Ugly Cars: A Picture Thread

Ugly cars in general, or more specifically the ugliest body style of long-running names. To start off, here's the 1981 Mustang. Even uglier IMO than the short-lived Mustang II.

http://i36.tinypic.com/24vk55c.jpg

All cars are ugly.

Lock thread.

Not really!
http://www.americancarsuk.com/Previous_Cars/Ford_Sierra_4x4_G601ORJ/Sierra_4x4_7.JPG

The trouble with this, even allowing for Tuomas's objections, is that what is ugly to some or even many people looks pretty cool to some us. So, it seems that the AMC Pacer is mostly reviled but I think it looks pretty cool, crazy, but cool.
http://photocarsonline.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/amc-pacer/5-amc-pacer.jpg

I defy anyone to like the Aztek.

http://i36.tinypic.com/m9op44.jpg

Seriously, that thing is a boat of ass.

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Re: AMC. I love all those weirdo cars they designed in the 1970s. If I had the means, I'd make a documentary about them while all or most of the designers are still alive.

lol @ Antiques 'N Such

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/truck-and-van-blog/ugly_car%5B1%5D.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/o8dizr.jpg

The R5, or "Le Car" by Renault. My apologies if people find this car cute.

omg at the Aztek, that's two cars welded together right?

http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/pictures/1996_Mercury_Sable.jpg

The ass on this car!

What's amazing about the Aztek is that it's been around since 1999(?) and at no time has Pontiac tried to make it look unridiculous.

http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/triple-axle-hummer-limo.jpg

i can see the charm in every one of these BUT the aztek

xpost ok that white thing and the hummer limo is gross too

sorry.

The Pontiac Aztek is a mid-size crossover SUV that was produced by the General Motors marque Pontiac from the 2001 model year to the 2005 model year.

The white thing is a 1996 Mercury Sable.

God, the Aztek is like a car ate a car and hasn't fully digested it yet.

I think someone once posted a green version on another thread and I compared it to a velociraptor or something but that's a little hazy now.

Mercury always makes Ford designs look worse. See the 1987 Sable.

http://www.taurusclub.com/encyclopedia/G1/1987sable.jpg

I know that all-across headlight thing was supposed to be futuristic, but it was future-stupid.

i think most cars made in the '90s were ugly. it's like automakers just abandoned style as an option.

the LeCar is great!

most cars made in '00s are even uglier than '90s cars

http://actucar.free.fr/cars/nissan/murano/img/murano.jpg
YOU DRIVE A FUCKIN SNEAKER

this should be under one of the many "cars you're creaming yourself over" threads, but i just have to post it anyway cuz it's sexxx on wheels:

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-11/43639325.jpg

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/autoreview/400x266/1997-2003-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-97129191990409.jpg

More Pontiac.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/autoreview/400x266/1997-2003-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-97129191990409.jpg

i think most cars made in the '90s were ugly. it's like automakers just abandoned style as an option.

I give you the 1994 MASERATI Ghibli...it's a MASERATI...

http://www.maseratiqld.org.au/images/Maserati%20cars/Ghibli%20Series%20II%20-%203.jpg

I used to drive a Dodge Omni. Such a nothing car.

http://carguyscarstuff.com/Car%20Ownership/Mazen/Mazen%20Omni.JPG

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2003/02/06/154371.1-lg.jpg

Subaru Baja, which wants so hard to be a Subaru BRAT...

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/02/Subaru_Brat_Ad.jpg

...which was fun on wheels.

DA BRAT!!

^I love them both unconditionally

Speaking of cars that look like shoes...

http://www.koalarentals.com.au/vehicles_files/98_toyota_rav4_2dr_soft_top.jpg

I also drove a Dodge Colt. I was a Dodge man through and through.

http://www.petrol-head.com/images/79coltdg2.jpg

aww the subaru brat is great!

wait, is he holding a glass of wine in his hand?

It's not a RAV4 unless it's blue.

xxp

aww the subaru brat is great!

I know! The Baja is a pale contender.

1990s-era Buick Skylark

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Buick-Skylark-coupe.jpg/800px-Buick-Skylark-coupe.jpg

http://www.cardata.com/spoilers/images/CD_Spoilers/Buick_Skylark_2LM.jpg

brownie, I'd forgotten the Colt existed and I used to ride around in one with my friend before I had a license even.

The front of the Skylark looks like a cartoon character.

http://www.automotivechronicles.com/articles/2005/feb/04/images/buick-grand-national-87.jpg

Yeah, wtf. That's supposed to be one of the greatest muscle cars of all time or something, but it looks like a pitch black turd.

The BMW X6. Somewhere in between a regular BMW and the tank from Damnation Alley

http://www.bmw.com/_common/highend/templates/individual/experience/x6/x6/2007/phase_1/x6_firefox_lowband.jpg

http://www.diseno-art.com/images_2/BMW_X6_concept_rear.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/22/automobiles/autoreviews/600-bmw-span.jpg

Looks like it's made of liquid metal.

I have driven all the ugly cars. My third car:

http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Joest_Jonathan_Ouaknine/Renault_Alliance.jpg

The inspiration for the Aztek surely:

http://www.hollywood-diecast.com/vacation%20truckster.jpg

http://www.a2z4cars.co.uk/images/ford%20ka.jpg

I give you the 1994 MASERATI Ghibli...it's a MASERATI...

I'll see your '94 Ghibli and raise you a mid-80s Biturbo:
http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/outros/maserati-biturbo-222e-88.jpg

auto industry RIP

I hate to bash Citroen, because they have a tradition of making strange looking cars. The DS, 2CV, and SM are totally classic, but the current C6 doesn't do it for me.

http://www.carforums.net/reviews/makes/pictures/Citroen08.jpg

http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/full/TorqueOmata3080.jpg

I want to shout out at the designers "stop trying to make it look vaguely normal, go ALL THE WAY"

http://www.italiaspeed.com/newmodels_multipla2002_01.jpg

I don't understand.

my first, and best looking, car:

http://i3.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/00/fa/2b25_1.JPG

lest we forget...
http://www.limosrus.co.uk/images/limogallery/large/PT_Cruiser_Limo.jpg

what was that fucking dodge that came out where it looked like an off-the-rack hotrod with an open wheelwell...?

^^ I'm rich AND have no taste.

i like all of brownie's cars

That Ford Ka a few posts up looks like a 3-man tent.

http://image.motortrend.com/f/9480751/112_0802_15z+2008_gmc_denali_xt_concept+side_view.jpg

That would be the Plymouth Prowler, Jimmy

http://www.refineddetailing.com/resources/2000+Plymouth+Prowler+LARGE.jpg

what was that fucking dodge that came out where it looked like an off-the-rack hotrod with an open wheelwell...?

The Prowler

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/newslett/2006/sept142006/assets/images/fastlane_prowler.jpg

YES OH MY GOD

how can you not be laughed at in that thing?

This Opel concept looks like some kind of space weapon:

http://blog.wired.com/cars/images/2007/09/10/opel.jpg

I'll see your '94 Ghibli and raise you a mid-80s Biturbo:

Haha, yeah, that's terrible.

how can you not be laughed at in that thing?

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, December 4, 2008 4:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's true, your honor, this man has no dick

batmobile + monopoly car = prowler

And speaking of space weapons, I always thought the 928 was probably based on the Millenium Falcon:

http://www.mikewilliamshosting.co.uk/9two8/images/history/928_Coup%E9_Mj_1978.jpg

omg that Prowler is even uglier than I remembered.

Re: AMC. I love all those weirdo cars they designed in the 1970s. If I had the means, I'd make a documentary about them while all or most of the designers are still alive.

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^^^otm & would watch

i kind of think that '86 unveiling of the fucking Taurus was the point where Ford (and American auto makers in general) just said "fuck it, trucks & SUV's are where it's at. We'll put the 'B' team designers on the shitty mid-priced sedans. I doubt anyone will buy them anyhow."

but buy them my parents did. over and over and over...

my god that '81 mustang is depressing.

the 928 doesn't belong anywhere near this thread

my parents were all about tauruses and crown victorias.

The 928 is residue of great Porsche design.

I loved that Porsche as a kid. Never liked the 911.

not sure what i think about this

http://netauto.spb.ru/Aston_Martin/Aston_Martin-Bulldog_Concept_Car_1980/Aston_Martin-Bulldog_Concept_Car_1980_1024x768_wallpaper_05.jpg

Panhard made some strange cars. Here's the P 17

http://www.philseed.com/images/panhard17a-jr.jpg

http://www.philseed.com/images/panhard17b-jr.jpg

Okay but the 928 is kind of great. I don't know about the other angles but I'm enjoying the side view.

I think that's what would have happened if the Germans won the war xp

the 928 doesn't belong anywhere near this thread

Agreed. Same with the 944.

