What is the fugliest car built in your lifetime?
 

Off the top of my head it's got to be the Pontiac Aztek.
It made me believe that Pontiac had to be full of "yes men" for a monstrosity like this to make production.


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comments excerpted from the cartalk website:

The Plaztek has to be the ugliest hunk of polystyrene ever molded. — Jeff

Let's face it, not every engineering student gets an "A". The "D" students need work also. — Bob

One of our neighbors has a green one which we call the "toadmobile," which, come to think of it, is an insult to toads. —Richard

The back end looks like it was stretched up too high, kind of like when an elderly person hikes their pants up to their chin. — Eric

That didn't just get hit with an ugly stick; it came charging out of the ugly forest! — Chris

It looks the way Montezuma's revenge feels. — John

Looks like it was designed by two separate teams of engineers that started at opposite bumpers and worked their way towards the middle, each unable to talk to the other until they met at the center doorpost. — Nate

Was Pontiac taken over by a high school shop class? — Sam

It has all the style, grace, and sexiness of an orthopedic shoe. — Byron

A horrid assembly of mismatched lines and angles, made even worse by the gray plastic body cladding of the "original edition." — Richard

Just screams "committee." — Thomas

Look like it has a wedgie. — Lisa

Ever seen this car from behind? It's like getting behind a horse that's ready to drop a load. — Susan

Looks like it went into the crusher before the showroom! The last step in the production process was being hit with an ugly stick. — Nate

It is amazing Pontiac hasn't been sued for accidents caused by drivers spewing coffee over the inside of their windshields when Azteks drive by. — Thomas

Damn I was going to say the Aztec.

I guess the Scion xB would be next on the list. It's butt fugly.
http://au.carnewstoday.com/car-news/..._218-img_0.jpg

I think the new Prius is pretty nasty-looking. It looks like Toyota watched some near-future sci-fi movies and decided they needed to make this high-tech car look like what everyone thinks a FuturCar is supposed to look like.

http://www.toyota.com/images/vehicle...or/photo_4.jpg

It's a pretty neat vehicle, actually. But it has the ovoid aerodynamics of a moose turd.

Incidentally, when my mother in law was in design school a few years back, she had a project to design the ugliest car she possibly could. A couple years later, the Aztec hit the streets, and she did a massive double-take: that thing has EXACTLY the same front-end she designed, with the double-nostrilled snout and everything.

Dodge Magnum:
http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-con...gnum_small.jpg

Seriously, nothing says mid-life crisis more than a station wagon that wants to be a muscle car. Come on, if you decided to have kids, you decided to give up cool. Live with it. You can't avoid it. It's just a matter of time before your own children will let you know anyway.

Fugly!

Dodge Magnum, Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Neon, Sunfire, Sundird, Cavalier, Cobalt, take your pick, those are just off the top of my head.

http://www.adclassix.com/images/71amcgremlin.jpg


http://www.adclassix.com/images/76bradleygtkitcar.jpg

xoxoxo0

Nothing says hideous like a streetcar called 'gremlin'. :D

More in the same vein: The AMC Eagle!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...onandSedan.jpg

I like the Scion actually.

this one: the element. urgh!
http://www.mfgautoleasing.com/images...side.500-E.jpg

and these are not really found on the roads but were in a google search so i thought i'd mention em here.
http://images7.worldcarfans.com/news...607.004.1M.jpg
http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm...04/country/gcf to read more about it.

http://www.humans.com/pages/images/multipla.jpg
http://www.humans.com/pages/ugliestcar.shtml

anyone got anything else to add? haha!

That car was awesome back then. Damn thing could go anywhere a 4x4 truck could. You saw a lot of them crawling around the Rocky mountains.


so do I ;)

Damn, three of the four cars I absolutely hate the look of have already been mentioned (Aztek, Element and xB). So I guess I'll be the first to name

Toyota FJ Cruiser.

http://www.toyotaoffroad.com/Article..._cruiser08.jpg

When I first saw it, I almost crashed because I couldn't believe that something like that could be put on four wheels. To make things worse, one of my co-workers bought it a couple of weeks ago and now I have to look at that yellow ugliness everyday as I pull up into the parking lot.

Lambourghini has always had a unique design sense; especially in the 70's.

I'm borderline about these Espadas:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1..._II_-_1971.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...1970Espada.jpg

But these 70's Jaramas? Yecch!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o_jarama_2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o_jarama_5.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o_jarama_1.jpg

Edsel...

http://www.jetsetmodern.com/images/edsel6.jpg

http://www.jetsetmodern.com/edsel.htm

Some of my favorite "most uglies" are already mentioned. But one I would put right up there is the early '60's Plymouth Valiant ...not to mention I actually owned a '61 Valiant 4dr just like this:

http://mcnally.cc/pics/60VALI.JPG

PS: I feel bad that it was so ugly since the slant-6 motor was almost artistic in it's implementation and reliability. At least I only paid $100 for it and used it for several years.

I saw a bunch o these in Italy this year - I can't imagine someone actually desiring one of these.

It actually makes the old AMC Pacer look sexy!
http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/archiv...talogcover.jpg



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The 80s had the Consulier - an excellent supercar by all standards except ... in the looks department.
http://matt_yapit.tripod.com/consulier_4.jpghttp://productioncars.com/send_file...._pair_1989.jpg

http://www.automedia.com/NewCarBuyer...ndAm_ext_1.jpg

Pontiac Grand Am. Quad hood scoops? So much plastic.

http://www.chavisauto.com/images/1994Skylark.jpg
Look at that nose!

http://www.autointell.de/asiatische-...31-400-248.jpg
Pretending that you are ecologically superior to your neighbors should not mean that you have to drive this turd.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...-blackwood.jpg
Thats right, pinstripes on a truck.

http://www.autonews24h.com/files/2007-Dodge-Nitro.jpg
Let's pretend that we can make a $20,000 hummer! More plastic!

didn't we do this already like in TFP 1,2,3 and even in 4.0?

