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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

My vote goes to the Fiat Multipla.

http://www.rtl2.de/images/trailer/1_grip_design_fiatmultipla.png

http://www.alufelgen.oponeo.de/img/temp/fiat_multipla_i_1_6_16v__1999_ROL.JPG

It looks like a sitting duck, stuck in a life buoy.

Jan 10 13 05:19 pm Link Quote

Photographer

Justin
Posts: 20,097
Fort Collins, Colorado, US

I'd go with the VW Thing, the Gremlin, and the Pacer. The Thing was ugly outside and in. You get in, put your feet forward, and there's a quarter inch of sheet metal between you and the air outside. I believe VW must've been quite mad when they decided on this one.

OP car is uglier in the pic, but it's not a car I've seen on the street, so I can't personally vouch.

Got no great love for the Scion that looks like a rolling mini-fridge, either.

Jan 10 13 05:24 pm Link Quote

Model

Laura UnBound
Posts: 24,719
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

the nissan cube

Jan 10 13 05:25 pm Link Quote

Photographer

Michael Bots
Posts: 4,099
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

AMC Pacer

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

Note - the distracting advertising

Jan 10 13 05:31 pm Link Quote

Photographer

DougBPhoto
Posts: 33,511
Portland, Oregon, US

http://www.torquenews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/300_size/image-108/%5Btitle-raw%5D/Pontiac%20Aztek_0.jpg

Pontiac Aztek

Jan 10 13 05:39 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

DougBPhoto wrote:

Pontiac Aztek

It's like they didn't know if they wanted to design an SUV, a Van or a Limousine...so they just merged all three concepts into one.

Jan 10 13 05:40 pm Link Quote

Photographer

London Fog
Posts: 5,003
London, England, United Kingdom

Russian Katarina wrote:
My vote goes to the Fiat Multipla.

It looks like a sitting duck, stuck in a life buoy.

This would get my vote. What in the hell were they thinking?

Jan 10 13 05:42 pm Link Quote

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DougBPhoto
Posts: 33,511
Portland, Oregon, US

Russian Katarina wrote:
It's like they didn't know if they wanted to design an SUV, a Van or a Limousine...so they just merged all three concepts into one.

If I wasn't feeling so lazy, I'd link one of the pictures showing how the back folds out to allow the owner to pitch a tent.

Wait, that does not sound right... ummm

Jan 10 13 05:42 pm Link Quote

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Laura UnBound
Posts: 24,719
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Bots wrote:
AMC Pacer

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

Note - the distracting advertising

awww its like a little shoe

Jan 10 13 05:43 pm Link Quote

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Art Silva Photography
Posts: 6,698
Santa Barbara, California, US

Laura UnBound wrote:
the nissan cube

You beat me to this... That car is hideous, it looks like it belongs in a cartoon with hip-hop rats driving it... Oh wait. tongue

Jan 10 13 05:47 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

It's like it only has two wheels - an old Citroen:

http://m0.i.pbase.com/v3/04/463304/1/50402620.126_0667_1.jpg

Jan 10 13 05:48 pm Link Quote

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London Fog
Posts: 5,003
London, England, United Kingdom

Russian Katarina wrote:
My vote goes to the Fiat Multipla

Briefly off topic, why have you retired Katarina?

Jan 10 13 05:48 pm Link Quote

Photographer

scrymettet
Posts: 29,732
Quebec, Quebec, Canada

I disagree on the DS.

Jan 10 13 05:48 pm Link Quote

Photographer

Rick Dupuis Photography
Posts: 6,685
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Russian Katarina wrote:

It's like they didn't know if they wanted to design an SUV, a Van or a Limousine...so they just merged all three concepts into one.

I think one Friday the designers just said, "That's it, I'm going home." and some silly son of a bitch thought he was done.
I think Le Car was right up there with the ugliest cars of all time.

Jan 10 13 05:50 pm Link Quote

Photographer

DougBPhoto
Posts: 33,511
Portland, Oregon, US

Art Silva Photography wrote:

You beat me to this... That car is hideous, it looks like it belongs in a cartoon with hip-hop rats driving it... Oh wait. tongue

no, that's ikea...

oh, no, a Kia

Jan 10 13 05:50 pm Link Quote

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Instinct Images
Posts: 21,501
San Diego, California, US

DougBPhoto wrote:

Pontiac Aztek

Design by committee. Maybe a committee of blind people.

HIDEOUS

Jan 10 13 05:50 pm Link Quote

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Orca Bay Images
Posts: 28,330
Lodi, California, US

Michael Bots wrote:
AMC Pacer

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

Note - the distracting advertising

I test-drove one once. While it was butt fugly, it was actually wonderful to drive. Outstanding visibility for the driver.

Jan 10 13 05:50 pm Link Quote

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Caustic Disco
Posts: 1,738
Maumee, Ohio, US

i saw one one time that looked like a cockroach. i can't remember what kind it was called but there was like 9 people crammed inside it and it was TINY.

Jan 10 13 05:52 pm Link Quote

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Orca Bay Images
Posts: 28,330
Lodi, California, US

Russian Katarina wrote:
My vote goes to the Fiat Multipla.