It's the 914 I don't like...

http://www.pelicanparts.com/literature/914/914_literature_3.jpg

@brownie: that's an Aston Martin?!!!1!!

See? I think the 914 is pretty awes.

I think I've only ever seen one of these on the street in the US, and am only familiar with it from browsing the model kit aisles in K-Mart as a kid:

http://projecthp.ford23.com/Pics/Merkur1.jpg

I love late-70s/early-80s Lotuses, but the Lotus Eclat misses by a lot

http://www.carloten.com/images/lotus-eclat-2.jpg

The Opel GT is not by any means an ugly car, but doing this to one should be a criminal act punishable by 20 years or more in prison...

http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/1972-opel-gt-264.jpg

See? I think the 914 is pretty awes.

Yeah, it's definitely a love/hate model.

I'm not sure how I feel about the new Porsche Panamera. Admittedly, I strongly believe that Porsche should NOT be making a four-door anything.

http://www.motorauthority.com/content/thumbs/2/0/2010_porsche_panamera_turbo_003_2-1124-950x673.jpg

Yeah, I am NOT on board with that.

@brownie: that's an Aston Martin?!!!1!!

some sort of concept car by them. concept cars contain a wealth of ugliness

http://homepage3.nifty.com/monorev/tsubuyaki/b210hatch1.jpg

This one's more about the factory hubcaps than anything.

caddy

http://www.westsidecruisers.com/Pictures/2006/20060507_Vaarmoenstring_Ekeberg/1990%20Cadillac%20Fleetwood%20Brougham%20dElegance.jpg

Just about every Caddy made after 1965 is ugly.

http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/1972-opel-gt-264.jpg

what the christ.

http://honestjohn.com/classad_image4441.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/

Ha, my grandma had that car.

The early '80s Olds Toronado

http://encyclopedia.classicoldsmobile.com/toronado/83.jpg

At least whitewalls, spokes and vinyl tops seem to be a thing of that past now.

The angle on that Cadillac Seville makes it look almost normal, you got to get the back end in to see the full horror...

http://www.gmphotostore.com/images/53218144_pr.jpg

I'm not sure how I feel about the new Porsche Panamera.

the porsche cayenne is ugly too, but i'm biased against SUVs anyway.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/03-05_Chevrolet_Cavalier_coupe.jpg

I'm going to jump in for the Lebaron. They've always reminded me of little fedoras.

http://www.desktopcar.net/wallpaper/33533-2/Porsche_cayenne-249.jpg

That car just looks like it costs about $200 to make. xxp

Olds simply could not get the later Toronados right at all

http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/1992/Oldsmobile/1763/1992.oldsmobile.toronado.8657-300x189.jpg

I guess I'd never seen the Cayenne before, because I would've had nightmares.

ooh yeah that's way worse than the one Fever posted

x-post

(vinyl top notwithstanding)

there's a "transparent" cayenne hybrid:

http://www.luxurylaunches.com/entry_images/0907/12/Porsche_Cayenne_Hybrid_2-thumb.jpg

Srsly, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF VINYL RIGHT AT THE VERY BACK OF A CAR'S ROOF? I don't get it.

Just about every Caddy made after 1965 is ugly.

The current "stealth fighter" design aesthetic Cadillac has now isn't terrible, though I think it'll look dated pretty quickly. I'm not a big fan of the CTS sedan (even though it's a terrific car), but I saw the new CTS wagon at the LA Auto Show last weekend and I think it's a big improvement

http://www.drivearabia.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2010-cadillac-cts-wagon-2.jpg

I still stand by my previous assertion re: Caddys.

I can't find a picture to do it justice, but when I was car-shopping this past August, the lot full of unsold 2008 Ford F-150s and F-250s seemed like the ugliest thing ever.

I think I've only ever seen one of these on the street in the US, and am only familiar with it from browsing the model kit aisles in K-Mart as a kid:

Ah, Merkur. That was Ford's attempt to compete with BMW and Mercedes in the US, by importing German-made Fords and giving them a German-sounding name. Didn't work.

I can't find a picture to do it justice, but when I was car-shopping this past August, the lot full of unsold 2008 Ford F-150s and F-250s seemed like the ugliest thing ever.

Even uglier... A lot of unsold Hummers

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/01/business/01gm2-650.jpg

Better unsold than sold.

Chevrolet SSR: The redneck roadster.

http://www.desktopcar.net/chevrolet/ssr/Chevrolet-SSR05.jpg

Omnis, Colts & LeCars (which I actually sorta like) have nothing on the early-to-mid-90s Geo Metro, easily the most turdish of all unfortunate sub-compacts IMO:

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/06/23-End%20of%20Month/Geo%20Metro.jpg

All circles and squares

http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/1973travellall_01_resized.jpg

When gas went up over $4, people were buying old Metros like crazy. 40mpg or something iirc.

anybody a fan of the fiero? I am not

http://dtcc.cz28.com/85FieroL36/85fieroL36b.jpg

There's a salvage yard in N. Alabama that's strictly Fieros. I'll take a pic when I'm there at xmas.

I remember having a crush on someone who had a Fiero. A red one. I don't think anything ever came of that crush, though.

In the HBO show Entourage, the character Turtle had a yellow Fiero in high-school. He blames it for his inability to get girls.

I've always been torn over the Avanti

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123059/2156496/2156497/070613_GB_AvantiEX.jpg

anybody a fan of the fiero? I am not

I'll see your Fiero and raise you an additional Reatta

http://imgs.getauto.com/imgs/ag/ga/09/93/1/1G4EC13L0MB900993-1.jpg

Johnny the Fiero Factory in Toney, AL has a website
http://www.thefierofactory.com/gallery/index.htm

Ha! I guess everybody has a website. That's about 3 miles from my uncle's house.

I love that the Reatta is a "Make Offer" car.

I've always been torn over the Avanti

I've always liked the original 60s-era Avantis, but later attempts to keep the marque going post-Studebaker and increasing NHTSA-hostility weren't so good.

This is downright painful

http://www.ssip.net/upload/avanti-convertible-1_30.jpg

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/06/conti-k-car.jpg

OMGWTFLOL

that's kinda so bad it's good

http://www.ssip.net/upload/avanti-convertible-1_30.jpg

This is downright painful

Ugh, no argument there.

this is apparently some car from 78, but it must have influenced a lot of young car designers. it's looks new.

http://www.carsandtuning.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/midas-coupe.jpg

it's the velvet underground of cars.

http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Mercedes_Benz/Spy_Shots/GLK/2/MB_GLK_v_update.jpg

I fear this is gonna be huge, but that's because COME ON, PEOPLE, WAS THERE EVER AN UGLIER CAR?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG/800px-Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG

Also: SQUARE STEERING WHEEL.

it's cute

WAS THERE EVER AN UGLIER CAR?

Actually: the estate was even worse:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Austin_Allegro_Estate_UK.JPG/800px-Austin_Allegro_Estate_UK.JPG

it's cute

You wouldn't be saying that if you were wrestling with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL.

Squ-- what? WHAT?!?

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/classics/austin-allegro/03-large/allegro-colin-cork-007.jpg

Stupidest. Fucking. Car. Ever.

And y'know what? I really want one :)

Awwwwwww that's not rly square. It just kind of...suggests a square. I like it.

Awwwwwww that's not rly square. It just kind of...suggests a square

HAHAH. If only British Leyland had come up with that as a slogan!

It's called a Quartic steering wheel. Supposedly it's that shape to give a better view of the instruments. All bloody four of them...

Anyway, I see your Allegro and raise you a Renault 14...
http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Joest_O/pub_renault_14_poire.jpg
...nicknamed the pear, although really it was a lemon. My dad had one, it was a backfiring corner-rolling rust magnet.

Also I've just noticed that the guy driving that Allegro is a priest. For some bizarre reason every other Allegro I remember seeing was driven by a priest.

They had a cross-promotion deal with the Pope.

...which segues nicely onto this, the Rover 213/216
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Rower_213SE_white_vl.jpg/250px-Rower_213SE_white_vl.jpg

This thread is some bullshit. The ugliest cars by a goddamn street are the identikit family saloon plastic comfortmobiles. I give you:

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/images/ford-focus-2008-3-big.jpg

And the ugliest Allegro model ever, the "luxury" Vanden Plas
http://www.channel4.com/4car/media-legacy/featpics/topten/w1allegro.jpg
Basically a standard Allegro with a huge chrome grill stuck on the front. Sort of looks like the kind of thing that teenage lads who customise their crappy cars would do, if they wanted their rides to look a little bit like Rolls Royces rather than Mitsubishi Evos.

