-ton truck frame. People could get a GM Yukon or Chevy Tahoe for cheaper, get the same mechanical parts, and avoid having a butt-ugly body to embarass themselves with in the parking lot.

[Disbelief]

I'd have to nominate the Toyota Scion xB, ewwww.

http://www.niot.net/niot_570/scion_xb_niot.net%20(11).jpg

With the Honda Element and Pontiac Aztek also in the running.

[SabuJSE]

AMC Gremlin. No contest.

[Freethinker]

AMC Gremlin. No contest.

Nope. AMC Matador from 74 to 77 and the Pacer are far uglier.

[madurobob]

I mentioned that montrosity in my post above. I was a little kid when those came out. They gave me nightmares for years. That and the Iran hostage crisis.
Oop - you're right. Sorry 'bout that

AMC Gremlin. No contest.
AMC Gremlin is up there. Not surprisingly, it was designed by the same guy who later designed the Pacer. I wonder what designs of his didn't get greenlit?

[Piscivore]

I am suprised we got 15 posts into this thread, and no mention of this..........

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/117444658_1178a7d624.jpg

That's adorable! It looks like a car Tintin would drive.

[ZirconBlue]

How about Renault's Le Car (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Renault5-Le_Car.jpg)?


AMC Gremlin

For some reason I had it in my head that the Gremlin was a Ford Product.

ETA: I'm also amused to learn that, for a few years, this "sub-compact" car was available with a 304 V8 Engine (with a whopping 120-150hp).

[timhau]

That's adorable! It looks like a car Tintin would drive.

Probably isn't, though, since it's Italian-made. Dupond and Dupont drove a Citroën 2 CV, though.

[Piscivore]

1963 Chrysler Imperial

[Z]

The Volvo. ALL makes, ALL models.

[timhau]

The Volvo. ALL makes, ALL models.

The Saint disagrees.

http://www.saint.org/images/roger1800.jpg

[Hokulele]

For giggles, look up the Nissan S Cargo.

[X]

For giggles, look up the Nissan S Cargo.


I owe you thanks.

There's a couple of those things in my city. I have never been able to figure out what they were (aside from ridiculous-looking), but you provided the answer.

I still think the Multipla and 2CV are worse, though.

[Hokulele]

I agree, the Multipla is hands-down uglier. The Nissan is more for the laughs (especially the intended pun in the model name).

[Z]

The Saint disagrees.

http://www.saint.org/images/roger1800.jpg

The Saint, apparently, has no taste in cars.

That's less ugly than most, granted, but uglier than the Citroens - which are pretty ugly, too.

The Pacer is pretty ugly, as well. And the gremlin.

I like the Thing, though.

[madurobob]

1963 Chrysler Imperial

Man, I love those early 60's C bodies. I have a '64 Newport I'm restoring right now.

[Bikewer]

NPR's Car Talk listeners voted for the Aztek, which Tom and Ray described as being the product of two different design teams, one working from the front and one working from the back; with a sheet separating the two.....

[Modified]

http://www.timpelen.com/images/cars/countach_lp500_s_img01.jpg

Sure, it's ugly, but it transforms into a robot.

[tomwaits]

PT Cruiser

[ZirconBlue]

NPR's Car Talk listeners voted for the Aztek, which Tom and Ray described as being the product of two different design teams, one working from the front and one working from the back; with a sheet separating the two.....


I cut the Aztec some slack, because the back end was designed that way for a functional reason, not just a whim of asthetics. I'll give them credit for trying to take function over form in this case.

[joobz]

I like ugly cars becuase it means designers are trying.
If I see a scion in a lot, I know what it is instantly.

If I see a standard mass produced car, I'd be at a loss to tell you which it is until a read the trunk label.

This goes for most cars; accord, civic, camary, g6, Mazda 3, acura, focus, lacrosse, cobalt, malibu, *yawn*....

[tyr_13]

I cut the Aztec some slack, because the back end was designed that way for a functional reason, not just a whim of asthetics. I'll give them credit for trying to take function over form in this case.

I've always thought that the Aztec and some other trucks are given too hard a time. I mean, trucks don't have the same styling as cars.

The Element however just sucks. Test drove one once. Ugly, crappy, induces motion sickness even in people like me who don't often get motion sick, and not as useful as a 'function over form' vehicle should be.

Some Japanese cars are so ugly they are cute. Just because I want some funny google searches, look for the 'Do It' and the 'Naked'.

[Gaspode]

SsangYong Rodius (http://www.pistonheads.com/pics/news/12107/ssong-yang_rodius-L.jpg)

Maybe it looks better from behind? No (http://kumokiri.freeblog.hu/files/ssangyong_rodius.jpg).

[tyr_13]

I wish I was there for that design meeting. "Let's make something that looks like a hearse, but without the edge."

[Miss_Kitt]

I'd have to nominate the Toyota Scion xB, ewwww.

http://www.niot.net/niot_570/scion_xb_niot.net%20(11).jpg

If I got one of these, I'd want to get a couple of big foam "toast crusts" to secure to the roof:
Tthese vehicles look to me like 1950'S TOASTERS, especially from behind; and extra especially the silver ones.

[Miss_Kitt]

I am suprised we got 15 posts into this thread, and no mention of this..........

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/117444658_1178a7d624.jpg


This looks like 18 clowns should pile out when it comes to a stop.

[Esperdome]

Man, I love those early 60's C bodies. I have a '64 Newport I'm restoring right now.

Weren't the full framed Imps D bodies?

Chrysler had some wacky styling in the early sixties, but made up for it in the mid to late sixties.

[gnome]

I thought that was the coolest-looking car ever when I was a young teenager. I built a plastic model of it. I had posters of it hanging on my wall.

20+ years later I have to say it's one of the most ridiculous-looking, over-styled cars ever.

As for my vote...I was going to say Pacer or Aztek but I just clicked on X's link for the Mulitipla and may have to reconsider my decision.

I think it looks better without the modified fenders, and maaaybe even could lose the spoiler.

http://www.lamborghiniblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/lamborghini-countach-lp400.jpg

[Delvo]

There isn't anything particularly unique about the Aztek to be good OR bad. It's just another SUV, recognizable within the group but not very deviant from it. The constant bandwagon-jumping about it is an interesting psychological phenomenon: what could cause so many people to be so emphatic and uniform about an issue that's just not even there?

