Car models that you have not-so-flattering nicknames for?

[Truthiness Inspector]

Every time I see one of these:





All I can think is "SMASHED SLUG." Literally, like someone stepped on a slug and decided to design a car around that. LOL.

What are some cars you think just look like <insert descriptor>, to the point you have an involuntary nicknames for them?

For all I know, the Nissan Quest might be a great vehicle, but I just can't get past the look. Not that I'm a minivan person to begin with, but on looks alone (not performance, options, gas mileage, etc), what "look" makes you wonder what the buyer saw in that particular car given all of the choices out there?

Or better yet, makes you wonder how that particular design got approved for production in the first place?

[latebloomer]

1. somebody here on DU (forgot who, sorry)

called a Ford Expedition an "Excretion".

Love that one!

[AlCzervik]

2. Hah, my sister has one of those in a really hideous shade of blue, "So many cup holders!'

We were in it this summer and the interior looks like it's 20 years old, i don;t what the hell her and my nieces are transporting in that thing but it is gross.

[mainegreen]

3. There's a Lexus (or maybe an Alitma) that looks just like a clown shoe on wheels.

It's the ugliest damned thing. I call it 'the crappy shoe-mobile'.

[Truthiness Inspector]

5. LOL!

That's what I'm talking about! A car that makes you give it a weird nickname, even when you aren't trying, and frankly, wish you hadn't because you think of it each time you see one!

[Adsos Letter]

4. We owned one of these, in white...

always referred to it as "the Catfish..."

[Elidor]

9. Lol! Perfect!

I'll think of that everytime I see one of those.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. The Pissed-Off Insect

[Truthiness Inspector]

7. Another good one!

Like a hornet or wasp that's comin' to getcha! LOL!

[HamstersFromHell]

23. We refer to those as Ass-wrecks

n/t

[meow2u3]

8. The Shrunken Hearse

[Truthiness Inspector]

11. Ha

Never thought of them as shrunken hearses, but they evoke something...the name just hasn't come to me yet. YET!

[Catshrink]

12. That's a PT Loser

[Deja Q]

20. Potty Trained juicer?

:shrug:

[flvegan]

10. Really depends more on the driver for me.

I mean, I love that folks drive Honda Civics. Even that Si "thing" that they call quick. However, it's when they put the Mr. Folger's coffee can exhaust on it, add stickers that mean to make be think that Injen has taken said car under the corporate wing and then drive like they're starring in "The Fast and the Furious 7: Horsepower Is a Farce" that I think...douchebag.

That's just one example. I have dozens more. Keep them to myself, I guess.

[Deep13]

13. Ford Rustang is what I can think of.

[XemaSab]

14. Priapus or Prion

:hide:

[Orsino]

19. Or on the SouthPark episode about hybrid smugness, the "Pious."

And there was the Honda "Hindsight."

[Connonym]

15. all Fords

make me think piece of shit

[Trailrider1951]

16. Chevy avalanche

Chevy Heave-a-lunch

one butt-ugly truck

[Catsbrains]

17. Ford Exploder

[hippywife]

18. There's a couple.

Hummers are called Dumbers and Expeditions are Explosions.

[mitchum]

21. My dad told me that the Edsel was referred to as "The Ethel" because of ...

its distinctive grill.

[HamstersFromHell]

22. As Dave Barry once said...

Chevy Suburban Subdivision. So big the back end of it's in another zip code.

Renault LeCar = LeBox

AMC Pacer = Spacer (does look like it belongs in the hangar bay of the Enterprise)