Nah, that's not so bad. I wouldn't buy one, but I wouldn't spontaneously vomit if I saw it on the street. xp

Ford are consistent offenders, truth be told. The Mondeo was mediocrity itself, and the Ka is unspeakable.

ughhh it is the rodent of cars squash it squash it

http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/ka_big.JPG

Anyway, I see your Allegro and raise you a Renault 14...

No way! I love the 1970s Renaults, every last one of them. The 16, in particular, was a sheer joy.

http://www.leblogauto.com/images/renault16_tl.jpg

Cf also the Citroen GS and CX, cars that make me weep with joy. (I'm not mentioning the DS because it's a bona fide classic; the later GS and CX are always overlooked.)

Yeah, the Ka was posted somewhere above. Thank goodness it's not being marketed in the US.

The 16 is a cool cucumber!

It's a genuinely beautiful car, and actually has no place on this thread ;)

I'm generally anti-chrome, but make exceptions for old, small Euro/Scandinavian cars.

The 14 is dreadful. Mechanical and rust problems aside, the back end just looks like the designers got bored and said "oh well, whatever" (Gallic shrug), and drew in that huge bulge. And precisely why I think it's so dreadful is that with a little more thought it could have looked amazing. The view from the side is so almost there, but instead of looking like a sleek shark, it's a beached whale.

And the complaint about new small family cars - that they all have that same bloated look - starts with the 14. The rot can be traced right back to the pear.

It sounds like you have issues with this small family car, Mr Snoball. Would you like to talk about them further?

Maybe you should lie down on this couch ...

As long as said couch isn't made of the same vinyl Renault used to make the seats of the 14GTL, then fine...
(I mean, that plastic that would stick to your legs in summer if you wore shorts)

try this couch:
http://www.ritzsite.net/63Stude/1963_Studebaker_Lark_Wagonaire_rear_seat.JPG

heh xpost

Surely the GTL would have had cloth seats, Snoball? Wow.

But yeh, I recall the searing agony of melting-hot vinyl against skinny white thigh. I have a strong eidetic memory of getting into my dad's orange 1973 Datsun Sunny by the side of Stanley Park in Blackpool one beautiful summer's day and ... AARGH, JESUS, THE PAIN.

check this big fuck off suv-antecedent/convertible action

http://michaelelyard.com/CarsMC%20of%20Europe.htm

1938 Mercedes Benz G4 (as in 4WD)

"Only 38 of these were ever produced, primarily for the upper military elite of the 3rd Reich. One was given to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and others were used in the occupation of Austria and Czechoslovakia."

^^^ this somehow makes total sense

Took me fucking ages to find a picture of a 1973 (actually: this would be '72, I think) Datsun Sunny.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/183706410_e5f2e21332_m.jpg

And I've totally confused myself as to what the 120Y was, and where that fitted in. One to ponder another time, perhaps.

I trapped my thumb in the door of ours when I was a kid, as well. I think it was the next Sunny:

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/pitstop/racer/108/images/dat_48.gif

in which I burned my thumb on the cigarette lighter. (What does this do? Ooh, look, it glows! *PRESS* ... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!)

Aww, the Sunny is kind of cute.

take two

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c163/wvferrell/merc.jpg

Whoa! I just noticed it's a six-wheeler.

The Aztek is still the champion of this thread though. The comments from Aztek owners in http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000321.html are hilarious.

http://files.nireblog.com/blogs4/ossimpsons1/files/20041201canyonero.jpg

I'm not old enough to remember the last time there was a giant stink about the government bailing out an auto manufacturer, but the story damn near tells itself.

http://www.allpar.com/photos/plymouth/volare/volare-fleet.jpg

Let's try that again.

http://www.allpar.com/photos/plymouth/volare/volare-fleet.jpg

wow, that's annoying.

What led me to that picture was actually my looking for a picture of the family car when I was a wee one. It was a 1975 Plymouth Volare 4-door. And it looked exactly like this:

http://www.allpar.com/model/aspen-pix/Aspen-01.jpg

That is a picture of a Dodge Aspen. It's the exact same car. So frickin' hot they had to make it twice.

(Honestly, it's not half as bad in any other color. But that's the color we had.)

(And all apologies for my hotlinks not working. It is damned annoying.)

The Volare also came in a 2-door coupe.

http://www.moparautos.com/images/80volare.jpg

Something about this car says, "Check out how my gold chain shines in the midst of my chest hair. You know, I submitted a science fiction story to Playboy last month. They never got back to me."

Here it is for anyone who can't see it

http://i36.tinypic.com/29bj6nk.jpg

Aw... I even checked that one in a different browser. Sigh.

Anyway, yeah. There she is.

And here's the first pic I so arrogantly tried to post:

http://tittysprinkles.net/images/ilx/volare-fleet.jpg

You could fill this thread with American cars but anyway

http://www.thevso.com/Stage2/images/blog/08-06-22%20APG/pt-cruiser-2007.jpg

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/autoreview/400x266/2007-Porsche-Cayenne-06605141990001.jpg

^ IT'S A FUCKING PORSCHE

also good call on that revolting BMW X6 thing.

The Porsche... Cayenne? God in heaven. Can't wait for the 2010 Porsche Canyonero.

http://www.megangolf.com/uploaded_images/renault-megane.JPG
baby got back. seemingly only driven as real estate agent company cars.

That Porsche looks like a steer's skull, and pretty much cheapens the entire company image.

Also lol at the the Coding Horror website with Aztek drivers defending the car; pretty much consists of 'I CAN FIT 3 BOOSTER SEATS IN THE BACK'.

http://i34.tinypic.com/o6lhqu.jpg

^ftw

...which segues nicely onto this, the Rover 213/216

i think that's what the sterling was based on. sold in the US in the late 80s/early 90s, touted as a combination of british "class"/"charm" and japanese reliability (it had an accord motor). big surprise, everything on the car that wasn't made by honda fell off in short order.
http://www.aronline.co.uk/press/sterling_1.jpg

I forgot all about the Sterling.

No one has made uglier ultra-luxury cars than the revived Maybach:

http://www.carforums.net/reviews/makes/pictures/maybach08.jpg

"Hi, I'm a cross between the ugly early 2000s Benz and the monopoly car"
http://www.news-blogs.com/_images/auto/maybach_57_2006.jpg

Looks like someone melted and stretched a regular car.

hahaha jon stewart just said he drove an amc gremlin in high school -- "the gremlin existed so drivers of the pinto could have something to shit on"

1985 mosler consulier GTP

http://img.timeinc.net/time/2007/50_cars/gtp1.jpg

that is terrible!

still can't believe that porsche shit-canned their racing activities (that give their road cars the race-tested aura) for a few years to produce the cayenne

subaru's 'jet-inspired' coupe of the '80s, variously called alcyone, XT or vortex:

http://images.drom.ru/reviews/photos/subaru/alcyone/alc4.JPG

worst-looking rally car of all time, the citroen BX 4TC

http://www.groupbrally.com/images/citroen/citroen_bx4tc_small.jpg

road version: even uglier!

http://koti.mbnet.fi/css/bx/4tc-3.jpg

It's clear that someone in Citroen said "let's build something exactly like an Audi, but make it ugly to throw people off the scent."

My first car: behold, the 1969 Austin 1800 MkII

http://www.aronline.co.uk/images/1800_05.jpg

Inherited from my grandmother. Tractor-sized steering wheel...big long spindly floor shift...manual choke, UGH...steered like a TANK...resplendent in shiny poo brown.... but goddamn I loved that car. Everyone I knew laughed at it, but all my tall friends secretly loved it because they never had to put the seat back when they sat in the front seat. Deceptively roomy.

Throw in power steering and automatic transmission, and that car's just fine!

that's not ugly!

Yeah, I wouldn't kick that car out of the garage.

It looks almost like a VW Squareback with different cosmetics.

yeah definitely. the grill is kind of busy but it seems pretty solid

awww. I've never seen so much Austin love in one place. You guys rule.
Back in the day it was hailed as a 'triumph of engineering over design'. Its nickname was 'the land crab'.

xpost David R: automatic transmission entailed a crazy little flip switch on the dash console. Which, given the angle of the steering wheel and depth of the seats, always sounded kinda awkward to me. Not convinced autotrans was the way to go though. My girl was heav-y...you need the guts of the manual tranny to get it over the hills.

It's clear that someone in Citroen said "let's build something exactly like an Audi, but make it ugly to throw people off the scent."