[Cicero]

Pacer, Scion, any minivan, but especially the Dodge Caravan

http://youngerthanus.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/97092-004-144529d1.jpg

[Roadtoad]

Anything built by Fiat.

[RoboTimbo]

Anything built by Fiat.

Hey now. I had an X1/9, they aren't too bad.

[gmanontario]

My Brit next door neighbor had one of these when we were kids. Not sure what year his was, but I do remember the hand-crank in the front and the fact we thought it was the stupidest looking car ever.
http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849af329396f8e.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15519)

A Ford Anglia...it looks like the Batmobile's aborted child.

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849af32d43d22a.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15520)

[I Ratant]

Hummer/Humvee. A complete waste of every resource involved in its design and fabrication.
Conspicuously blatant obscene demonstration of total egotistical excess.

[Roadtoad]

Hummer/Humvee. A complete waste of every resource involved in its design and fabrication.
Conspicuously blatant obscene demonstration of total egotistical excess.

I think it's a highly useful vehicle. At a small cost to society, you have a bloated, overpriced substitute for a small penis for every guy who ever got turned down to the Homecoming Dance by the head cheerleader in high school, and who has never gotten over it. You automatically know who's so lacking in social skills and confidence that they have to bolster their manhood by buying a pseudo-militaristic plastic and tinfoil dildo, tarted up to resemble something that might challenge a T-72 in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula. It's the automotive version of Chuck Norris, only nowhere near as self-righteous.

Enjoy. :p

[Roadtoad]

*Ahem*

I wish to apologize for my previous post. If read the wrong way, there are those who would take great exception to what I sad, and with justification. To those individuals, I wish to express my regret, and to say I will never repeat that offense again.

To dildoes everywhere, Mea Culpa.

[I Ratant]

...might challenge a T-72 in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula. It's the automotive version of Chuck Norris, only nowhere near as self-righteous.

Enjoy. :p
.

I have never seen a tank destroyed to the level this T-72 is with a simple missile!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZAnYYj9orQ

.
I do agree with the ego-boo the Hummers are.
The Governator has 7 of them!

[Ralph]

I think it's a highly useful vehicle. At a small cost to society, you have a bloated, overpriced substitute for a small penis for every guy who ever got turned down to the Homecoming Dance by the head cheerleader in high school, and who has never gotten over it. You automatically know who's so lacking in social skills and confidence that they have to bolster their manhood by buying a pseudo-militaristic plastic and tinfoil dildo, tarted up to resemble something that might challenge a T-72 in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula. It's the automotive version of Chuck Norris, only nowhere near as self-righteous.

Enjoy. :p

I've been an avid motorcycle rider for over 40 years now.

Never been down once.

Some of it's luck, some of it's skill, but a lot of it is because I've learned to spot rectum-heads
when they're driving down the road.

Call me prejudiced...but when I see a Hummer---I instantly assume "rectumhead--watch out").

10 bucks says I'm right 95% of the time...........

[Gravy]

India's Tata Nano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Nano) goes on sale this month. Perhaps it's not fair to include a car that's so cheap...or is it a really expensive go-kart?

This statement about what a Tata Nano mechanic should drive, made by Tata's president, does not inspire confidence:

"The service person would be like an insurance agent who would be trained, have a cell phone and scooter and would be assigned to a set of customers."

[Ranb]

PT Cruiser convertible. Every time one of those ugly things passes me on the freeway I think someone put an umbrella and bathtub on wheels.

Ranb

[Just thinking]

I thought that was the coolest-looking car ever when I was a young teenager. I built a plastic model of it. I had posters of it hanging on my wall.

20+ years later I have to say it's one of the most ridiculous-looking, over-styled cars ever.

Yes, in its later years they over did the styling to keep it "contemporary". But I still find the original LP 400 good looking to this day.

http://www.iceposter.com/thumbs/A26653_b.jpg

Clean and to-the-point styling. Well executed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01014/CountachLP400_7381_1014291i.jpg

[Just thinking]

PT Cruiser convertible. Every time one of those ugly things passes me on the freeway I think someone put an umbrella and bathtub on wheels.

Ranb

I joke in that they should have named it the PT Barnum.

[fishbait]

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_115249af54d8ab9fd.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15521)

[Gravy]

The '58 Packard Hawk (http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2008-2-21_58PackHawkWeb-Large.jpg). Oh, my.

'63 Austin Countryman Woody (http://americandreamcars.com/1963austen850countryman0308.jpg). This is not a conversion.


But this could be the winner. 1978 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon with stock color scheme and portholes. Yes, you could walk right into the dealer and buy one of these, and they'd throw in explodability for free!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3329557907_1ce367f87b_o.jpg

[UnrepentantSinner]

I'd have to nominate the Toyota Scion xB, ewwww.

The second gens are head and shoulders better than the originals.

Hummer H2... it's oddly popular among sports stars and some celebrities here in the States.

You must not live in North Dallas. It ain't only sports stars and celebrites driving them here.

[steve s]

Fishbait, I see your BMW, and raise you a Messerschmitt. (Although, quite frankly, I think it's cute.)

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_815449af6b436f391.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15524)

Steve S

[MG1962]

Anything built by Fiat.

Beat you by over 30 posts :p

[MG1962]

Come on MG, where's your sense of cuteness? The Fiat 500 is another one of those "so ugly it's adorable" European cheapo models of yesteryear. Others include Renault 4 (http://www.geocities.com/richardirl/ghi.jpg), Fiat 500's big sisters, the 600 (http://www.pursiaisenauto.com/kuvia2/fiat600%2071.jpg) and the 850 (http://www.delest.nl/media/img/DCP_3840.JPG), and naturally, the original cheapomobile, the VW Beetle.

LOL- I used to own the Polish knock of version of the Fiat 126

http://www.home.no/migreg/Bilder/Niki.GIF

I also had an 850, but was different to the one in your picture. It was actually quiet sporty. Like minature MGB or something

http://www.tonyrigoliperformance.com.au/Project_Cars/Fiat/fiat850coupe/fiat850side_blk2.JPG

[UnrepentantSinner]

I think I've told this story about my Aztek before but...

