Ugly Cars

[sundog]

I'm not talking about old clunkers that people are forced to drive because they have no other choice...

I'm talking about brand new factory vehicles that people are proudly driving around while you are thinking wtf.

Case in point: The Chevy SSR "Truck." Yours for only $45,000 :puke:




:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. It looks like

a VW bug and an El Camino had a drunken romp and forgot the protection... :shrug:

[sundog]

4. lol

that's a good way of putting it... I mean, if someone was going for a 45k vehicle, why the fuck would they choose this thing? :puke:

[Ediacara]

2. PT Cruiser

blech...

[TrustingDog]

38. those are butt ugly.

but this is a cutie:

[CanuckAmok]

72. I LOVE that!! What is it? n/t

[TrustingDog]

94. a 1954 Bat 7

one of those Italian guys - Ferrari I think.

ain't it awesome? more pics here:

http://www.allsportauto.com/english/alfa_romeo_1900_bat7_coupe_bertone.php

[all.of.me]

46. i'm with you

i can't stand these things. but they are everywhere!

[progmom]

53. meh

I drive one.


You either love 'em or hate 'em, I guess.

[sundog]

59. awww

I'll go for a ride with you anytime :hug:

ps - is it convertible? :bounce:

[progmom]

61. I sold my convertible when I had the kid.

sigh....

[sundog]

62. I'm gonna buy us a new one

your pick... as soon as I talk JJ into releasing my trust fund :7

don't worry... I'm not one to talk, I drive a Chevy van... so it's not like I'm some baddass or anythin :P

[progmom]

66. excellent.

I'll start picking up the brochures. I guess we should get something other than a two-seater, so JJ can come with us. Luckily, she's only 2 feet tall, so a tiny backseat isn't a problem. :evilgrin:

[sundog]

68. I've missed 2 ft JJ

I was hoping she wouldn't be forgotten :evilgrin:

I'm gonna strap the seat onto the trunk backwards

[Lex]

60. I *love* my PT Cruiser and here's why!

It looks like this (not some gross non-standard version you posted):



It was inexpensive. Compact (no big, gas guzzling SUV), the seats can come out altogether, or fold over, for carrying lots of stuff.




I love its ability to make an impromptu picnic table in the back:




And I love its cue ball stick shift:





It's a great car, so bite me. :P

[Ediacara]

87. Actually...

The only thing non0standard about the PT Cruiser I posted were the flame decals. If you walk up to your car and look at the hood, it will look just like the photo posted with the bumper nearly scraping the road, and the hood deflated....

[Lex]

95. no--my bumper does not sit that low

sorry--that car has extra spoilers around the bottom--OBVIOUSLY.


STANDARD


EXTRA SPOILERS AROUND BOTTOM

[napi21]

3. That's Chevy's response to the PT Cruiser.

I have seen a few of them on dealer lots, but none on the road. That tells me it's sure not selling very well, huh?

[sundog]

7. someone in my town drives one...

he thinks he's a baddass... and all I can think to myself is "you stupid fuck" :P

[xultar]

5. I happen to love that car!! n/t

[sundog]

13. sorry

I just couldn't hold it in anymore :cry:

:P

:hi:

[all.of.me]

45. my 14 year old, too!

we drove by the chevy dealer the other day, and she lost it with glee! i almost had a wreck. she showed me what she had seen, and i could have hurled. no offense........

[democracyindanger]

6. PT Cruiser

I don't get it. Looks like a Monster Garage project with a London can that went wrong. And what's up with the cult of PT Cruisers? I saw a video on public access about a PT club that participated in a Veterans' Day parade. What the hell?

[sundog]

11. yes, I still don't "get" them

:wtf:

[CanuckAmok]

75. Chrysler "manufactured" the cult of the P/T Cruiser...

I have no beef against them...and I've had them as rentals a few times. They're actually fun to drive.

But Chrysler helped set-op the infrastructure of 'enthusiast clubs' before the Cruiser was even on the market.

PT CRuiser story: I sometimes wirk with a bona-fide biker from a Gang Which Shan't Be Named, and he drives a PT with flames on the side, DARK tinted rear windows, tricked out chrome, etc.

I teased him once about his "soccer mom" Cruiser, and he said "I'd rather be driving my bikes, but every now and then I need to transport something wouldn't fit on a Harley, and there's tons of room in the back!" :scared:

[Huckebein the Raven]

90. I just saw one of those today with

a huge ass wing on the back of it.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Ready4Change]

8. I actually like it. But not $45k worth.

[terrya]

24. I do, too. But for $25K worth.

$45,000 is WAY too much for that. I do like it, though.