I love how French auto design departments are so willfully insane. Here's a Peugeot 308RC.. still trying to clone a Audi (the TT I'm guessing) but just so utterly unholy in its wrongness.

http://www.carpages.co.uk/peugeot/peugeot_images/peugeot_308_rcz_05_08_07.jpg

It's funny how real cars are starting to look more and more like Hot Wheels.

that citroen rally car looks like someone just took a regular, shitty citroen wagon, nailed a spoiler on the back and slapped on some decals. And the road version looks like its door is smashed in.

that citroen rally car looks like someone just took a regular, shitty citroen wagon, nailed a spoiler on the back and slapped on some decals

Er, that's because ... :)

I didn't mind the BX, actually. It wasn't a patch on what came before it, but it was still a little bit interesting, as opposed to the tedium Citroen churns out now. Indeed, this:

http://www.greencarsite.co.uk/GREENCARS/green-cars-photos/citroen-xsara-picasso-hdi.jpg

is a car I loathe so much I barely have the words. There's something about the rear view:

http://foto.autozone.be/fotoseurotax/450/citroen-xsara-picasso-diesel-2004-4475.jpg

that really offends me. And that - ^ - is the kind of view you tend to see a lot, ie stuck in the middle of a road with the brake lights on and the indicators doing something mental, because these things (and apologies if anyone round here has one -- BUT REALLY, GO AND GET A BETTER CAR, PLEASE -- seem so often to be driven by brain-dead fucks in their early 50s, for whom the Highway Code is but a distant memory).

Chris B.'s choices baffling to me, until I remember his picks for a beautiful car thread on here. He gets major points for consistency, although I think he lives in crazy upside-down land. (Well, ok, the X6 IS an abomination.) More seriously, the Mercedes GLK and the Citroen C6 work a lot better in the metal than in pictures -- maybe you've never seen them on the road?

Anyway: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.saxby/marcos/mini.jpg

"Hi, I'm a cross between the ugly early 2000s Benz and the monopoly car"

I think those Maybachs are pretty nice.

HI DERE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ford_Scorpio_1995_Taxi_hl.jpg

http://www.carpages.co.uk/peugeot/peugeot_images/peugeot_308_rcz_05_08_07.jpg

wait, is the windscreen on the wrong end?

some fucked up perspective going on there otherwise

it seems to have an ass crack for a roof

i think that's what the sterling was based on

The Sterling is considerably larger than the 213 or 216. Our neighbour had one. But it does share that same "big ugly slabs of plastic along the doors" look.

resplendent in shiny poo brown

The Maxi is one of those cars that looks good, as long as the chrome's kept shiny and the paint isn't brown. See also...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Vauxhall_Chevette_loved_by_learners.JPG/800px-Vauxhall_Chevette_loved_by_learners.JPG

^^^ Vauxhall Chevette - that's a later one. Earlier ones had big shiny chrome hubcaps like flying saucers. Problem was that most of them were 70's diarrhoea brown and rusted to hell.

I was a big fan of the Chevette. My late great-uncle had a P-reg Opel Kadett saloon (the Kadett being the same car as the Chevette, and obviously sporting interesting phonotactic similarities, too; that said I never quite understood the point of being able to buy both Opel- and Vauxhall-branded vehicles in the UK, and obviously GM agreed because they canned that idea in the eighties). I loved it, especially the weird plastic flaps on the rear pillars, one of which opened up to reveal the fuel nozzle.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Vauxhall_Chevette_Sedanlette.jpg

So many of these look fucking cool. Including the Mustang II.

It helps that I had toy version of a lot of the 70s cars, the AMC Pacer included.

entertaining racing but ugly - the Daytona Prototype

http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/CARmageddon690.jpg

wow, erm streamlined?

it kinda reminds me of this

http://misc.kitreview.com/shipreviews/images/ussmonitorreviewbg_1.jpg

http://www.ukcar.com/road_tests/mazda/demio/Demio1.jpg

this is the car i drive. (sans bumper and in muddy green)

boringest cah evah

Thank you, Mazda, for not even bothering to market that car in America.

Although, my favorite car I've ever had was a 323 Wagon that looked something like this:

http://i38.tinypic.com/2u89ys1.jpg

...except it wasn't beat all to hell, had alloy wheels and a sunroof.

Nothing says "upgraded rental" like a Chrysler Sebring

http://www.theautochannel.com/media/photos/chrysler/1998/98_chrysler_sebring_conv_jxi.jpg

"Sebring" sounds like medical shorthand for a really unpleasant condition; one I don't actually want to imagine, but can't help doing now.

All those square Scion cars bother me.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5909/scioncarsjz9.jpg

^no

Yeah, any Scion which isn't a tC is pretty gross. And I'm not even convinced by the tC anymore, which has become boring in its own way.

I hate everything about this vehicle

http://www.horizonluxurycars.com/used_cars_images/2004_Chevrolet_Avalanche_1500.jpg

my "no" meant no, it's not ugly. Love that thing.

My old boss drove one of the Chevy Z71 things. He was a huge asshole.

I have a KA! i think its homely! glad its in black though.

the grill of both the ford focus and the kia amanti are truly ugly

(i've got images off, sorry if these were mentioned)

the Z71 is one of those vehicles that I'm sure lots of people purchase for its functionality, but you can pretty much guarantee any one who owns but doesn't 'need' is indeed a huge asshole.

http://hembaba.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/toyota-prius-hybrid.jpg

Yeah, is there any reason Toyota had to make the Prius as ugly as they made it?

ford focus was mentioned, in fact ford as a whole was condemned

omg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/oldschool92/caprice004.jpg

that has an awesome affinity to the humble platypus

o don't go knockin the caprice now

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/07/Ten-Ugly-Compass.jpg

That looks like a "future" car from some sci-fi movie made in 1964. xxp

It's 1980!
http://ufoseries.com/hardware/strakersCar.jpg
er, except it isn't...

Is it just me, or was much of today's rough and tumble US car/truck aesthetic inspired by the Sony "Sports" Walkman school of design:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/712BRX9Y5AL._SL500_AA280_.gif

I think you're on to something.

Chris B.'s choices baffling to me, until I remember his picks for a beautiful car thread on here. He gets major points for consistency, although I think he lives in crazy upside-down land. (Well, ok, the X6 IS an abomination.) More seriously, the Mercedes GLK and the Citroen C6 work a lot better in the metal than in pictures -- maybe you've never seen them on the road?

So in sane right-side up land the Panamera and the Eclat are good looking?

I saw lots of C6s when I was in Europe last year and bulbous back end reminded me too much of the final series of Pontiac Bonnevilles. The new C5s look good though.

Is it just me, or do most of the coupe/fastback four-door sedans all look like different spin-offs of early-80s Rovers?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Rover_SD1_series1B_rear.jpg

It's just you. The Rover SD1 is a thing of incredible loveliness; if more cars looked like that, I'd be a happy man.

Well. Happier.

Occasionally, when I was thinking about cars.

Which isn't often at all, actually.

"He thought of cars.."

The Rover SD1 is a thing of incredible loveliness; if more cars looked like that, I'd be a happy man.

So would I, except when it's the Prius (#1 on my list of "cars that will look incredibly dated in five years")

I was behind a Prius the other night; I actually found myself thinking: "That's quite a nice-looking car."

Mind you, it was dark and incredibly foggy.

I have ridden in so many of these cars. One dude I knew in high school actually had two Renault Alliances before he got a Dodge Aspen. Another friend's Colt caught on fire in front of a Chinese restaurant.

But the Prowler - I had forgotten that one. The company I worked for in 1997 did Plymouth's website and I spent a couple days cutting a photo of that car into a nested-table javascript-rollover monstrosity. So horrible:

http://web.archive.org/web/19980113130008/www.plymouthcars.com/nav/fs_master.html?contentPage=/prowler/

Is it just me, or do most of the coupe/fastback four-door sedans all look like different spin-offs of early-80s Rovers?

did rover start that style? ain't no rovers in the US (aside from the "sterling")...we first saw this design with the chevy citation:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/chevrolet-citation-3.jpg
typcal of GMs of the era (1975-present), it found new and innovative ways to fall apart.

^ My first car, a 1981 model, various shades of blue.

Aren't you just asking for trouble by driving a vehicle called a "Citation?" BTW, my sister used to drive one, & for years she had to start it by opening the hood and doing something involving a ballpoint pen.

This was the car my family had when I was a kid (age 0-9 or so). I remembered it being a behemoth of a car, but I saw one in a parking lot the other day and it didn't really seem so huge at all.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Sedan.jpg/800px-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Sedan.jpg

I remember reading an article in Automobile magazine a long time ago that was about finding the cheapest car in, like, Philadelphia. They ended up buying a Citation off a used car lot for about a 100 bucks. A few blocks off the lot, the thing threw a rod and the engine was destroyed.

Next generation Prius (2010). An improvement?

http://www.motorauthority.com/content/images/2/0/2010_toyota_prius_leak_001-1015.jpg

Looks as smug as the people who drive it.

It looks like what Voltron's head would look like if all the little component vehicles of Voltron grouped to form a giant robot bird of prey.

LOL

"So in sane right-side up land the Panamera and the Eclat are good looking?"

