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11-03-2009, 01:44 PM | #1 |
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50 Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 Years
Defined by Businessweek, here is a list of 50 ugliest cars of the past 50 years. If you think they have one wrong, please share your story if you've owned one or would like to add one to the mix.
1) Chevrolet El Camino Introduced: 1959 The front end of a car and the back end of a pickup—convenient but unsightly. The El Camino went through several redesigns, each worse than the one before. This 1982 model seemed to be wearing dental braces, and the chrome accents over its wheel housing only draw the eye to mystifying hub caps. 2) Citroën Ami Introduced: 1961 Design: Flaminio Bertoni This car has fenders that drop below the tire line and a top that extends from the back like a porch roof. Add some oddly shaped windows and dot-sized brake lights for a uniquely strange-looking vehicle. 3) Lightburn Zeta Introduced: 1963 This Australian car was designed by a maker of cement mixers and washing machines, but that might be obvious. There are two grilles, both in a fence-like pattern, with protruding headlights on either side. 4)Wartburg 353 Introduced: 1965 Can you find one thing you like about this East German car? 5) Volkswagen Thing Introduced: 1969 This is the design philosophy of the Thing: Take the basics of the Beetle—an engine, powertrain, and seats—and plop them in an unfinished metal box. There's no front grille, the bumper is an afterthought, and nobody bothered to round the fenders. 6) AMC Gremlin Introduced: 1970 Design: Richard A. Teague Introduced on April Fool's Day, the Gremlin was ugly, but it's had its fans. Still, that doesn't excuse the abruptly angled back end, saucer hubcaps, and aborted rear windows. It also came in some nasty colors, like the brown-copper concoction seen here. 7) Bond Bug Introduced: 1970 Design: Ogle Design No, it has nothing to do with James Bond, and yes, it was legally driven on real roads. The Bug defies car design language with three wheels, a boat-like bottom, and zip windows. 8) Ford Pinto Introduced: 1970 Design: Robert Eidschun The Pinto doesn't seem so bad—that is, until you remember how sexy Fords (F) from the 1960s were. The design devolved into hexagonal headlight housings, a grille that's only a few inches tall yet wide enough to become the car's focal point, and a rear end that apparently melted from the roof. 9) Ford Mustang II Introduced: Late 1973 Somehow, Ford transformed the classic first-generation Mustang into this. Gone are the sleek lines, side intakes, and close-to-the-road profile. Instead, the Mustang II looks like many cars of the '70s: bloated, heavy, bland, and forgettable. 10) Bricklin SV1 Introduced: 1974 This ride has a well-earned reputation for being a complete mechanical clunker—and it looked like one, too. The front end is squared like an awful dress shoe, is wider than the driver's cabin, and rises high before sloping down dramatically, giving it a front-heavy, unstable appearance. 11) Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar Introduced: 1974 Design: Bob Beaumont The CitiCar might hold the record for being the most widely produced, street-legal, electric vehicle, but that doesn't make up for its looks. The sloped front end and zip-windows give it the appearance of a rolling tent. Here is the link to the remainder of the cars. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09...50_years/1.htm Feel free to add to the list or share your stories of owning one or of a trip you took when you were young and your parents packed up the old (insert car name) Last edited by KCALB SIRAY; 11-03-2009 at 01:56 PM. |
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