CAREFULL....YOU'RE DATING YOURSELF!:orly:

http://www.adclassix.com/images/49humberhawk.jpg


XOXOXOO

It took me a few days, but I actually like this car... thing a lot. It's a decent looking beach cruiser, which takes me back to my old high school dream of having something interesting to drive to the beach; surf boards on top, windows down, sea smell in the air, cheap Walgreen's sunglasses on, with a whole bunch of buddies. The thing is a 4x4, has a 4.0L V6, and an optional 6 speed manual. I can understand that a lot of people might look at it and wonder if it was modeled on a VW Thing, but this was once a dream.

Now if you want an ugly Toyota, it's gotta be the Corolla.
http://www.elepent.com/photos/toyota/corolla.jpg
If I want to put aftermarket side skirts and bumper on my Corolla, let me make that mistake on my own. Don't put your own fake looking crap on the car before people can buy it. It looks like someone wanted the car to have a custom look, and that person was in heir mid 60s and had no idea what custom body effects should look like. Oy.

Honestly man???

http://www.dragtimes.com/images/8383...ge-Charger.jpg

Sweet muscle ....

http://howtowintojudge.com/images/pr...ger_srt8-l.jpg

Four door coupe!!!

http://www.tuningmag.net/images/news...er_text_1_.jpg

Classic ...

http://krang.moparmusclemagazine.com..._1600x1200.jpg

A God ... worthy, nuff said ....

https://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/50...nger-srt-8.jpg

Modern rebirth done rrrrrright ....

What do you think, still think they're fugly????

Those were the good ones. Now for the really fugly vehicles ....

http://www.chavisauto.com/images/199...d%20Taurus.jpg

http://www.bennettsautooutlet.com/pictures/Ad_635_1.jpg

The god-king detests mediocrity!

crazy talk
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ntLeft40-1.jpg
That's sharp

YUGO!

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07...mage/2yugo.jpg

Fiat Multipla. Honestly, the fugliset car I have ever laid my eyes on.

http://www.automotoportal.com/media/...60818005.4.jpg

I would have to go with the PT Cruiser. This thing was so fugly I found it offensive. It amazed me that people willingly traded some sort of money for this horrid sight:

http://www.ptcruiserlinks.com/galler...edition-06.jpg

we may have a winner !

xoxoxoo

I'm going to have to go with the Dodge Avenger/Chrysler Sebring
http://image.motortrend.com/f/roadte...nt_profile.jpg

http://image.motortrend.com/f/car-of...ge-avenger.jpg

http://image.motortrend.com/f/car-ne...er-sebring.jpg

http://image.motortrend.com/f/dealer...-rear-view.jpg

When in highschool (in 1986) my best friends first car was the Gremlin with the Levi's interior and mine was the the station wagon version, it was called a Concord

I loved that car, it would hold a ton of people and ALL the seats laid completely flat lol

I think one of the ugliest ever made is the Honda Element, especially in that god awful burnt orange color

Actually I rather like some of the Dodge cars - and the Magnum to me is an interesting example of a design going full circle from car to car/truck to SUV to station wagon. My dad would have killed for a station wagon when I was young. It would have been so neat to have one :thumbsup: The Magnum is his dream brought into the new Millineum.

My vote goes to the Volkswagon Thing. Just because it is riveted together without style or any aesthetic consideration does not give it the draw that the original Jeep had. The Thing was pure yuck.

http://www.type181registry.com/Class...ennettMatt.JPG

http://www.hummerguy.net/wp-content/...HummerH2_2.jpg

I have always thought of these as a short bus.

Yep they're still ugly as shit to me, fuckin hideous honestly, hate them all. Yes I hate Dodge and Chrysler, no one will ever convince me they're good cars, they don't hold value at all, if you like one now, wait 2 years it'll be dirt cheap.

To me, fugliness=ubiquity. Most of the cars posted in this thread are attractive.

Them's fighting words, boy! My PT is gorgeous. (that color isn't, tho)

Re: Gremlin. They were butt-ugly, but you could get one with a v8 and watch muscle car owners shit their pants as you quietly zoomed by. Damn thing weighed half as much as, say, a 442, so a v8 pulling it.....

Aztec gets the medal, though. Or at least shares it with the AMC Matador:
http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/wp...atador-xrt.jpg

UGH! The Element... disgusting.

Oh, there is a new contender to take on the ScionXB, Element, and other box like devices... the Nissan Cube:

http://www.autoclub.com.au/uploaded_...008-729654.jpg

http://www.autoclub.com.au/uploaded_...008-780676.jpg

The even refer to it as a device, not a car, a device.

In the spirit of the thread. How about the Pontiac Transport? That was one ugly car:
http://file.kbb.com/kbb/vehicleimage...xmpvtsp901.jpg

I remember when those first came out when I was in 5th grade and thinking how cool I thought those looked. I'm glad my taste in cars has improved through the years.

I knew a girl in high school that got all wet over the Mazda MPV. Seriously, she was just crazy about this new-fangled mini-van.

Hopefully, her taste has improved as well.

Are you joking? AMC was the beast in the 70's. A Gremlin meant a Pacer was just down the road, and after that? A Javelin!

Please, gentle readers, consider this: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...chevette-9.jpg

And this:

http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources...0_240Z_478.jpg

Mad Max looked at it at the lot and said, "no effing way."