Yes. Also the GLK looks good because it is small, for what it's worth. The first-generation Subaru Forester was an ugly-ass small SUV. A very good car, but ugly.

Rover tried to sell cars in the US before the Sterling. They did not have much success.

Yeah, is there any reason Toyota had to make the Prius as ugly as they made it?

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, December 6, 2008 5:08 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

A hybrid prototypey car probably needed to have a hybrid prototypey design. Hybrid cars were so new and omg fascinating then that to scream 'LOOK AT ME I AM INTERESTING AND WEIRD' would have been advantageous.

while i would happily take a prius if someone were to give me one, had i the $$$, i would definitely go the honda civic hybrid route. prius is kinda fugly.

"So in sane right-side up land the Panamera and the Eclat are good looking?"

Yes. Also the GLK looks good because it is small, for what it's worth.

Got it. I just have to consistently take the opposite of what you like then.

Mercedes GLK = boring-ass dreadful. Does the world really need a Mercedes version of a BMW X3 / Grand Cherokee? ATTENTION M-B stop building me-too cars that no one wants and get to producing the conceptFascination

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/mb_conceptfasc_450.jpg

I thought the horribleness of the Prius was because of the need to make it super aerodymanic.

xp Looks like a rounder Magnum to me...

http://www.autobytel.com/images/2006/Dodge/Magnum_SRT8/Lyons/400/2006_Dodge_magnum_front1_lr.jpg

I can't even imagine the cost for a new set of tires for half of these cars.

It doesn't drop off in the back as radically as the Magnum does. It's also a two-door, so it's not quite as long.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/3073051950_3f4cac4a7c.jpg

that Caprice is awesome

I currently drive a 2003 Malibu but my favorite of all the cars I've driven was the 1995 chevy lumina- good in the snow and drove nice (took forever to warm up tho)

http://www.governmentauctions.org/uploaded_images/lumina-741796.jpg

Just saw a tv commercial for this: the Kia "Soul"

http://www.cars-bikes.info/d/1747-2/kia-soul-001.jpg

xpost-

That's why I'm glad that we have a first-generation Prius, because they just look like slightly generic cars, no "geewhiz I'm a hybrid" attention seeking design. The newer ones do have way nicer interiors though, it must be said.

(xpost) that Kia looks like a prop from "Demolition Man"

hyundai coupe
http://media.motortopia.com/files/7852/vehicle/46c091c4412af/Rollin_Medium.jpg

Oh, the famed Amerikanische Wirtschaft and its ugly Automobile

I love each and every single one of those

I see Saturn! The car! Everywhere we are!

http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/93569/2009-Saturn-Vue-Hybrid-i008.jpg

HOLY SHIT, YOU GUYS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfguWbuzVmY

1957 AURORA

what in the hell...

that grille is...does it double as a snow plow? Is that an extra seat for a small child? christ on a cracker that is freaky

side note: I passed a Kia Soul on the freeway today and have decided that Kia's design aesthetic is 'make all our cars look like they are inflatable'

back on the Aurora

It looks like a real-life animated car

"HEY HOW YA DOIN GUYZ"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(1957_automobile)

The most innovative safety feature, which has not been incorporated into other cars, was the ability to swivel the seats to face rearwards should a collision seem imminent.[1]

Haha!

I was just gonna say that car would immediately look better if they just flipped it around. but the swivel seats confirm that somebody was a bit confused.

The weird bugout windshield is the thing that gets me, even more than the scoop bumper on the front. Also, SIX headlights.

appaz the bugout windshield was so ppl didn't bang their heads in an acident -- and the scoop bumper is made of foam

totally a safety car

hence it's ugliness, lol (ie cf Volvo)

It looks like a real-life animated car

http://www.ballerride.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-homer-car-simpsons-powell-motors.bmp

CRAZY VACLAV'S PLACE OF AUTOMOBILES 'She'll go 3000 hectares on a single tank of kerosene'

'Put it in H!'

oh wait, different car

but still, my favorite Simpsons moment

"What country is this car from?" "It...no longer exists."

Love that scene. Every time I give my friend a ride (who shares my Simpsons obsession), when we get in the car he says, "Put it in H!" And when we get out he says, "Remember: were in the Itchy lot."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Microdot_1976.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Toyota_Van_%2780s.jpg

http://cdn-static.cnet.co.uk/i/product_media/40000978/image7/440x330-rear34.jpg

It seems to be a thing these days to give cars fat arses with sticky-out lights, and this Lexus is the worst. Also the wheels don't seem to fit the size of the car, but I'm not sure if they're too big or too small, they just look wrong.

Imagine being the person who thought this would look good

http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/9623644b-7676-42f4-a463-cacef65296f9/Large%20Image.jpg?p=110117_04:14

and then having to carry on seeing your handiwork in the wild and being all 'yep, I did well that day'.

Wouldn't it have been easier to just take a picture of someone taking a dump on an 1800ES? Because designing and manufacturing a shitty "homage" is a really inefficient way of achieving the same result.
http://de.allcardb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/3-volvo-c301.jpg

^^I think the first recent re-occurance of tail-lights needlessly sticking out from the body.

I quite like the C30 but also I think what is the point?

I saw the most disgusting bodykit on a Mercedes CLS recently but thankfully I can't find anything on GIS that's remotely like it.

Those toyota vans are kind of cool imo, i was just down in Costa Rica and you still see a lot of those down there. my first car arguably ugly but i still love it. those hubcaps were expensive.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/TateG/84GLifront-1.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/TateG/84GLifront-1.jpg

I like that Lexus hatch, and I typically think all Lexuses are gross.

I agree that the Volvo "reimagine" of the 1800es is barfy, though.

i hate you all for making me notice every single new car with stick-outy tailight design on my drive home

sweet thread

wondering how this post went uncommented upon

Thank you, Mazda, for not even bothering to market that car in America.

Although, my favorite car I've ever had was a 323 Wagon that looked something like this:

http://i38.tinypic.com/2u89ys1.jpg

...except it wasn't beat all to hell, had alloy wheels and a sunroof.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, December 5, 2008 12:10 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol tinypic has a nasty habit of purging images and then reassigning the old names to newly uploaded images.

theyre looking at you like alloy wheels and a sunroof, thats right buddy

hahah

BMW 600

This is what a Bimmer looked like in 1959:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/BMW_600_Rear.jpg

Not sure which is worse: how hideous it looked, or the contortions necessary just to get in the thing:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/BMW_600%2C_p2.jpg/800px-BMW_600%2C_p2.jpg

1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Lest anyone miss it otherwise, let's use a second paint color to further accentuate the misshapen lump on the fenders

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/7219885664_c7a8e18b21_c-e1339616767443.jpg

Apparently any BMW 'X' model is a fugly bulbous SUV wannabe. All SUVs are gross but these really offend me.

http://turboteka.pl/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Futur-BMW-X-X2-X4-de-2013-a-2015.jpg

http://www.autoindiaforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bmw-x6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1xxUl.jpg

^^very 'mad max'

i just don't like them.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/06-08_Chrysler_PT_Cruiser.jpg

they are dreadful, yes

i hate prowlers too

http://www.madwhips.com/upload/images/2001_chrysler_prowler_2.JPG

pixar cars are popular. they should have cute cartoon voices for the kids.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L8gAFIQuscc/TuuQUF87-ZI/AAAAAAAGH_M/m-L6dA16P5I/s1600/LANCIA-YPSILON.jpg

we are actually thinking about getting one of these. for the store (hauling records) and for hauling kids. ford transit connect. catchy name!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ford_Transit_Connect_front_20080110.jpg

blue ones look better i think. they can hold a lot. but they aren't gigantic. i don't like driving gigantic things.

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20090217/2010_Ford_Transit_Connect_best_big.jpg

Any hatchbacks with SUV pretensions are gross, actually, from Nissan to Porsche

http://www.centralcontracts.com/news/wp-content/uploads/nissan-juke-2.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wHbnh8S5slQ/TsID6nFsNzI/AAAAAAAAACE/rYuh-WWj8Bw/s1600/porsche-cayenne-images.jpg

WTH is it about those Nissan mini-SUVs that causes them to be owned by the most lazy wankers imaginable? A couple of weeks ago I was walking past the corner shop when one pulled up outside, and a fairly young guy got out and went into the shop. I kept walking down the road, and a couple of minutes later I was passing the office of a small ad exec/marketing, when this same Nissan came up and parked in one of the spaces out front. Same guy gets out, and for a second he looked at me before scurrying sheepishly inside. I didn't say anything, but I suppose I did have a look on my face that said "WTF? why didn't you just walk?"

Wouldn't be surprised to see them well represented on youparklikeacunt.com

I internally (and externally to my gf) refer to hatchback-turned-SUV drivers collectively as "Muranos". Especially when they zoom by on the right when traffic is backed up and then wedge their way back in.

