the ugliest car in the world
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Roadkill said:
My Dad had one of these when I was about 12. It was an automatic too. (you can't even imagine...believe me)
I distinctly remember us being on holiday in the Dales and my Mum, sister & I having to get out because this pathetic shitstain of a car - this embelem of British manufacturing - didn't have enough power to get to the top of a steep country lane with all of us in it.
It was so embarassing.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I think they're cute, but it annoys me that there presumably isn't a genuine "form follows function" imperative like another French classic :-foamy said:
Johnny Canuck3
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I'm not sure how ugly this car is, but I'm sure that this picture deserves special mention for something.
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
firky said:
You. know. nothing.
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
Roadkill said:
Some of the new Beemers aren't so bad...
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
Boris Sprinkler said:
Oooh, good call, sir.
well, GM was discounting the ugly things so much that some people just couldn't pass up the deal....a friend of mine bought a new one for 30% off the sticker priceg force said:Pontiac Aztek hands downt he ugliest. I cannot believe someone put the DS in this list
hahaha...in 1989 very high winds blew a Yugo off the Mackinac bridge and a woman fell 200 feet to her death...Roadkill said:Hang on, I think I might just have thought of a good candidate...
Probably the only thing that NATO did right over the Yugoslavian conflict was bombing the factory that made these monstrosities!
8ball
World is a fuck
brixtonvilla said:
Yeah, I think that thing's quite cute in a Sleeper sort of way.
Some wonderfully hideous monstrosities on this thread, though I think Boris is being a little unfair on the Ford Ka.
I think the funniest ugly cars happen when they're really trying to impress:
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
Griff said:Nobody's mentioned the Citroen Ami yet
Fuckin' hell they were rough looking. I'd imagine there must be some kind of fan club for them now, but Christ they're pig ugly.
I have actually owned a citroen ami estate. The ride was palatial, there was loads of space and the interior was beyond funky (the speedo was in a recessed tube halfway down the steering column, very futuristic). Only problem was it had the 602cc 2CV engine. It was way heavier so they gave it twin carbs - result: it was slower than a 2CV but only did about 35 to the gallon instead of the tin snails 55.
There was a Ami super with the GS 1200cc flat four engine - they went like stink. I actually like the styling, its very Dan Dare and optomistic futurist.
Griff
Feeding the foxes
Sigmund Fraud said:
Funnily enough I actually like the styling of the '70s Ami 8. I remember seeing them in the early-mid '70s when my Dad was buying his GSs.
Not ugly at all. Shame as there really can't be many left at all now.
I did a search for GS's a little while back and came up with 1 GSA Pallas for sale for £3995. But that search showed that there are a few (not many mind) GS & GSX cars in good nick around Europe.
My Dad bought his new in dark green in December 1972, with a 1220 engine.
chainsaw cat
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T & P said:Good post that ^
I feel however that this effort from Fiat should get a mention too...
You got there first. This is an abomination against both God and Man.
There's a Daihatsu that looks a bit like it, but surely the Italians, who invented the concept of beautiful cars, should eat their own heads for allowing this distorted mess out of the factory?
jesus christ man! i've seen model airplanes with larger motorsSigmund Fraud said:
Griff said:Nobody's mentioned the Citroen Ami yet
Fuckin' hell they were rough looking. I'd imagine there must be some kind of fan club for them now, but Christ they're pig ugly.
Ami 6, based on a 2CV - Quality. 3 left in the UK, saw one recently at Goodwood. Odd styling but then it was the 1960s, odd shaped rear windscreen mean't it didn't need cleaning.
Tbh I think most American cars are hideous. They're usually just too big, too flashy and too staid. This fairly nondescript Cadillac is as good an example as any:
Whenever I look at most American cars, I think about trying to drive one in London traffic, or on a winding Yorkshire Dales backroad, and shudder.
Whenever I look at most American cars, I think about trying to drive one in London traffic, or on a winding Yorkshire Dales backroad, and shudder.
Boris Sprinkler said:
Perhaps it's a family thing (my dad's owned three), or maybe I'm just sad, but I like the old Volvo 340. It's an inoffensive sort of car, and it actually handles surprisingly well.
It's a heavy old thing, though, and the 1.4 version is sloooooooow. I wouldn;t mind a try at the turbo version they made in the '80s. Being overtaken by a Volvo 340 would piss the Saxo boyz off no end.
Johnny Canuck3
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Roadkill said:Tbh I think most American cars are hideous. They're usually just too big, too flashy and too staid. This fairly nondescript Cadillac is as good an example as any:
Whenever I look at most American cars, I think about trying to drive one in London traffic, or on a winding Yorkshire Dales backroad, and shudder.
There aren't too many of those left on the roads here, either. I'd love to get one
but they suck too much gas.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Good. They are fucking awful.fat Andy said:
Detroit City said:jesus christ man! i've seen model airplanes with larger motors
the original 2CV had an even smaller engine. 400+cc something and were still selling in the sixties/early seventies.
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