During the Summer of the Shark my dad was dying of cancer and my hand-me-down 1991 Jetta was on its last wheels. I knew I'd be getting some money from my dad after he passed and was working a lot of overtime so I could put a huge downpayment (it wound up being $9000) so my monthlies wouldn't be too bad. Aztek's weren't selling real well and the Pontiac place near me was marking them down. I saw in an ad that they were offering a free camping kit with purchase and driving home from work and listening to the various noises the Jetta was making decied after 10+ years to finally buy a new car.

That was Aug. 20th 2001.

About 20 days later 9/11 happened and about 20 more days later on Oct. 2nd my dad passed away.

I hadn't received my camping kit at the time of purchase so I contacted Pontiac some time between purchase and 9/11. My reply came back in the week following the attacks saying they'd take care of it. I responded that it didn't seem like that big a deal any more, but it arrived in the mail a few weeks later. I still have yet to take it out of the box.

Epilogue:

Tonight, on the way into work, at 10:15 on Independance Ave. in Richarson, TX, I hit 40,000 miles.

[timhau]

I also had an 850, but was different to the one in your picture. It was actually quiet sporty. Like minature MGB or something

http://www.tonyrigoliperformance.com.au/Project_Cars/Fiat/fiat850coupe/fiat850side_blk2.JPG

Ha! When I was a kid, a neighbor had one of those. It looked like an itty bitty sportscar, sounded like a big leaf blower, and moved like a 850cc Fiat.

[Ove]

I think it's a highly useful vehicle. At a small cost to society, you have a bloated, overpriced substitute for a small penis for every guy who ever got turned down to the Homecoming Dance by the head cheerleader in high school, and who has never gotten over it. You automatically know who's so lacking in social skills and confidence that they have to bolster their manhood by buying a pseudo-militaristic plastic and tinfoil dildo, tarted up to resemble something that might challenge a T-72 in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula. It's the automotive version of Chuck Norris, only nowhere near as self-righteous.

Enjoy. :p

I was going to come up with a clever answer to ElMondoHummus telling how i knew why people bought the monsters but you have just said it all. :D
AND the fact that a pumped-up ex bodybuilder/actor turned politician drives in one doesn't make the car less silly.

[Ove]

My Brit next door neighbor had one of these when we were kids. Not sure what year his was, but I do remember the hand-crank in the front and the fact we thought it was the stupidest looking car ever.
http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849af329396f8e.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15519)

A Ford Anglia...it looks like the Batmobile's aborted child.

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849af32d43d22a.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15520)

THAT is the Ford Anglia and i find it very pretty, espescially the back window tilting "the wrong way". :) It was even used by the British Police.

[Just thinking]

Anything built by Fiat.

And to think they used to make this ...

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/U/used/ferrari/03-large/fiat-dino.jpg

... (sigh) :(

[madurobob]

Weren't the full framed Imps D bodies?

Chrysler had some wacky styling in the early sixties, but made up for it in the mid to late sixties.

Oops - you're right. All the big Chryslers then were C bodies but for the Imperial, a D body.

[MG1962]

Ha! When I was a kid, a neighbor had one of those. It looked like an itty bitty sportscar, sounded like a big leaf blower, and moved like a 850cc Fiat.

Yeah they were a hoot to drive. You just had to remember to redline the motor constantly. Do that and you actually got some acceleration.

I even managed once to blow a BMW off at a set of lights. The road merged 50 feet further on so he had no chance to wind his car up. Boy was he upset :cool:

[Oliver]

I don't know if this is a mass-produced car but it's ugly as ****.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/content/images/2005/12/23/chris_littler_peel_470_10_469x352.jpg

And I thought it would be hard to beat that Multipla ... thing.

[X]

I don't know if this is a mass-produced car but it's ugly as ****.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/content/images/2005/12/23/chris_littler_peel_470_10_469x352.jpg

And I thought it would be hard to beat that Multipla ... thing.


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I don't know if I'd call it ugly. It's looks are just depressingly bland. Ugly, at least, is interesting.

[Travis]

Perhaps a related subject would be people taking perfectly nice production vehicles and then ruining them with customization. Around here the big deal is to take a nice, utilitarian truck and jack the damn thing eight feet into the air so that it looks like it's going to roll over just sitting still on a level surface if a breeze comes along.

[JimBenArm]

Hey now. I had an X1/9, they aren't too bad.
I did too, and I liked it. Thought it looked pretty cool!

Didn't have a big enough engine, though.

[RoboTimbo]

I did too, and I liked it. Thought it looked pretty cool!

Didn't have a big enough engine, though.

But it could fit a keg in the front trunk. That's important when you're in college.

[malbui]

I did too, and I liked it. Thought it looked pretty cool!

Didn't have a big enough engine, though.


Yeah, but the 2.0 litre Lancia engine fitted in there nicely. You had to upgrade a lot of other stuff as well, but it turned it into a sporty little number. There's an sorry-looking X1/9 sitting around the corner from here looking for a home and I'm half tempted to buy it and do the full rebuild job.

[JimBenArm]

Yeah, but the 2.0 litre Lancia engine fitted in there nicely. You had to upgrade a lot of other stuff as well, but it turned it into a sporty little number. There's an sorry-looking X1/9 sitting around the corner from here looking for a home and I'm half tempted to buy it and do the full rebuild job.
Oh, I would love to do that, too! My original one had a metallic green paint job with gold trim. Called it Da Frog, because it looked like that when the headlights were up!
Had a lot of fun in that little thing...

[RoboTimbo]

Oh, I would love to do that, too! My original one had a metallic green paint job with gold trim. Called it Da Frog, because it looked like that when the headlights were up!
Had a lot of fun in that little thing...

Mine was red. I drove it in the homecoming parade one time carrying the homecoming queen. I had a lot of fun in mine, too.

[Roadtoad]

Oh, I would love to do that, too! My original one had a metallic green paint job with gold trim. Called it Da Frog, because it looked like that when the headlights were up!
Had a lot of fun in that little thing...

I used to have a green Mustang II, a '74. We called it "Kermit the Ford."

My dad had the only vehicle that deserved the name "Frogeye," a very old Austin Healy Sprite. He had it until '69, when he sold it to a friend.