It looks like a sitting duck, stuck in a life buoy.

Yeah, that looks like it was designed not by committee, but by several committees that never talked to each other.

Jan 10 13 05:52 pm Link Quote

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Rick Dupuis Photography
Posts: 6,685
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Orca Bay Images wrote:

I test-drove one once. While it was butt fugly, it was actually wonderful to drive. Outstanding visibility for the driver.

The passenger door was bigger than the driver's door. I liked the Pacer. And while some might want to institutionalize me for it, I have to say the Gremlin X is my all time favorite car. I'd love to have one now.

Jan 10 13 05:53 pm Link Quote

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Vintagevista
Posts: 8,885
Sun City, California, US

Well, the Ford Flex looks like it was assembled out of welded together municipal park benches.

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/12/2008/08/2009-Ford-Flex-Woody.jpg

Jan 10 13 05:54 pm Link Quote

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London Fog
Posts: 5,003
London, England, United Kingdom

Orca Bay Images wrote:
Yeah, that looks like it was designed not by committee, but by several committees that never talked to each other.

It looks like a clamshell!

Worst part is there are millions of these hideous things on the road here!

Jan 10 13 05:56 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

Vintagevista wrote:
Well, the Ford Flex looks like it was assembled out of welded together municipal park benches.

Come on, that has to be a custom paint job, not the actual factory-delivered car.

Jan 10 13 05:57 pm Link Quote

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Vintagevista
Posts: 8,885
Sun City, California, US

Russian Katarina wrote:

Come on, that has to be a custom paint job, not the actual factory-delivered car.

you would think

Jan 10 13 06:02 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

Orca Bay Images wrote:

Yeah, that looks like it was designed not by committee, but by several committees that never talked to each other.

Now you know why our cars in the USSR looked like this:

This prototype looks like a golf cart:

Here they watched too much Star Trek.

Soviet car:

Space ship:

People also used to "pimp" their own rides in the good ole days of the USSR:

Monster Truck - Soviet style.

Jan 10 13 06:02 pm Link Quote

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Aaron Lewis Photography
Posts: 4,300
Catskill, New York, US

I'm retracting my previous comment about the Cube. You guys are coming up with some pretty ugly shit.

Jan 10 13 06:04 pm Link Quote

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joeyk
Posts: 13,866
Seminole, Florida, US

Both already mentioned:

VW thing:

http://www.theclassicbeetle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/vw-thing.jpg

And the Aztek...

Jan 10 13 06:06 pm Link Quote

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MMR Digital
Posts: 1,353
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US

Edsel?

There was a guy in NJ who had an Edsel farm. I wish it'd still be there the day I get by with a camera.

Jan 10 13 06:08 pm Link Quote

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Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,848
Boston, Massachusetts, US

My mom had a Chevy Vega. I remembered it being hella ugly when I was a little kid.

I've seen some fixed up ones, however, that were pretty sweet -- so I don't know.

Overall though, this thread is awesome.

Jan 10 13 06:09 pm Link Quote

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In Balance Photography
Posts: 2,945
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, US

DougBPhoto wrote:

Pontiac Aztek

This gets my vote

Jan 10 13 06:11 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

Vintagevista wrote:

you would think

http://image.motortrend.com/f/aftermarket/sounds-kinda-dirty-the-ford-flex-woody/10487393+cr1+re0+ar1/2009-ford-flex-woody-side-view.jpg

All I can say is that I'd want to bridle a horse in front of it.
It looks more like a horse carriage than a car.

Jan 10 13 06:12 pm Link Quote

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scrymettet
Posts: 29,732
Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Tata Nano is something to see too.

Jan 10 13 06:13 pm Link Quote

Model

Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,848
Boston, Massachusetts, US

Russian Katarina wrote:
People also used to "pimp" their own rides in the good ole days of the USSR:

http://englishrussia.com/images/another_car_remake/1.jpg

Monster Truck - Soviet style.

That shit hauls rocks through the snow! Bad ass!

Jan 10 13 06:14 pm Link Quote

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Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,848
Boston, Massachusetts, US

What about the Ford Pinto?

Jan 10 13 06:19 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

Koryn Locke wrote:

That shit hauls rocks through the snow! Bad ass!

And as an added feature, it's a hybrid.

It runs with Vodka just as well, when you're out of gas.

Jan 10 13 06:19 pm Link Quote

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Tim Little Photography
Posts: 11,308
Wilmington, Delaware, US

The AMC Matador. Fugly!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7248119296_51fcf2f516_c.jpg

Jan 10 13 06:20 pm Link Quote

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Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,848
Boston, Massachusetts, US

I fully acknowledge the ugliness of El Caminos, but they are absolutely my favorite cars of all time, and I revel in the knowledge that someday, some way, I will own an El Camino.

Complete with fuzzy dice and animal print seat covers!

Jan 10 13 06:26 pm Link Quote

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Russian Katarina
Posts: 1,413
London, England, United Kingdom

Koryn Locke wrote:
I fully acknowledge the ugliness of El Caminos, but they are absolutely my favorite cars of all time, and I revel in the knowledge that someday, some way, I will own an El Camino.

Complete with fuzzy dice and animal print seat covers!