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/12/18/mini-suv-rendering_5965.jpg

1970s ford interiors give me the creeps
http://www.use.com/media/2010/0923/905381/p_006.jpg

I internally (and externally to my gf) refer to hatchback-turned-SUV drivers collectively as "Muranos". Especially when they zoom by on the right when traffic is backed up and then wedge their way back in.

― DX Dx DX (dan m), Saturday, September 22, 2012 7:42 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i call them cayennes.

all cadillac of the past 10 years owns this thread.

the hatchback suvs are called crossovers an fwiw theyre totally just tall cars, theyre built on car frames as opposed to suvs which are built on truck frames

http://www.themotleycruisers.com/images/AndyFiero84.jpg

they're annoying. that over-stuffed thing. subconsciously they make me think of bloated consumer culture or something radical like that. like a car that ate too much on thanksgiving.

taking a nap between drives

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i41/itsbudda/TurboBaron/101_0114-1.jpg

x-post

1994 oldsmobile achieva

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/01/12/10/14/1994_oldsmobile_achieva_4_dr_s_sedan-pic-7324.jpeg

I like the looks of the last three cars posted itt

is there anything from the 80's that everyone thought was hideous and now people think its kinda funky/cool? and will this ever happen to anything from the 90's? cuz obviously there are 70's and 60's things like that. belated AMC love and all that.

1993 chevy lumina eurosport coupe, tomato red. i had this exact car.

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/01/28/00/44/1993_chevrolet_lumina_2_dr_euro_coupe-pic-49759.jpeg

it was embarrassingly red

The Stutz Blackhawk. Italian design, 70s GM mechanics. Elvis had 3.

http://www.coupe-desire.com/pictures/4/485//Stutz_Blackhawk_9.jpg

lol at "achieva"

I miss promo pictures of cars softly lit

http://m.cdn.blog.hu/mb/mbybk/image/Herr%20Tschik/e500/w124%20autowp.ru_mercedes-benz_e500_limited_2.jpg

i kinda love the amc eagle, it is not exactly pretty tho, proto donk

http://www.carlustblog.com/images/2008/03/11/eagle1_2.jpg

cars with angry headlights crack me up. "outta my way!"

http://thewallpapers.narod.ru/archive02/free-desktop-wallpaper-bmw-5-series-2003-1024x768.jpg

so lame when things go fierce, nfl logos, headlights, etc

i love it when the driver's face mimics the expression his or her car is making though. which is usually the case with angry headlight cars.

I still maintain that cars looked much better before scientists discovered wind tunnels

truthiest of truth bombs

ya you dont just accidentally end up w/angry headlights xp

all cars are ugly these days, it's true. the ones that try to be the most stylish seem to end up being the ugliest.

PT cruiser OTM, hate that car.

my car is v beautiful

my cars are ugly. look away.

what's with stage platform grills, is that a wind tunnel thing too i wonder? all new cars look like flash websites basically.

dodge magnums are pretty ugly but i secretly shamefully kind of like them.

i would hate drive one

its not just windtunnels its the technology to easily make car bodies into any old shape that has really just given designers way too many option

just cause you can make something look like its made out of whipped butter doesnt mean u necessarily should

haha like flash then!

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i1086/108676_5lo.jpg

ultra compact

1st gen MR2 - looks kind of like a late 80's Nissan Skyline got shrunk in the wash...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/1st-Toyota-MR2.jpg/640px-1st-Toyota-MR2.jpg
2nd gen MR2 - looks kind of like a Ferrari 328 got shrunk in the wash...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Toyota_MR2_%28SW20%29_ca_1995_at_Snetterton_2008.JPG/320px-Toyota_MR2_%28SW20%29_ca_1995_at_Snetterton_2008.JPG

haha like flash then!

― free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:29 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

The AMC Eagle was a fun car to drive.

I didn't have any luck finding the right model online, but my first car was a silver 1983 Relient K Car SE Station Wagon. With beautiful creamish clothe interiors. Hideous inside and out and an utterly crap car to drive.

1980 toyota corolla. i rented one of these once. in 2002! wtf.

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/images/car_spotters_guide/Japan/1980/1980_Toyota_Corolla.jpg

actual size!

i had a friend in high school and his family was all toyota. corolla, cressida, mr2. in the 80's. we loved doing drugs in those cars anyway.

my family had an 84 iirc camery that looked a lot like that

"why are you only driving 10 mph above the speed limit in the slow lane???"

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll97/Chaim_Ertl/Geneva%202010/AudiA1AngryFace.jpg

oh audi why u go angry eyes, why

car gills in the 90s, yuck.

xp lol *hood bursts blood vessel*

my friend maggie's family always bought new saabs in the 80's. they looked cool. saabs do not look cool anymore. there was one outside my store today and i thought it was a toyota.

ragh our neighbor has a new audi station wagon that he parks in front of our house & keeps in a car cover, it's all I can do not to key that fucking thing

theres no such thing even as saab anymore rip

yeah wtf happened to saabs, I used to like them

80s saabs were super dope, unique, look like an orca

sabb got bought by gm is what happened fwiw

????

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/SAAB_AERO_X_Front_and_left_side.jpg

and then folded during the gov bailout

penismobile

lol@ those five people, they look like they're witnessing a crime scene

connecticut in the 80's:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nes1M2chItE/T2J_csrcRRI/AAAAAAAACdw/n4EeSgQvmy8/s1600/1984+Saab+900+(1).jpg

das what im talking abt

saabs used to be everywhere in vermont now its all subarus

I know its lame cuz it was the star of an anime but I still like the ae86

http://i.imgur.com/UGoPN.jpg

just superbadass

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_szY6czURhx0/S9q_gtobkAI/AAAAAAAAArs/cyPHTmS-WPk/s1600/Saab-Sonett_III_1970_1024x768_wallpaper_03.jpg

if you live in western mass long enough you will wear keene shoes and you will drive a subaru. its creeps up on you...

don't know why keene and subaru haven't done cross-promotion yet.

Saab was acquired by GM but didn't want to work within GM's budget constraints, so GM said "oh yeah? well fuck you."

Clarkson and May had a bittersweet goodbye to Saab on a Top Gear segment last year, and quoted someone saying something like "nobody knows why Saabs cost so much until they crash one."

if you live in western mass long enough you will wear keene shoes and you will drive a subaru. its creeps up on you...

― scott seward, Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:45 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

vermont and western mass exits upon a continuum for sure

in that they are both extremely sexy places, of course

hanging out in my extremely sexy keen shoes while driving my incredibly sexy subaru, nbd

yeah, vermont is right up the street. same vibe. new hampshire is another kettle of fish.

I know someone already posted one of these upthread, but the ugliness of the Nissan Jouke cannot be overstated:
http://www.wricmumbai.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/White-Nissan-Juke.jpg

good god

i got nothing bad to say about subarus. they last forever and they can take a new england winter no problem.

wow. Does that Nissan exist stateside?

when did car companies stsrt hiring sneaker designers to make their cars?

i've seen deep sea fish with a set of false eyes like that iirc

Yeah, quite a few people around Atlanta have actually bought them. Fuck if I know why.

"eyes up here fella"

It's right up there with the Cube for most hideous Nissan.

http://i.imgur.com/QWWoD.jpg

everyone will say who is that cool dude

cries

This is what it looks like from the reverse:
http://gradecars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Nissan-Juke.jpg

It's like someone left an Aztek out in the sun and it melted a little bit.

http://www.scionlife.com/scion/xb/scionbb.jpg

presenting a box what scrapes along the ground

that orange car looks like a rejected transformer

omg that Scion is HIDEOUS

xp the orange one

http://i.imgur.com/7eLBL.jpg

do u like experimental trip hop

Two different people in my apartments have those Scion box things.

That Saab in the grass with the 70s couple is fucking lush.

Some cunt in one of those stupid Cube Nissans cut me up on my bike earlier his year and I just stopped and laffed at him.

dj spooky lx

haah of course i was exactly thinking of dj spooky

I wld drive a boxion

no dude no

The original Scion xB (the boxy one they ruined by softening the boxiness and widening the wheelbase) is surprisingly nice to drive.

well obv I would first need to buy a baseball cap and wear it backwards

get some dragon decals

well maybe then

decepticons

not autobots

even maserati has gone pixar

http://www.roadandtrack.com/var/ezflow_site/storage_RT_NEW/storage/images/tests/draft-content/2012-maserati-granturismo-mc/2572877-1-eng-US/2012-maserati-granturismo-mc.jpg

I don't know what to make of that orange Scion. It's like the ZZ Top car if the goal was not to pick up hot women.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg152/scaled.php?server=152&filename=findingnemocredits6nf.jpg

i think pixar deserves some blame for the anthropomorphic trunks, yes.

http://i.imgur.com/3gLOn.jpg

Is that an audi

me your friend smiley...

http://media.caranddriver.com/images/11q3/417866/2012-maserati-granturismo-mc-photo-417873-s-1280x782.jpg

did someone say they wanted to pay a LOT of money for an ugly car?

http://wegotrides.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2012-Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Gold-Edition-WeGotRides.com-3-1.jpg

well hello

so the price we pay for "living in the future" is rounded corners & no straight lines ever

That's got Rick Ross written all over it.

v handsome paint job/golden stuff

the fuck is that thing

exactly.

this was kinda the coolest thing i've seen all year and it wasn't a car. i mean it did actually look pretty sci-fi on the street. never even heard of the company that made it. so that made it seem even more futuristic.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/523455_10151801851622137_628098425_n.jpg

That's Kanye's face.