I would love to find one of those and restore it. Paint it maroon, like my Dad's. You'd be able to hit 70 if you had a hurricane for a tailwind, the electrical system needed to be replaced once a week, and the engine was made out of tinfoil and duct tape. And it was the coolest car on the road. Ever.

[FreshHat]

Mr. Bean's nemesis, the Relaint Robin :

[malbui]

My dad had the only vehicle that deserved the name "Frogeye," a very old Austin Healy Sprite. He had it until '69, when he sold it to a friend.

I would love to find one of those and restore it. Paint it maroon, like my Dad's. You'd be able to hit 70 if you had a hurricane for a tailwind, the electrical system needed to be replaced once a week, and the engine was made out of tinfoil and duct tape. And it was the coolest car on the road. Ever.


Electrics in an old British car? It's not by chance that the phrase "Lucas, Prince of Darkness" is so well-known to car buffs.

My father has been a fan of old British sportsters for decades but even he has finally got fed up with replacing electrical components. Last year he sold his last MG and bought a newish MX-5 instead :).

[Belz...]

My vote, The VW "Thing";

I'd vote for the 1979 Mustang. I mean, expectations and everything... that's a Mustang ???

[Belz...]

I thought that was the coolest-looking car ever when I was a young teenager. I built a plastic model of it. I had posters of it hanging on my wall.

20+ years later I have to say it's one of the most ridiculous-looking, over-styled cars ever.

How dare you ? :mad:

[Belz...]

The Chinquechento (Fiat500) is adorable. Ugly that is this one. Who ever came up with the stupid idea of converting a millitary wehicle for road use? UGLY....

Yeah. Who ever thought a Jeep would be good for civilians ?

[Hokulele]

Electrics in an old British car? It's not by chance that the phrase "Lucas, Prince of Darkness" is so well-known to car buffs.

My father has been a fan of old British sportsters for decades but even he has finally got fed up with replacing electrical components. Last year he sold his last MG and bought a newish MX-5 instead :).


My husband had an X1/9 and loved it up until the day he wrapped it around a tree (darn that mid-engine trait of having the back come around on you unexpectedly). When I met him, he was in the process of restoring an Alfa Romeo boat-tail spider. I remember helping him scrub the engine block in the kitchen sink.

Someday when I am rich, I will get me a little Sunbeam Tiger as a project car.

[JimBenArm]

I used to buzz my X1/9 up and down Mt. Palomar in San Diego county to visit the observatory up until the night I almost wound up with a cow as a passenger. Then, I decided to take it a bit more leisurely...

[ReverendClog]

I remember something called an Invacar, and it had handlebars instead of a steering wheel. An old lady in our road had one and kids liked to put bricks in front of the wheels. The old trout used to phone the garage, explaining that it wouldn't move, and the same harassed looking chap would come out, remove the bricks and watch her drive whilst he shook his head.
I once did it too.
Sorry Mrs.temple.
I can't find a picture of it though, sorry.

[madurobob]

I can't find a picture of it though, sorry.

Here ya go:http://www.3wheelers.com/endinva.html

Hadn't heard of it before now. Looks like a child's toy

[uruk]

I see nobody has mentioned the Fiero.

Ah, the 80's. Big hair, bandanas wraped around thighs in jeans with holes in them and tiny plastic cars.

[Roadtoad]

I see nobody has mentioned the Fiero.

Ah, the 80's. Big hair, bandanas wraped around thighs in jeans with holes in them and tiny plastic cars....

...which seemed to explode into flames with minimal provocation.

[uruk]

...which seemed to explode into flames with minimal provocation. Well somebody had to carry on after the Pinto was discontinued.

[steve s]

...which seemed to explode into flames with minimal provocation.

The big hair or the cars?

Throughout the 80's, whenever I saw a car broken down on the shoulder of the highway, there was a 92.7% chance that it would be a Fiero.

Steve S.

[steve s]

I don't know if this is a mass-produced car but it's ugly as ****.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/content/images/2005/12/23/chris_littler_peel_470_10_469x352.jpg

And I thought it would be hard to beat that Multipla ... thing.

You could probably step on one of those if you weren't paying attention to where you were going.

Steve S.

[Nursefoxfire]

AMC Gremlin. No contest.

Hey, I learned to drive in a Gremlin!

I see nobody has mentioned the Fiero.

Ah, the 80's. Big hair, bandanas wraped around thighs in jeans with holes in them and tiny plastic cars.

And the Fiero was my first "hot rod" car. I loved it! I loved how zippy it was, I loved the T-top roof, I loved being able to fit into tiny parking spaces, I loved the stereo speakers built into the headrest, I loved its standard-automatic shifting thingy, I loved that it had a full steel roll-cage underneath all that flexible fiberglass, and that I never got a dent because everything would just pop right back out if it was hit.

[jj]

Ford Edsel

Chrysler Airflow?
Dodge Prowler?

I walked into my old favorite Chrysler dealer a few years ago, and there was a Prowler sitting there. There being no customers inside at the time, I burst out laughing. The salesman who knew me walked over and said "don't worry, Mr. J..., I know you aren't going to buy it, but it carries a heck of a commission".

[Roadtoad]

You know, the Prowler might not have been such a bad car, except they put one of the wheeziest little engines in that damn thing, and capped it off with a frame and suspension that had more mush than a bowl of oatmeal.

Even then, they might have been able to save it if they'd just put in a good manual, instead of a cheap-assed slushbox.

Fumbducks.

[jj]

You know, the Prowler might not have been such a bad car, except they put one of the wheeziest little engines in that damn thing, and capped it off with a frame and suspension that had more mush than a bowl of oatmeal.

Even then, they might have been able to save it if they'd just put in a good manual, instead of a cheap-assed slushbox.

Fumbducks.

Duno, just looking at it caused me to break out laughing. Your mileage, of course, may vary :)

But I did gather that it wasn't exactly a Viper...

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

For giggles, look up the Nissan S Cargo.

Look at that S car go!
:snail:

[gmanontario]

Not truly ugly (like the Anglia), but my first non-north american car that I bought in 1973.

I loved this thing even if it never did start after November or before May in Ontario or even after a summer rainstorm. I learned quickly to park it where it can be rolled to bump-start the thing. It didn't even have proper windshield defrosters on it.