[marions ghost]

82. agreed the design's not bad...

the price is ridiculous. So it will be a "status" truck.

[patrice]

9. What do you suppose the ecological cost

of this kind of fashion statement is? Not just to Earth but to any kind of actually functional and fair economy?

Oh Darn! I guess I forgot the real religion of the U.S., "free market" mysticism, "If it can be done, it $hould be done."

[KG]

10. stupid cars like this are why GM's in a heap of trouble.

maybe they might try sharp looking cars people can afford?

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. I'm sorry, but the new Mustang looks like they didn't finish it, and I

don't like it. I miss MrG's '65 fastback. :hi:

[sundog]

15. this one?

[MrScorpio]

18. Oh, I love this new model

If I could, I'd get one

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Yes. That one. The back is all wrong and I just don't see the interest

in it. :hi:

[nytemare]

20. It needs a hood scoop

Other than that, I pretty much love it. The hood scoop finished the mustang, in my opinion.

[nytemare]

21. Scion Bread Truck

This is a strange vehicle, but spacious!

on edit:what is wrong with me that I replied to my own post?????

:shrug:

[sundog]

30. eek!

looks like a milk delivery truck

[nytemare]

32. I think they were meaning to fill the "so ugly it's cute" category

You reckon?

[sundog]

33. yeah, that market was wide open

:wtf:

:shrug:

[nytemare]

35. There always have to be at least 2 cars that fit that category

the E.T. of motoring!!

[sundog]

36. bwhahaha

no one loves it honey... let's take it home

[NV Whino]

42. Somehow the aerodynamic of the box fall short

I drove a Honda Prelude for 15 years. Not the prettiest car in the world, but the thing that amazed me was how aerodynamically sound it was. Almost never got a bug splot on the grill, hood or windshield--all were swept right over the top.

(I did collect a kamakazi woodpecker on the grill once, who actually lived to tell the tale.)

[ContraBass Black]

47. I agree that it's ugly

But sit in it and you'll like it better.

[CanuckAmok]

78. I disagree...

I think the new one needs a "turn signal hood", not a hoodscoop. Something needs to break up the monotony of the hood, but I think a scoop isn't the answer (plus it would only be decorative, as the real intake is right behind the grille).

[jmowreader]

14. It's the new trend in the auto world: Cars only their mothers could love

Such as the Honda Element, the Scion xB, the Pontiac Aztek, the Hummer H2...

[sundog]

22. I always feel confused when I see a Honda Element

[hippywife]

39. You mean the Elephant? n/t

[sundog]

40. nicely put

March 27, 2005

Dear Honda,

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Sincerely,
sundog

[Madrone]

43. As the mother of a Honda Element -

all I have to say is pfffffffffffffft! :D I curse you for saying the name of my car in the SAME SENTENCE as Aztec and H2!! A curse be upon you!

I love my Element. It's almost perfectly designed for me. And for all you haters out there - everyone I know or have encountered in real life that yammer on about how fugly Elements are have walked away singing an entirely different tune after checking out the inside, it's features, and, for some, taking it for a quick drive around the block.

[marions ghost]

81. agreed they're going for a niche market

playing on subliminal associations. So far NO car manufacturers have hit on anything I could "love." (That weinermobile comes close, though). Car salesmen insist a car is "an emotional purchase" and love to tell you about the guy who came in for a pickup and drove out with the sports car. But for most people, it's a practical decision based on function and price, emotional responses taking a back seat. There are worse things than car fetishes I guess.

[Left Is Write]

16. It looks like a truck suffering from stunted growth.

[SarahB]

17. Dude, don't diss my car.

[sundog]

23. I know

bout your love of weenies, but that's taking it a bit far, don't ya think :P

[SarahB]

26. One can never take...

their love of weenies too far! :P

[solinvictus]

28. I've worked on the Weinermobile..

Oscar/Meyer had a maintenance contract with Penske, so I've worked on it and washed one of them before. They used to be on a Chevy Lumina chasis.

[Bzzzz]

55. Did you...

enjoy stroking the world's largest wiener???:9

[nytemare]

31. Hey, that is aerodynamic!

What's it got under the hood??

[Bok_Tukalo]

52. I saw that at Mardi Gras in New Orleans

I was too drunk to think it anything but cool.

