Worst looking cars of all time

[Napoleon]

What is your nomination for the worst looking streetcar of all time? Since so many bad looking cars have been made over the years I would suggest that a nomination be made in different categories, such as Economy Car, Mid Size, Luxury and Sports Car (anyone else feel free to add to or correct my selections of categories). Try to post a picture of your nominee.

I will freely admit this was inspired by Racegrll's thread on the pub quiz.

This maybe a help in getting started.

http://www.motorbase.com/

[cart7]

I won't post pix, but I could think of a few mega-chromed and finned monstrosities from the late 50's. The '58 Edsel comes to mind with some of the Plymouth's right behind.

Oh, and the AMC Pacer.

[WickerBill]

Originally posted by cart7


Oh, and the AMC Pacer.


The Mirthmobile? You have issues with the Mirthmobile??

:)

[Foxman]

The Toyota Echo, darn thing looks like the result of a minivan humping a yugo...

[Napoleon]

Originally posted by Foxman
The Toyota Echo, darn thing looks like the result of a minivan humping a yugo...

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I OWN ONE OF THOSE.

[rabbit]

Originally posted by Napoleon
HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I OWN ONE OF THOSE.

:rofl:

[devilmaster]

Agreeing with what I see above, I have to add the Aztec, and I believe it was Toyota's first attempt at a minivan. The one that would tip doing emergency manouvers over 25 kph.

More will be added as I think of them.

Steve

[WickerBill]

- Aztec (Lutz said it looked like "an angry kitchen appliance")

- Chevy El Camino

- AMC Gremlin

- Subaru Brat

- VW Thing

[Hardpoint]

How about that Pontiac SUV thing with the tent on the back? The name escapes me but that thing is butt-ugly.

[Turn7]

Originally posted by Napoleon
HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I OWN ONE OF THOSE.


:gomer: Not only did you buy one, you openly admit it.

Now that is a gomer. :gomer: ;)



And my nomination is the Chevy Avalanche. Hog butt ugly.

[mapguy]

The new Honda Element.

[rabbit]

Originally posted by Turn7
And my nomination is the Chevy Avalanche. Hog butt ugly.

I second that. You can't tell if that thing's going backward or forward.:saywhat:

[Lizzerd]

Originally posted by cart7
Oh, and the AMC Pacer.

Quite possibly the most butt ugly car of all time.

Anybody remember the Speedvision ad with the motorcycle cop who took the keys of the Pacer owner he had just pulled over? Then, you see him throw the keys in a storage thing on his bike already full of keychains. Then, you see dozens of other "abandoned" Pacers on the side of the isolated hiway. I loved that guy...

[RTKar]

AMC Matador....really, pretty much anything American Motors made.

[chop456]

Originally posted by RTKar
AMC Matador....really, pretty much anything American Motors made.

The pride of Kenosha. :D

Matador
Gremlin
Pacer
Hornet

Dear lord, is it any wonder they were killed off?


Aztek
Pontiac LeMans II
Early 70's Buick Riviera
New BMW 7 Series
Trabant
Lincoln Navigator
Avalanche

[Classic Apex]

Whatever that brand new little mini-van-utility-like thing Honda just came out with. Saw a whole truckload of them pull into a dealership this morning. Dear lord, what were they thinking when they taped that thing together?

:eek:

[mapguy]

Originally posted by Brian Ericson
Whatever that brand new little mini-van-utility-like thing Honda just came out with. Saw a whole truckload of them pull into a dealership this morning. Dear lord, what were they thinking when they taped that thing together?

:eek:

That's the Honda Element.

[datachicane]

Man, this is too easy.

Pontiac Aztek (The kind of ugly that tries men's souls!)
Honda Element
Chevy Avalanche
Maserati Biturbo
Most SUVs (Just on principle)
Suzuki X-90 (Big, fat WTF?)
Jensen CV-8 (Great car, hideous body)
Any TVR (See above)

Any Pontiac from the golden age of plastic body cladding and snarling nostrils.

The AMC Pacer after AMC hedged their stylistic bets by slapping a nice standup chrome grill on the eggmobile.

mid 80's-90's Mercury Cougar- take a halfway decent aerobird and slap a vertical backlight on it to keep the bluehairs happy.

Hummer H2- Spending too much time in your cubicle, staring at office furniture? How about a Chevy Tahoe rebodied to look like a filing cabinet?

[pchall]

How about the Chrysler Cordoba?

Not even rich, Corinthian leather could elevate that above being a sow's ear.

[nrc]

Originally posted by datachicane
mid 80's-90's Mercury Cougar- take a halfway decent aerobird and slap a vertical backlight on it to keep the bluehairs happy.
I didn't think they were bad enough to rank among the ugliest, but I certainly never understood this.

http://gto-racing.nexenservices.com/gtworld_lincolnmercurycougarXR7_1.jpg


Just who were they marketing to? Blue haired, Strohs guzzling road racing fans?

[RaceGrrl]

The 1984 Cadillac Seville. One word: FUGLY.

http://100megsfree4.com/cadillac/cad1980/1984/84seville.jpg

[mapguy]

When I lived in Scotland a guy in the flat next to me had one of these:

http://www.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/990913/std_1985_renault_4.jpg

[cart7]

originally posted by mapguy
The new Honda Element.

I just saw my first one today. It was a green and brownish color. I can't believe someone would look at one of those things and say "Man, I've got to have one of those." Yech

[tomahawk]

AMC Pacer
Cadillac Seville
Lincoln Mark IV
Pontiac Aztek

:tomahawk