Mine had a hard top though, but it was the same colour as this one! Oh and it was the NA model with left-hand drive of course.

Behold the 1964 Hillman Super Minx in all it's underpowered, rattly and fast-rusting glory!
http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849b0833ae8709.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15544)

It was a fine companion to my father's Nash Metropolitan. :D

[ZirconBlue]

Perhaps a related subject would be people taking perfectly nice production vehicles and then ruining them with customization. Around here the big deal is to take a nice, utilitarian truck and jack the damn thing eight feet into the air so that it looks like it's going to roll over just sitting still on a level surface if a breeze comes along.


I saw an 80s Monte Carlo SS jacked up on 26" wheels the other day. I know they were 26" wheels because the personalized licence plates said so. I always wonder if these people know that their customized cars are mostly just laughingstocks.

[Ove]

Electrics in an old British car? It's not by chance that the phrase "Lucas, Prince of Darkness" is so well-known to car buffs.

My father has been a fan of old British sportsters for decades but even he has finally got fed up with replacing electrical components. Last year he sold his last MG and bought a newish MX-5 instead :).

You do know why the British drink lukewarm beer don't you? -Lucas makes their refigerators... :dl:

[X]

Another contender:

I first saw this guy a few years back, and was immediately struck by its similarity to something else. I had forgotten about it until now.


Meet the KTM X-BOW.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/KTM_X-Bow_1024.jpg



"wait," you might be thinking, "that doesn't look too bad."
Well, this car is not ugly for it's design. It is ugly for what it resembles.
Click to spoiler to see the first thing I though of upon seeing this car.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/toad.jpg


(images hosted on my photobucket account)

[timhau]

I didn't even know KTM made cars. I think their mass-produced motorcycles are butt-ugly, but then again, supermotos/enduros/off-road bikes always are.

[jadebox]

My Brit next door neighbor had one of these when we were kids. Not sure what year his was, but I do remember the hand-crank in the front and the fact we thought it was the stupidest looking car ever.
http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849af329396f8e.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15519)

A Ford Anglia...it looks like the Batmobile's aborted child.

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_245849af32d43d22a.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15520)

Be sure to watch out for the Whomping Willow if you own one of those!

-- Roger

[Travis]

I saw an 80s Monte Carlo SS jacked up on 26" wheels the other day. I know they were 26" wheels because the personalized licence plates said so. I always wonder if these people know that their customized cars are mostly just laughingstocks.

I know that laughter is usually my reaction to them.

Another contender:

I first saw this guy a few years back, and was immediately struck by its similarity to something else. I had forgotten about it until now.


Meet the KTM X-BOW.


It looks like something from Anime. I can just picture it doing battle with a huge robot.

[Roadtoad]

Another contender:

I first saw this guy a few years back, and was immediately struck by its similarity to something else. I had forgotten about it until now.


Meet the KTM X-BOW.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/KTM_X-Bow_1024.jpg



"wait," you might be thinking, "that doesn't look too bad."
Well, this car is not ugly for it's design. It is ugly for what it resembles.
Click to spoiler to see the first thing I though of upon seeing this car.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/toad.jpg


(images hosted on my photobucket account)

Having seen the spoiler, I have to have one.

[X]

Having seen the spoiler, I have to have one.


Get an Atom.


BTW: I found this (http://www.uglycars.co.uk/uglylist.asp) site of Britian's most ugly cars.

I disagree with some of the listings (frogeye Sprite, boattail Riviera , Thunderbird, cross-eyed Morgan), but others truly deserve to be on the list.

I still think the Multipla takes the cake, though. With the 2CV a close second.

[ElMondoHummus]

This looks like 18 clowns should pile out when it comes to a stop.

18 clowns did, then ran away. You see, they were the designers and didn't wanna get sued.

;)





:D ... And the weirdest thing was seeing one of them at a drafting table, full makeup, neon wig, big shoes, ball nose and all...

[ElMondoHummus]

Mr. Bean's nemesis, the Relaint Robin :

Wow... didn't know cars could have birth defects...

[Roadtoad]

Get an Atom.

Sorry, by comparison, it's not "froggy" enough.

[TX50]

THAT is the Ford Anglia and i find it very pretty, espescially the back window tilting "the wrong way". :) It was even used by the British Police.

They used to call them "panda cars". My wee brother actually used to think
the Ford Anglia was the batmobile: "Atomic batteries...turbines to speed..."

[bruto]

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_115249af54d8ab9fd.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15521)Someone else nominated this one in the most beautiful cars thread too!

A pretty good compendium of ugliness can be found here, in The Ugliest Cars in Britain (http://www.uglycars.co.uk/index.html), which also includes a page for cars not seen in Britain.

One not there, which I think ought to be, is the Czech Tatra. a nice example of which can be found here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Tatra_603.jpg

A personal favorite for the list is the late 90's "third generation" Ford Taurus station wagon. The stylists of this monstrosity took a fairly pleasing conventional body, and then systematically changed all its contours and all its seam lines and shapes with an obvious intention of making all of them mismatched and disharmonious. I would put this down to accident, except that it is so totally consistent. Look at a normal car, and see how the shape of a window follows, more or less, the shape of the roof that surrounds it, and how the seam where a door or hatch joins the body follows, more or less, the contours of the body itself. Now look at a Taurus. No two lines run parallel, no two shapes are in accord. If the roof is rectangular, the window is oval, if the body goes one way, the door lines go another, etc. It is a parody of design, purposely and pretty obviously intentionally perverse.

A very recent addition to my list is the Subaru B9 Tribeca, stiff competition for the Pontiac Aztek in the godawful SUV category.

[bruto]

My husband had an X1/9 and loved it up until the day he wrapped it around a tree (darn that mid-engine trait of having the back come around on you unexpectedly). When I met him, he was in the process of restoring an Alfa Romeo boat-tail spider. I remember helping him scrub the engine block in the kitchen sink.

Someday when I am rich, I will get me a little Sunbeam Tiger as a project car.Well, if "not enough engine" was the problem with the Fiat, you'll certainly make it up with that one, but according to one friend long ago who had one, roadholding was not among its great virtues, owing to the size of the mill they managed to stuff into it. He characterized it as an engine with wheels.