[DS1]

25. 2005 Mustang

[da_chimperor]

27. It looks kinda puffy, like it got stung by a bee and swelled up.

I'd never even think of buying one.

[tjdee]

29. That's a good one, but Hummers are so ugly.

No imagination whatsoever. I know they are also military vehicles, but eww.

[ContraBass Black]

49. The H2 is not a military vehicle.

It's a jacked-up GMC Jimmy with a big skid plate underneath.

[marions ghost]

74. works for the military...

stupid for suburbia.

[sbj405]

34. Without doubt . . .

[sundog]

37. it belongs on the Island of misfit toys

in Rudolph

It can be driven by that fucked up dolly & the jack in the box that doesn't work

:wtf:

[Bombero1956]

41. did I

mention that my wife drives one? Bought it for the gas mileage and cargo space, not for looks.

[-..__...]

44. Ricers

[ContraBass Black]

48. Amen.

[Telly Savalas]

50. Can someone explain what the fuck is up with the spoilers?

Is it to add downforce so you don't oversteer when going to the QuickieMart to buy a slushie? Why does a street car need aerodynamic add-ons like that?

[Reverend_Smitty]

63. Plus the added downforce...

will suck up your gas like nobody's business. Douchebags!

[CanuckAmok]

80. And finally...

there's not much advantage to downforce on a front-wheel-drive car. Duh.

[Dude_CalmDown]

58. Couldn't you post a warning or something? - n/t

*

[CanuckAmok]

79. enjoy:

http://www.laughatrice.com/l@r/ricer1.jpg


http://www.laughatrice.com

[Bzzzz]

51. With...

one headlight out...anyone notice that about GM products???
Just watch when you are on the highway...it has become a joke between my husband and myself who can count the # of GM vehicles with a headlight out.

[KitchenWitch]

54. Honda Element n/t

[marions ghost]

71. ditto, Honda Element

there is something kind of sinister about that thing. It has a kind of quasi-military look to me...was there a similar vehicle in old WWII movies, driven by the SS? I don't pay much attention to car makes and models, but maybe some car buffs can tell me why I would have an inexplicable aversion to this car.

[hyphenate]

56. My personal favorite

for the fugliest car is one I've argued about for several years with car afficianadoes. They think it's cute--I think it's butt ugly:

the mini-Cooper. Yuck. I know, I know--I'm wrong, but at the very least, how the hell do you fit more than two people into that damned thing? Yikes.

[stanwyck]

70. My husband lusts for one of those

but it just isn't practical for us. Plus, I'd worry about him in a mini-Cooper on Atlanta's interstates. He has a Saab which he professes to love....but I know he's lusting for a mini-Cooper.
(he's at their website almost every day...)

[samplegirl]

76. Ah!

Being a british car enthusist i think there really cute. I dont
think i would want one but there not the ugliest!

[Endangered Specie]

57. New age Beetles

:scared:

[LiberallyInclined]

64. pontiac aztec- who would buy one of those P'sOS...?

[trogdor]

84. I might.

Only with a substantial discount, and it HAS TO be yellow like that one. They only look good in yellow.

[immoderate]

92. No doubt that one of the worst.. However with the Celica...

Toyota is sliding downward. Late 80s ones were beautiful.

BTW, I like most of the "retro" cars: PT Cruiser, Beetle, SSR, Scion B.
--IMM

[Jack Rabbit]

65. Nothing can be worse than a Hummer

From Review Journal

[Ron Green]

86. Dumpster with headlights. n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

93. Nah. A dumpster doesn't waste as much gas.

which is up to $2.21 in my neck of the woods.

[burythehatchet]

89. oh you mean the truck...!!

[sakabatou]

67. Fiat Multipla

[marions ghost]

77. whew that is bad

looks like a running shoe (not a good association for cars...)

[hyphenate]

88. Uck

That one puts the mini-Cooper to shame!

[Steve Nash is god 13]

69. yeah that is so ugly

[Redstone]

73. All the new BMWs, Audis (except the A8L), and VWs.

Redstone

[MadHound]

83. Looks to me like they're recycling the old classics

Like the '51 Chevy/GM trucks. Same curved hood, same bulbous fenders, though they curved the cab even more than the '51. All in all, I'll stick with the classics.

[animuscitizen]

85. Most autos made by American companies are ugly

Dodge/Chrysler seems to head the list of ugly vehicle manufacturers. Most look like bubbles and blobs.

[Huckebein the Raven]

91. Porsche Cayenne