what's the ugliest car of all time?
 

i hate the ssangyong rodius with so much venom i thought i'd start a thread...

http://imgup-lb.automotive.com:8080/...59030.w600.jpg

I think you nailed it. That thing is hideous!

Never liked these things.




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Pontiac Aztec and all current Dodge models.

think these are stupid as well...
anything with three wheels doesn't look right.
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac..../Scootacar.jpg
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac..../invacarac.jpg

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a Citroen DS is ugly ?? my answer would all american made cars between 1975 and 1985 ;)


Time to move it to OT.

ok the 924 is not really a sexy machine, there ya go Ed Porsche related. lol

yeah this is a porsche and technically its ugly too, the fuchs are 911 inspired so this thread definately belongs in the porsche 911 technical forum...

http://z.about.com/d/trucks/1/0/R/J/...nne_ftside.jpg

ha ha straight from the green to the autox.

or alternatively.... also making this thread relevant for this forum...

i bought this porsche on ebay recently and am not quite getting the hp figures stated in the manual and accelaration isnt what i expected, but fuel consumption has been brilliant for my first 5000 miles (at welll over 5000 miles per gallon) but my battery keeps going dead - is it an alternator problem? - can anyone help?

http://www.pumopumo.net/porsche/2005...-1024x768.jpeg

lol :-)

do you reckon there's group racing events for these, loads of them in team colours at le mans and stuff :D

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It's hard to imagine this car actually made it to production. Couldn't someone have atleast spoken up and said that maybe they should spend a little more money in the design phase before dropping the ton of money to put it into production. :rolleyes:

That car almost makes the Pontiac Aztec look good...almost.

Citroens are ugly but still cool in a quirky kind of way.

yeah its amazing. it's also amazing that people spend hard earned cash and buy them!
i'm with dutchie on the citroen though. but a lot of u.s. cars in the late 70s are cool even with burt reynolds in them...
http://www.allmusclecars.com/pontiac/77tapfgleam.jpg

I think some corporations are just into the look of things too much, that is why I say Dodge is ugly. Going down the road and a dodge comes at you, they all just about look the freakin same! From the Viper to the Ram truck they all have that damn ugly front end. Yes I know Audi has this trend going as well, but could you imagine the Mustang with a truck grill? And I am not a Mustang fan either.

Let's not forget the Fiat Multipla in the late 1990's :http://www.minivan.pl/img/mid/53-fiat-multipla.jpg

The Rodius is certainly one of the top three worst-looking cars ever. On the yukometer it goes right up through ugly, accelerates hard (for the only time) through 'so ugly it's cool' and blasts through the cool ceiling into a whole new world of milk-souring unattractiveness.

I hadn't heard of the Aztec, just googled it - OMG :eek:

I've had two '77 big block Caddys & quite like that era of Americana.

brilliant description :D
http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.c...2119766725.jpg
its so horrible from every angle and it's little wheels just make it worse.
wonder if owners have they're own forum (designed for the partial sighted)?

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This is officially the ugliest car I've ever seen... perhaps because it, like the 996, marks the death of a legend? I mean the '06s and '07s looked bad... but the '08 wrxs look like PT cruisers took advantage of a suzuki and this is their bastard offspring... the new rear suspension is not worth it.

Pontiac Aztec

AMC Pacer

That and the Turbo Trans Am are probably my fave late 70s domestics. Unfortunately as you probably know almost all those cars were used, abused and rusted away,

Tony,

They have not all rusted away. Check out the current issue of Automobile magazine. There is a story about a bunch (40 or so, I think) of T/A owners who recreated the Smokey & the Bandit run in honor of the 20th anniversary of the movie. Many of those shown in the article are the black/gold special edition models.

I had a red '77 T/A in college -- screaming chicken on the hood & all. 400 c.i. (6.6 liter) & only 220 hp. I wanted to buy a TR6 but I was borrowing 1/2 of the $ from my father & he felt small cars were unsafe. He would not loan me the $ for a TR6. Camaros & Firebirds were the only cars that were big enough for him & fun enough for me.

I still want a TR6.

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I remember the Town & Country station wagon being very ugly to me. Those wooden panels just gets to me all the time.

Have you considered a career in writing? That's good!
-Chris

Never liked the Pacers or Gremlins, but a gremlin could be had with a V-8. Rode in one once with a denim interior. The DS is pretty next to the 2 CV

think this unfortunate advertising for a pacer is saying 'this car is a turd'
http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload...2-19a2de6c747b

Hard to boil down to one car but this stands out to me.
56 Dart
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eh, I could see that standing out and looking sharp in the 50s

heres a couple more for inspiration...
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/press/allegro_4.jpg
http://www.rustbuster.nl/Fotoboek/Citroen_Ami_groot.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...50_HL_1972.jpg

Whats so unfortunate about it? Fitting that its a French ad though.

BTW I think there trying to insinuate that the car has a sexy behind too!

i meant i think it looks like she's taking a ***** and the way the car is positioned and is also brown.

I had a 77 Dodge Aspen RT with T-top roofs. Thankfully no pictures.

Thats not what I see. But we gotta keep this G rated....

Another vote for the Aztek. Which GM idiots actually OK these things for mass production?

An (dis)honorable mention should also go to the Malibu Maxx. I rented one of these utilitarian but butt ugly cars when I went to go take a look at my P-car, pre-PPI. The PO took one look at what I pulled up in and asked me what the heck it was (and not in a good, complimentary way).

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...yung/maxx2.jpg
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Seeing as the the Aztec has had so many votes I'll skip it...

The Ford Taurus of a few years back was pretty ugly.

That Dodge Dart looks kind of funky cool in a retro George Jetson sort of way. Was that a production car? I have been to a lot of vintage car shows and never seen one.

Edit: Just googled, it was a Chrysler Dart prototype

Bert... while Chrysler Corporation had some definate design issues, I'm sure that you know the concept car you posted never made production. The Dart came to market under the Dodge brand in 1960, and didn't look much worse than Chevrolet's "shoebox" cars of the late 50's.

http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/dod60blk.jpg

If you want Dart ugliness that made it to production, refer to the 1962 model.
http://tinyurl.com/34uf6g




Modern Ugliness:
http://tinyurl.com/2smxyl

Hmm. I like that FJ Cruiser.

how about this beauty from England a 1967 William City ....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1183827158.jpg

Its a Schmidt car....everybody thinks Porsches are his TRUE Love...but the Big Bird cars are near and dear to his heart...