At least they were kind enough to put little plugged holes in the inside fenders, so you could replace the spark plugs without pulling the engine.

[Almo]

Yeah, Multipla. Almost as bad as the Edsel.

[I Ratant]

Well, if "not enough engine" was the problem with the Fiat, you'll certainly make it up with that one, but according to one friend long ago who had one, roadholding was not among its great virtues, owing to the size of the mill they managed to stuff into it. He characterized it as an engine with wheels.

At least they were kind enough to put little plugged holes in the inside fenders, so you could replace the spark plugs without pulling the engine.
.
ISTR there's one on the rear of the right side that is accessed thru the glove box!
Friend of mine had one, thought it was hot s**t, until I cleaned his clock with my '65 Olds 4-4-2 getting onto a freeway! :)

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Man, I love those early 60's C bodies. I have a '64 Newport I'm restoring right now.
Cool! Have you got photos?

~~ Paul

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

I think the Alfa Arna is, well, just so gloppy.

http://www.eurocarblog.com/post/1429/alfa-romeo-arna-ugliest-car-ever-for-italians

~~ Paul

[Hokulele]

He characterized it as an engine with wheels.


Which sounds like a fairly good charactization of me on a good day.

[Just thinking]

Ooops ... error. Please ignore.

[Furcifer]

If you want ugly SUVs, how about the Dodge Nitro?

http://www.automedia.com/NewCarBuyersGuide2008/photos/2008/Dodge/Nitro/SUV/2008_Dodge_Nitro_ext_1.jpg

Looks like the bastard son of a Hummer and a Kenworth truck.


lol, it really does.

The Aztec ranks up there for me. It was one of the first vehicles I saw and thought "What were they thinking?"

The AMC Pacer was pretty ugly, but I've grown fond of it. It'd make a good 1/4 mile car.

[Puppycow]

OK, this isn't mass-produced (http://www.midlandslimos.com/h2-8-wheeler-hummer.html), but man, is it ugly.

OMFG! I'm drooling.

That is so awesome!

Especially the interior!

If only I was a Hip-Hop star I would be so down for that. It's the anti-Prius!

[Puppycow]

http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/08/uncle_rico_van_ebay.jpg

[I Ratant]

The first time i saw a Cheby Avalanche, I thought "Pzkw III ausf G", without the gun!

[Elizabeth I]

How about Renault's Le Car (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Renault5-Le_Car.jpg)?

Actually, I don't think it was ugly, but it was a piece of :rule10. I had one and it broke a rod before it hit 20,000 miles. And oddly enough, that model year just happened to be the one that didn't have the 5-year, 50,000-mile warranty on it.

Looked cute with the sun roof open, though. :(

[Nogbad]

Get an Atom.


BTW: I found this (http://www.uglycars.co.uk/uglylist.asp) site of Britian's most ugly cars.

I disagree with some of the listings (frogeye Sprite, boattail Riviera , Thunderbird, cross-eyed Morgan), but others truly deserve to be on the list.

I still think the Multipla takes the cake, though. With the 2CV a close second.

The gits! My Nissan is on that list. I bought it because I thought it looked nice (really nice :( ) and is roomy and comfortable. Then again they have dissed the Austin Healey so their days are numbered. The AH enthusiasts club is probably already plotting. This isn't a Clarkson wannabe is it - curious anti-French undertones, overtones and middletones :)

The Hummer thing - that is pig ugly - brick on wheels.

[madurobob]

Cool! Have you got photos?

~~ Paul

I will tomorrow afternoon. Finally putting the finishing touches on the front disc brake swap.

[I Ratant]

Actually, I don't think it was ugly, but it was a piece of :rule10. I had one and it broke a rod before it hit 20,000 miles. And oddly enough, that model year just happened to be the one that didn't have the 5-year, 50,000-mile warranty on it.

Looked cute with the sun roof open, though. :(
.
It's been 3 years after my extended warranty ran out.
I have by actual count gotten 720 "final second notices" on re-instating it.
You may still have a chance! :)

[madurobob]

Cool! Have you got photos?

~~ Paul
I do now:
My own ugliest production vehicle ever: her beautiful face, her profile, and her nice new master cylinder with adjustable proportioning valve (yeah, there is a LOT of engine compartment work to be done). You can see the shiny new front disc hub poking through the wheel in the profile shot. Front disc brakes will be the only thing not original when I'm done.

[Roadtoad]

I do now:
My own ugliest production vehicle ever: her beautiful face, her profile, and her nice new master cylinder with adjustable proportioning valve (yeah, there is a LOT of engine compartment work to be done). You can see the shiny new front disc hub poking through the wheel in the profile shot. Front disc brakes will be the only thing not original when I'm done.

Oh good God.

That's so ugly, it's beautiful.

[bruto]

I do now:
My own ugliest production vehicle ever: her beautiful face, her profile, and her nice new master cylinder with adjustable proportioning valve (yeah, there is a LOT of engine compartment work to be done). You can see the shiny new front disc hub poking through the wheel in the profile shot. Front disc brakes will be the only thing not original when I'm done.

I think that the Chrysler designs of the first half of the 1960s may well be the most consistently ugly ever, as a group. Your post reminds me that I once, as part of a job, was saddled with the driving and maintenance of a horrifically rusty 1960 Valiant station wagon with a pushbutton automatic transmission. That particular one had a bad vacuum modulator, so it took about ten seconds to engage from a standstill, and also had a missing (yes, MISSING) upper ball joint, which gave its handling a very unusual characteristic, since one wheel had a huge negative camber. The top of the spindle simply rested in the hole left in the a-arm when the ball joint fell out from rust. It also caught fire once, but that's trivial. I had a Pontiac some years later that caught fire three times.

My grandfather had a 1961 Chrysler, and riding in it one had continually to rein back the panic of thinking that another car was passing at a dangerous distance. It wasn't another car. It was its own tailfins!

Here is a page devoted to those Chryslers. Note the Valiant wagon, Who thinks of these things?

