50 Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 Years

[tomato]

Originally Posted by wooverstone8

IMHO the citroen 2cv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_7fB...eature=related

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

That guy clearly doesn't understand the car!!



Is it ugly? arguably
Is it slow? Hell yes
Does it fall apart? Well, it can
Is it a high-end car? Certainly not!!
... but ... it's a CULT car, a total classic!!!
You don't destroy a 2CV!!! tsk, tsk, tsk

Originally Posted by SailDesign

Heh! We had a 4L for years. Great driver, although the shifter was counter-intuitive, and the gearbox was on the FRONT of the engine.,...
Finally died when someone pushed me into the car in front. The Renault's bow just disintegrated in a pile of rust. I think the gearbox saved me - not a mark on the other car.

Did you own one, really? I have a picture of me in that car around here somewhere. I should dig it out and post it, you'd have a good laugh!!

[Yar Is Word]

D and D'er

[KCALB SIRAY]

Originally Posted by Yar Is Word

D and D'er

This would be at the top of my all time fav's

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by tomato

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

That guy clearly doesn't understand the car!!



Is it ugly? arguably
Is it slow? Hell yes
Does it fall apart? Well, it can
Is it a high-end car? Certainly not!!
... but ... it's a CULT car, a total classic!!!
You don't destroy a 2CV!!! tsk, tsk, tsk



Did you own one, really? I have a picture of me in that car around here somewhere. I should dig it out and post it, you'd have a good laugh!!

Do you actually know what's written on the plate? In french, Poubelle means Trash...

[tomato]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Those Citroen/Renault 2CVs are amazing cars. Apparently one of the specs for the design(!) was that the vehicle could take a crate of eggs across a plowed field without cracking a single egg. This gives away a bit in the handling department, and it is quite frightening to have one of these things come at you in a corner; you are SURE the thing is gonna flop over, but they seldom do...

They don't. I've ridden in many so I can tell you first hand. When you take a turn, the wheels stay firmly planted while the rest of the car moves (that's with more than 2 people in the car) It's actually kind of fun, especially when you ride in the back.

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Do you actually know what's written on the plate? In french, Poubelle means Trash...

I'm aware of that
The owner of that car has a good sense of humour
plus he's in no hurry to get anywhere because in San Francisco there are tons of hill, and some of them are real steep. If memory serves, a 2CV climbs hills VERY SLOWLY;) not what you'd call a performance car! but you still gotta love 'em

[DevilGirl]

I actually like the VW Thing. It kinda reminds me of an old military Wrangler, but funkier!

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DeLorean DMC-12... Come on! Back to the Future, anyone? That car made history!!

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Toyota RAV4... Can they even remotely be serious??

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"Jeep Compass
Introduced: 2007

Jeep is an automotive classic. So why the Compass? The signature round headlights look out of place, while the fake grill and mismatched panels are more evidence that the Compass' designers lacked a unified vision."

Umm, I guess they don't realize that it's a remake of the Liberty...

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Ferrari Enzo... Umm, it's a Ferrari? Did they expect something else?

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Plymouth Prowler... Now that is one that I can agree with!! Looks more like it belongs on the track than it does on the roads...

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Toyota Prius... This one, umm, yeah. I think it definitely belongs there!

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Chevrolet SSR... What were they thinking? They call this a truck? Wait, same company that made the El Camino... Nevermind...

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Just my humble opinions on these cars... Some I DRASTICALLY disagree with. A lot of others, yeah, they belong there...

[SilverBack]

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

Chevrolet SSR... What were they thinking? They call this a truck? Wait, same company that made the El Camino... Nevermind...

Don't know about the El Camino. Sure the front and rear halves don't match, but I can't help but to look at one when I see it.

Plus the low front-end makes it a hunter's dream. You just hit the deer on the road and it flies over and lands in the bed. No getting out and shooting

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Do you actually know what's written on the plate? In french, Poubelle means Trash...

Trash CAN....

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by tomato

Did you own one, really? I have a picture of me in that car around here somewhere. I should dig it out and post it, you'd have a good laugh!!

Sho'nuff did. Traded a half-dead single-cylinder Kawasaki 200 mo-bike for it, and then drove it for 50k miles before she was "killed". All sorts of lovely things in there - like the glass (I kid you not) overflow receptacle for the radiator. We used to take out the passenger seat and put kid #2 in his carry-cot on the floor there. He liked to watch the pedals work, and is now a complete and total motor-head. Go figure!