Xpost

i apologize for motor bike on car thread. but it was memorable.

another new rolls that looks weird

http://w.images.boldride.com/wald/2012/thumb/wald-rolls-royce-phantom-drophead-coupe-black-bison-edition.654x436.Jan-21-2012_08.41.48.402072.jpg

i imagine all these fat bubblemobiles as driven by people who name their kids "ashlee" and "xander"

http://mycarblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/1977-Pontiac-Trans-Am.jpg

^ban

^ http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/001/296/morans.jpg

As a kid I always wanted a car like that.

i would take being get a brain! morans guy over being Granny Dainger any day of the week

i was insinuating brain guy would be driving the car i posted you herb

dude did you find my silk boxers in your mom's hamper or what??

i found u are trolling a car picture thread with your terrible taste and contempt for humanity on a saturday, therefore:

i would take being get a brain! morans guy over being Granny Dainger any day of the week

― free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

um ok whatever dude have a nice day

this thread got all nissan cube all of a sudden

that firebird while obvs not my personal vibe is clearly a completely classic singular design

would blast 38 Special from

should be noted, 80s and 90s firebirds not as cool as 60s/70s firebirds. they looked way cheaper and only half as badass. that one up there is like a 1980 firebird? still on the cool end of things.

That one up there is like a 76 or so. I can date my firebirds by Smokey & The Bandit movies.

:D

they should just make more new retro cars. like the challenger. the only way to get a decent looking new car.

vroom vroom!

http://www.dieselstation.com/wallpapers/albums/Dodge/Challenger-Rallye-Redline-2012/Dodge-Challenger-Rallye-Redline-2012-03.jpg

oops. that was a 2012 challenger. looks bitching.

I still kind of want an old firebird.

ah here we go. 1980. a magical time.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/6205480651_64d00c6330_o.jpg

killer color scheme

i mainly think the huge firebird on the hood makes it ugly. and their interiors blech esp that black accordion boot around the gearstick.

In college, one of my friends drove a '73 trans am that he and his dad had restored, all the way to proper decals and the right stereo. It was amazing, except it didn't start when it was below 50 or above 90. It looked like this:

http://www.motorera.com/firebird/1973/73transam7.jpg

firebird is the trucker hat of cars

man ive been googling for the firebird logo that has all these crazy sun ray shooting out of it its so psychedelic but i cant find it, the thing is i have a scan of it i took off a matchbox car lol somewhere on my computer but where is it

http://www.localbrush.com/images/346_Firebird_HoodDetail_50dpi.jpg

that is p rad but not it, the sun rays have the same definition as the bird and the bird is sort of small and in the middle and blends into the sun rays as if they were its wings

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/12/2008/06/medium_conti-k-car.jpg

That bumper is not stock.

u pay extra

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6888547793_36b39e19be.jpg

I drove a K Car for several years. I wouldn't pay to fix my speedometer, so I definitely wouldn't pay for more bumper and extra tailpipe.

xpost

sik skullz

this it?
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1973-firebird-scream-eagle.jpg

http://www.slixx.com/images/7137p2m.jpg

naw it really looks like a sun w/a brid head in the middle, its not v similar to the usual design, think it might be older, or only on matchbox cars or something

anyway i know my friend has the scan cause he made a tee from it, i have emailed him, we will get to the bottom of this

is it this matchbox? (big pics so not pasting them in)

http://matchbox.zsebehazy.com/mb100/mb101.html

ha no, thats p nice tho

the side panels rock.

shd prob just drive down to my storage in ny and dig the car out, be brb in like 15 hrs

I know the logo u mean lagoon & it's bitchin

firebirds are kinda bitchin, imo. especially when they're loud & kinda beat up. you can tell the dude driving wishes he was still in college

iirc it is camaros that are bitchin??

the blacked out KITT version of the trans am/firebird still looks pretty slick

How to piss off the designer of this Lamborghini SUV: "Hey, that's that new Honda Crosstour, right?"
http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lamborghini-Urus-SUV-01.jpg

portmanteau of urea/anus

Why would Lamborghini even think about making an SUV? Stupid.

Oddly enough, they were ahead of the game; this one is from 1986:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Lambo_LM_002_1.jpg/280px-Lambo_LM_002_1.jpg

That's the Rambo-Lambo. One of my favorite car nicknames.

saw a beatup 89-ish Thunderbird on the freeway this morning

uuuuuuug-ly

There's been an explosion of these ugly ass 4-door Porsches turing up in Atlanta, and I can't fathom why anyone who was going to spend $80k on a Porsche would waste it on THIS THING.

http://media.caranddriver.com/images/10q2/352444/2010-porsche-panamera-4s-european-spec-photo-352448-s-520x318.jpg

i like them. right paint/rims they're the most intimidating looking car around.

if you hate the panamera, how do you feel about the maserati quattroporte?

It seems comically long, like something in a Batman cartoon.

if you hate the panamera, how do you feel about the maserati quattroporte?

Maserati has a long history of 4-doors:
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/PostviaEmail/images/1965_Maserati_Quattroporte_Sedan_For_Sale_Front_resize.jpg
(not ugly, btw)

The Porsche almost looks like an old Accord hatchback. Or a Chevy Citation.

Yeah, I kind of like that era of the Quattroporte. Once it became a box, and then into its current incarnation, it's just a whole bunch ugly.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/075430900_1222962761_opt.jpg

okay... how about the estoque concept?

I like that better. The weight and/or shape seems distributed more evenly.

panamera blacked out just looks scary to me. the wrongness of its dimensions and profile make it even more evil + gets around a track faster than an m5 or s65.

http://www.classiccarstodayonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ferrari-1980-Pinin-b.jpg

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

HA!

lol @ the comedy front hood

"Hey Moe, pop the hood"
(BONK!)
"OW OW OW OW"

Yeah, I kind of like that era of the Quattroporte. Once it became a box, and then into its current incarnation, it's just a whole bunch ugly.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, July 22, 2013 12:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I dunno, I kind of dig the new(ish) Quattroporte. Fast and bulbous.

But then, I also dug the 80s Biturbo, so I should probably shut up:
http://www.italian-cars.com/html/tech/early/biturbo.jpg

Ugh, that Biturbo reminds me of the Chrysler K-car series (Plymouth Reliant below).

http://worldcarslist.com/images/plymouth/plymouth-reliant-k/plymouth-reliant-k-07.jpg

turbo reliant running 10s all day

When I was a kid, a guy a block over had a Biturbo (either an '87 or '88). Shit rusted incredibly fast; within a year, the bottom 1/3rd of each door was practically missing due to the rot.

http://i.imgur.com/JFNSrvV.jpg

£140k for this trash

that 60s maserati upthread is sweet

It comes from the factory that way? That looks like a shitty "customize" job. xp

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/land-rover/10408777/Long-wheelbase-Range-Rover-unveiled.html

My least favorite thing of late to see on the road is this Infiniti monstrosity. It's about as big as a HUM-V and it looks like a prop from The Addams Family

http://portalmichiganlatinos.com/wp-content/gallery/infiniti-qx-56/2013_infiniti_qx_4dr-suv_qx56.jpg

Scion made me laugh out loud

I have such a hatred for ragtop 90's/00's cars

this is maybe the worst that I've seen recently. it looks like a bathtub on wheels!
http://www.base4car.com/images/chrysler-pt-cruiser-convertible_key_13.jpg

but then with the top down you may as well be driving a fucking Cabriolet (which my friend calls 'bitch baskets' because of all the bitchy girls at her high school that used to drive them)

http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2005_chrysler_pt_cruiser_convertible_100007304_l.jpg

This is apparently how Ford wishes to reintroduce the Bronco to the market in 2015.

http://gearheads.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ford-Bronco_2015.jpg

http://media.caranddriver.com/images/04q1/267421/ford-bronco-photo-165021-s-429x262.jpg

It looks like a prize from a fairground crane machine.
Meanwhile the front of the Infiniti SUV looks like a stubbed toe.