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Chrysler/chrysler1960-1971.html

[madurobob]

I think that the Chrysler designs of the first half of the 1960s may well be the most consistently ugly ever, as a group. Your post reminds me that I once, as part of a job, was saddled with the driving and maintenance of a horrifically rusty 1960 Valiant station wagon with a pushbutton automatic transmission. That particular one had a bad vacuum modulator, so it took about ten seconds to engage from a standstill, and also had a missing (yes, MISSING) upper ball joint, which gave its handling a very unusual characteristic, since one wheel had a huge negative camber. The top of the spindle simply rested in the hole left in the a-arm when the ball joint fell out from rust. It also caught fire once, but that's trivial. I had a Pontiac some years later that caught fire three times.

My grandfather had a 1961 Chrysler, and riding in it one had continually to rein back the panic of thinking that another car was passing at a dangerous distance. It wasn't another car. It was its own tailfins!

Here is a page devoted to those Chryslers. Note the Valiant wagon, Who thinks of these things?

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Chrysler/chrysler1960-1971.html

Ahhh.. see, to me that site is nothing but beauty. Almost - the '60 Valiant sedan was a bit much.

And what quality construction! How many other cars do you know that can even move absent a ball joint?

[Furcifer]

Did anyone include the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller yet?



It looks like a VW Bug that got stuck between two doors that were closing and popped like a zit.

(sorry, no image available, ever)

[Roadtoad]

I'm sure there's an image available. Somewhere.

[Furcifer]

I'm sure there's an image available. Somewhere.


lol, I'll do a sketch myself and post it later. I'd say use your imagination, but that's ruined now, forever.

[Darat]

Did anyone include the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller yet?



It looks like a VW Bug that got stuck between two doors that were closing and popped like a zit.

(sorry, no image available, ever)

Your post was (unsurprisingly!) reported a couple of times. You'd already removed the image link and I'm sure it was completely unintentional so no further action is required. Unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened and it is the main reason we have "no hot-linking" in Rule 4. Please always ensure that a site explicitly allows hot-linking before you hot-link to it, otherwise what is explicit may not just be the permission!

[Roadtoad]

Your post was (unsurprisingly!) reported a couple of times. You'd already removed the image link and I'm sure it was completely unintentional so no further action is required. Unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened and it is the main reason we have "no hot-linking" in Rule 4. Please always ensure that a site explicitly allows hot-linking before you hot-link to it, otherwise what is explicit may not just be the permission!

I don't think a warning is even necessary here. Lesson learned. Mistakes have been made in the past, they'll be made in the future.

Kind of funny, though, when you think about it. It certainly could pass as an editorial comment on the quality of the Messerschmitt.

ETA: There's more here, including a picture. Feel free to smirk at will. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200)

[X]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200


Or just Google for pics. I still think the Multipla is worse. But Madurobob's thing is pretty ugly.

[Furcifer]

Your post was (unsurprisingly!) reported a couple of times. You'd already removed the image link and I'm sure it was completely unintentional so no further action is required. Unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened and it is the main reason we have "no hot-linking" in Rule 4. Please always ensure that a site explicitly allows hot-linking before you hot-link to it, otherwise what is explicit may not just be the permission!

Yes, a valuable lesson learned. While investigating what exactly happened, I discovered the only thing uglier than the cars the people at The Institute for Historical Review drive, is there sense of humour and their views on the Holocaust.

Sometimes I hate the internet.

[Elizabeth I]

I would take that Dodge Phoenix convertible in a New York minute.

The '61 Windsor looks like a Studebaker from a few years earlier, however.

[BenBurch]

I think the Alfa Arna is, well, just so gloppy.

http://www.eurocarblog.com/post/1429/alfa-romeo-arna-ugliest-car-ever-for-italians

~~ Paul

That car is on the WRONG side of the Adriatic. It looks like a slightly stretched Yugo.

[Roadtoad]

wvZSdCTcS-A&feature=related

Check out the car...

[Checkmite]

In 2000, I had a 1984 Toyota Van.

[TX50]

wvZSdCTcS-A&feature=related

Check out the car...

It's a Reliant Robin. Mentioned upthread a ways.

[TX50]

Did anyone include the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller yet?



It looks like a VW Bug that got stuck between two doors that were closing and popped like a zit.

(sorry, no image available, ever)

From the Bf 109, the Me 410, Me 163 and Me 262 to...to...that thing.
sic transit gloria mundi indeed!

[Steve]

In 2000, I had a 1984 Toyota Van.

In 2009 I have a 1991 Toyota Van (325,000 km), and a 1992 Toyota Corolla (264,000 km), both fully functional, economical, and safe to drive.
Re the thread title - I don't think either of my Toyotas are especially ugly although I understand that some people do not care for the appearance of Previas.

[Checkmite]

In 2009 I have a 1991 Toyota Van (325,000 km), and a 1992 Toyota Corolla (264,000 km), both fully functional, economical, and safe to drive.

The '84 van looks a little different from the Previa...

[Steve]

The '84 van looks a little different from the Previa...

Oh, I know that.

[Jeff Corey]

If I got one of these, I'd want to get a couple of big foam "toast crusts" to secure to the roof:
These vehicles look to me like 1950'S TOASTERS, especially from behind; and extra especially the silver ones.
Sunday, on the LIE, I saw a Scion with the plate, "TOAST3R".

[One Skunk Todd]

:P at all of you. :) I like my Aztek.

I'd post a link but apparently I can't do that yet.

[Oliver]

You could probably step on one of those if you weren't paying attention to where you were going.

Steve S.


:D That almost seems to be true, given X's video ...

nRzjcto3qmc

I don't know if I'd call it ugly. It's looks are just depressingly bland. Ugly, at least, is interesting.


After watching the clip, I agree that the "car" is pretty interesting and kinda cute as well given the fact that you can drive through a building and actually use an elevator while sitting in it.

People picking up your car while you're driving in it is pretty annoying, though. :D

[steffanie]

Toyota Yaris. I cannot stomach this car, eventhough there are uglier cars out there i just start to gag when i see one. Also, the moment you sit into it you become a bad driver. Ugh.

[UnrepentantSinner]

:P at all of you. :) I like my Aztek.

I'd post a link but apparently I can't do that yet.

Me too brother. PM it to me and I'll post it for you.

And though I admire your lurk to post ratio, isn't almost 4 1/2 years a bit long to go without making 15 posts?

[Roadtoad]

Toyota Yaris. I cannot stomach this car, eventhough there are uglier cars out there i just start to gag when i see one. Also, the moment you sit into it you become a bad driver. Ugh.

My son tried to sit in one, once. At 6'4", he would have needed a can opener for daily use.

Of course, it's understandable that in Ireland, a Yaris makes you a rotten driver. For one thing, you people insist on driving on the wrong side of the road... :p

[timhau]

My son tried to sit in one, once. At 6'4", he would have needed a can opener for daily use.


The older model, definitely. The current one... well, I'm 6'3", and I use my wife's new-model Yaris regularly. It's not an ideal fit, but it's not painful either, even when we drive the 160 miles or so to see the Mother-in-law. Mind you, this one has a clutchless semi-automatic transmission -- driving the regular manual would be a problem since there would be no obvious place for my left foot & leg.

[steffanie]

My son tried to sit in one, once. At 6'4", he would have needed a can opener for daily use.

Of course, it's understandable that in Ireland, a Yaris makes you a rotten driver. For one thing, you people insist on driving on the wrong side of the road... :p

You people?:mad::D

Driving on the left is the way it should be every where. Seems that only old fogies drive the Yaris over here. Easpecially on a Sunday they appear every where and it's usually in front of me.

[AJM8125]

This may not be the ugliest, but it is to me. It's a 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans, the car I learned how to drive in. In an era when all the cool kids were tooling around in SS Chevelles, Hemi Cudas, Boss Mustangs and (gawd) customized vans, yours truly was stuck driving that. Not only was it Grade A girl repellant, the damn thing was a menace for an inexperienced driver. A somewhat robust engine combined with a completely inadequate suspension was a nearly fatal combination for me on a number of occasions. Rainy days were dreaded as the slightest error could result in a spinout. Oh well, personal bias aside, the car did make me a better driver. This car is the assembly line cousin of the Chevy Corvair, IIRC, one of the subjects of Raplh Nader's infamous book Unsafe At Any Speed.

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_2683249bf19d4d9eaf.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=15706)

[Ove]

You people?:mad::D

Driving on the left is the way it should be every where. Seems that only old fogies drive the Yaris over here. Easpecially on a Sunday they appear every where and it's usually in front of me.

Then how come it is only the old commonwealth countries that clings to that old belief? The rest of the world drives in the right side of the road (pun intended) :D

[malbui]

Didn't know Japan had ever been in the Commonwealth... :p

[steffanie]

Then how come it is only the old commonwealth countries that clings to that old belief? The rest of the world drives in the right side of the road (pun intended) :D

Because we're special and fantastic and unique!:D I knew someone would comment on that. I don't know why there are only a handful of places that drive on the left. It's so alien to me to drive on the right hand side. I nearly had a panic attack driving in France.

[Ove]

Because we're special and fantastic and unique!:D I knew someone would comment on that. I don't know why there are only a handful of places that drive on the left. It's so alien to me to drive on the right hand side. I nearly had a panic attack driving in France.

I didn't have any problems driving in Britain but the locals did... ;)


And FYI i am a devoted Anglophile, i love England, well Great Britain actually. Wonderfull people, good beer, beautiful country, -but i STILL maintain that they drive in the wrong side of the road. :D

[steffanie]

FYI i am a devoted Anglophile, i love England, well Great Britain actually. Wonderfull people, good beer, beautiful country, -but i STILL maintain that they drive in the wrong side of the road. :D

What about Ireland?:eek:

[KDLarsen]

Mr. Bean's nemesis, the Relaint Robin :
That's not a car, that's a space shuttle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20) ;) (Bloody BBC disabling embedding :mad: )

[Roadtoad]

That's not a car, that's a space shuttle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20) ;) (Bloody BBC disabling embedding :mad: )

On the upside, their disasters are a lot cheaper than NASA's.

[ddt]

It's so alien to me to drive on the right hand side. I nearly had a panic attack driving in France.

:D I nearly crashed my car (well, a rental van) while on holiday in England. I drove on the middle lane of the M4, and wanted to overtake the car in front of me. At first, I consciously looked in the right mirror to see if I could overtake, but when I wanted to make the manoeuver, automatism kicked in and I steered to the left. There was already a car there :o. I did avoid a collision, fortunately, and after some swerving got the van back on track.

Another time, when looking for a camping, I got on a small, quiet road without markings, which turned out to be the wrong road. On returning by the same road, I only realized after some time after the markings re-appeared that I was driving on the right (eh, the wrong) side of the road.

It's really difficult not to let the automatisms you acquire kick in.

[Ove]

What about Ireland?:eek:

Ohhh sorry sorry, i Like Ireland too. Anybody that can produce a nectar like Guiness deserves my highest respect and admiration, when the then also produce the worlds sexiest drummer, -i rest my case. :D

[X]

I have found a challenger to the Multipla!

Rest assured I didn't go out of my way to find it. I just perused a magazine, and found a picture of it staring at me. The article wasn't about it, but rather about that which the car is named for. The [/url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass]Stelvio Pass[/url].


Meet the Nissan Autech Stelvio (http://jalopnik.com/376730/1989-autech-stelvio-adventures-in-ridiculous)
(Autech being to Nissan what AMG is to Mercedes and Mazdaspeed is to Mazda)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/az1s01-1.gif

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/Aut_Stelvio_modelcomp.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/stelvio21.jpg

Yes, those strange growths on the fenders are the mirrors.


Even more appalling? The price. 18,000,000 yen when new.
Which works out to about $164,000 CDN (http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory) (in 1989), or approximately $255,000 CDN (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html) today ($209,000 US). Over a quarter-million dollars, for that hideous blight.



As always, pictures hosted on photobucket.

[backstab]

Extra boxy :D

[IndridCold]

My vote is for the Aztec.

[Beanbag]

I have found a challenger to the Multipla!
Meet the Nissan Autech Stelvio (http://jalopnik.com/376730/1989-autech-stelvio-adventures-in-ridiculous)
(Autech being to Nissan what AMG is to Mercedes and Mazdaspeed is to Mazda)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/az1s01-1.gif

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/Aut_Stelvio_modelcomp.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/leftieman/stelvio21.jpg

Yes, those strange growths on the fenders are the mirrors.

Look on the bright side: you can always do your own bodywork if you have a box-and-pan brake.

Beanbag