If you drag it backwards a little first it goes forward really fast

jesus christ that is ugly as shit

It also looks like a shitty knock-off Transformer. Oh no, wait... Is this going to be in 'Transformers: Age of Extinction'? Not that I care, because the movie will be garbage anyway, but still.

That Tonka truck needs some eyebrows over the headlights. It already looks like it's got a novelty fu manchu mustache.

it looks like plastic sprayed to look silver, wtffffffffff

They should put huge googly eyes on it, shrink it by about 2/3rds, replace the engine with pedals and gears and market it exclusively to seven-year-olds. That's the only way this vehicle will be taken seriously.

I just realize what it reminds me of

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/100toys_1_50/chatter_phone_44.jpg

The Princess, one of British Leyland's many, many, crimes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/images/2006/09/28/austinprincess_420x284.jpg

Within BL the car was often referred to as "The Anteater".

The Princess reminds me of the equally ugly Chevy Citation:
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/chevrolet-citation-3.jpg

The Princess looks like this guy to me http://www.lonelycyclist.rtij.nl/Alba215ruw.jpg

Whose idea was it to name a car 'citation', as in 'a ticket for a traffic offence'?

Citation is also a military achievement/award tho, right?

Whose idea was it to name a car 'citation', as in 'a ticket for a traffic offence'?

― that's you, that is (snoball)

GM was also guilty of naming their electric car the Impact, so no surprise there.

Edsel also used Citation as a model name

http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/152202.jpg

Was going to post this earlier version of the Fiat Multipla but I think I've fallen in love with it.

http://i44.tinypic.com/296kffb.jpg

Wickered out interior, son!

Would own.

For some reason that Fiat made me start thinking about a private island, and then I pictured Christopher Lee toodling about in this on Man With the Golden Gun & now I'm happy

The 1972 Buick Riviera, a unique shape that was both wildly impractical and wildly hideous....

http://www.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/990720//std_72buick-riviera-boattail.jpg

^^C'mon now, that was one of the few land yachts worthy of such a title.

OTOH, The '72 Toronado was another in a long line of rolling shitstains.

http://encyclopedia.classicoldsmobile.com/toronado/72.jpg

WHAT...THE...FUCK

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/1968_oldsmobile_toronado_aqc_limo_station_wagon05.jpg

space disco hearse

^^^sort of presaged the (excellent) '70s GMC Motorhome, with front wheel drive, a low flat floor, and tandem back wheels (which was indeed based on a Toronado platform)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/1973_GMC_Motorhome.jpg

looks just like the Barbie camper van

I liked how early on Breaking Bad they had Walt tsk-tsk those other cooks in the parking lot of the hardware store, and those guys had one of those GMCs.

The BMW X6. Somewhere in between a regular BMW and the tank from Damnation Alley

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/22/automobiles/autoreviews/600-bmw-span.jpg

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, December 4, 2008 3:47 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it funny cause five years later every car looks like this piece

Yeah, I had the same thought earlier when going back through the thread. All cars look like this now.

right down to that weird ridge that runs through the door handles

lol reviewing the thread i see ive already complained extensively abt corssovers

The Nissan Juke, looking wrong in every way:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/02/2013-nissan-juke-nismo-chicago.jpg

I have seen SO many of these lately. Ugly fuckin things

http://i.imgur.com/sym5ZJt.jpg

jesus christ, used x6s selling for £50k, what a load of shit

After all said about Nissan Jukes and other mini-SUVs upthread, my line manager's boss drives one. And yes he's a total wanker. Fortunately he's quit the company this week.

classic ugly car from my youth (i'm only 25), spent a good amount of time in the back seats of these doozies:

http://www.web2carz.com/images/nctd/tauwcar.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/1996_Ford_Taurus_GL_Station_Wagon.jpg

the headlights on the latter always get me

I used to drive a mid-90s Mercury wagon. It had such a huge ass on it.

that shape is such a ubiquitous ugly 90's shape

When the Taurus was new (I'm older than 25), they were Spaceman Future Flying Cars (That Don't Actually Fly). They really stuck out at the time (for maybe a year or so), and not in a bad way.

The original Mercury Sable took the original Taurus' spaceship factor and upped it times infinity. One of the ugliest things to ever exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN1jOW85T34

Try GISing 'Ford Probe concept' for a slew of cars that look like spaceships. Including the 'Probe III', which ended up being the main influence on the Ford Sierra.

One of my oldest friends and former roommate had a Probe and it was so poorly built. It definitely leaked during rain, but would also get totally wet inside on humid days.

I have something in common with many UFO abductees; I was once rear-ended by a Probe.

also, the name "Probe"....

that Taurus was just as ugly inside, including this oval-shaped radio that couldn't play CDs in 1999 and no aftermarket radio would fit. No aux-in either.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vehicle-pictures/1999/ford/taurus/96113331000209-480.jpg

I had a '98 Escort coupe with one of those blob radios. I pulled out the whole oval to replace it with a third-party unit that I could slot a Blaupunkt in.

Hey, that 3rd Generation 1996 Ford Taurus wagon a couple posts up is mine! When they came out in 1996, I said, "one day I'll have me one of those." Well, that Taurus I finally did get is nearing 300,000 miles on the odometer and I just bought a 1996 Mercury Sable wagon to add to the stable. Two beauties!

welcome to ilx

do you object to it being posted here as an ugly car?

your username might produce some cognitive dissonance because the grand cayman based owner, proprietor and to some extent spiritual leader of the ilxor.com forums used to post as 'Haberdager'

Add a Sable to yr stable.

unstable sable stable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser_(J40)#/media/File:Toyota_FJ_Cruiser.jpg

Do you like these Totoyo "Foot Joy" Cruisers? Stop doing it. Also, a big shake of my head at people who apparently, by choice, purchase all the yellow cars of all varieties out there.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Toyota_FJ_Cruiser.jpg/400px-Toyota_FJ_Cruiser.jpg

I love those.

It looks like it's made of Lego.

ya its a lil too cute but kinda cool anyway, my friend has a white one and its much better than the yellow

Conley could still play in the series. Swelling will be down within a few days. Mask him up and he'll be good. Bet he misses one game, two max.

Cool post.

Fj cruiser looks kinda tough with a slight lift and big tires.

hard to fault anyone for pissing on the aztek's styling, but yo

http://ericpetersautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Aztek-camping.jpg

I heard the back of the BMW i8 described as "shitting out a Porsche 911" and I can't shake that image.

http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/68615dae00a5641bb5fb407566681803/200074724/lead5-2015-bmw-i8-fd.jpg

The newer Toyota FJ Cruisers are based on the old FJ40 Land Cruiser, which is still one of the coolest things Toyota has ever offered. They just made the new version comically large.

http://i.imgur.com/DqS4WwT.jpg

"shitting out a Porsche 911"

lol true

BMW's PR department is on point, as usual.

http://i.imgur.com/RszpjQ5.jpg

"do you object to it being posted here as an ugly car?"

Well, I think it's beautiful! So, of course it's not ugly!

"your username might produce some cognitive dissonance because the grand cayman based owner, proprietor and to some extent spiritual leader of the ilxor.com forums used to post as 'Haberdager'"

My username is a lot older than any others here or anywhere else on the internet. In the year 872, a Viking king named Harald HaarFager (Norwegian for 'fair hair'), united all of Norway into the first true Viking kingdom. And seeing as how I'm directly related to him, that's been my username on the internet for almost 20 years. I hope the fact that my distant relatives loved to rape and pillage doesn't cause any "cognitive dissonance" of it's own! Ha ha!

"....this oval-shaped radio that couldn't play CDs in 1999 and no aftermarket radio would fit."

I do agree about the radio unit - it's awful! Mine has a couple knobs broken off and I have to use needlenose pliers to turn on heater. Poor design.

FYI that i8 moves like a space panther and turns heads for blocks

Don't disagree on the i8. Would really really like to drive one.

Old Land Cruisers are totally rad. The new one is certainly not the ugliest thing around, but it rubs me wrong. Everything so beholden to the wind tunnel these days.
xp

Hell I like pretty much all those older, smallish-midsize, boxy 4X4s. Are there any from like early 80s that aren't maintenance nightmares? Would love to load up a Trooper II or Dodge Raider and go camping or whatever. Fun!

http://i.imgur.com/rbeyaeg.jpg

not saying its ugly btw love it good example of updated boxy 4x4 look

https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CC-352-003.jpg?resize=600%2C450

omgomgomgomgomgomgomg

:O

#vanlife expert level

At first glance I thought I was looking at a real build of this:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/0/05/TheHomer.png/revision/latest?cb=20090908145331

SUV crossovers are getting so small im pretty sure they will be station wagons by 2019.

theyre basically just tall station wagons already, theyre built on car platforms where a ~true~ suv is a truck