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#1 ugliest car ever: Pontiac Aztec

Beat that.

whatever kind of car the Griswolds had in Family Vacation

You couldn't resist, could you John? Aztec is pretty ugly. Only the Russians could make cars uglier than Nash. I think they bought their playbook.

That was a Ford LTD wagon the studios had a little fun with - "The Family truckster"



Shouldn't this thread be "50 Ugliest cars of all time"

They put a little of everything in that wagon. Are 8 headlights really enough?

Come on John, you can fix the title. I think we're on to something.

Nope, I couldn't. Thanks for the idea.

I think you did it, someone (I'll do) just had to pick up your initial change so the thread would continue that way. You 'da man.

I wasn't sure if I should split it, but what the heck...

I'll try....

VW thing
Honda element(the first gen 2 tone one)
AMC matador

The Pacer wasn't that bad. Heck I even owned one.

The Thing was a utilitarian beast that wasn't supposed to be pretty. It was copied after the WWII German Jeep equivalent and had the same “I don’t care what I look like” attitude.

The Matador was similar to a lot of other beasts of it’s time. All the US carmakers had a few of them.

The Honda and the Scion both look like the box my Mini Cooper came in.

The Aztec looks like it was designed by a committee in Japan. Certainly the ugliest vehicle built in the last 40 years. You gotta wonder what purgatory awaits the guy who bought off on that design. I first saw one in the showroom when I took my Grand Prix in for service. I looked at the salesmen with a quizzical look on my face and they just shrugged and shook their heads.

I used to think the '49 - 52 Nash Ambassador was ugly until I saw one next to an Aztec.

Every K car

Naw, the K car was just bland and boring.

Thanks John.
I wasn't familiar with that car so I Googleimages'd it.
Thanks for putting that image in my head .... I may never speak to you again

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1960-62 Plymouth Valiant

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Agreed, but strange that I should have such fond memories of a sweet but ugly '61 Valiant w/ 3 on the floor and a seemingly indestructible slant 6 - Many a drive-in movie w/ an unforgettable lass named Janie who taught me the fine art of swilling beer and what makes a young lad smile. Ah, those were the days my friend. I thought they'd never end. Sadly, Janie and the Valiant are both long gone.
Here's to ugly Valiants and passionately uninhibited ladies.

My list:

Pontiac Aztec
AMC Marlin
Honda Element
Citroen 2CV
Amphicar (even though they're cool)
VW Thing
BMW Isetta

Add in the Goggomobile and Messerschmidt 3 wheeler.

As for the K car, MoPar Performance used to market a kit to convert them to rear wheel drive with a small block V8. So, some were ugly and mean.

The oscar meyer wiener car of course!

VW Thing was a utilitarian jeep-like vehicle. I thought it was kinda cool when it came out. Not like anything (or everything) else, designed to be fun and functional. Of course, I drive a Jeep Wrangler and must like that sort of "thing".

The Aztek certainly has that WTF were they thinking look going on.

When I was a kid, my dad had a 1959 Lincoln that I was embarrassed to be seen in because it was so ugly. I wondered if it was just a trick of memory so I had another look.

Nope, still ugly

First time I saw the Aztek, I said that thing looked like a dumpster on wheels. It is one ugly ride.

How to make something that should be cool into something horrible:

Hudson made some ugly cars and so did Crosley the Ambassador of the late 70s was extremely ugly too.

Well, I think probably every car company has made an ugly model or two, there Ian.

BUT, when you mentioned Hudson, I think the Hudson Hornet, with the "step-down", was a pretty nice lookin' car. It always kind'a remined me of a '49 Merc, which was also a pretty nice lookin' car.

I can't remember the model anymore but the one I mean looked like an upside down bath tub.

I think you maybe mean the late-40s/early 50s Nash, Ian.

Like this one perhaps???

That is possible the front and rear wheels were skirted and it was shapeless and ugly in my opinion. I could have sworn it was a Hudson though. I loved some of the Hudsons though. There was a dealer near me that when it went out of business the cars stayed on the show room floor. They were there until the early 90s when the guy died and everything was sold. The whole inventory was still there both new and used just like the day he closed the doors, sign was even still up. They tore the place down. He bought my 49 Chevy wrecker and restored it to like new. It was out near Pen Argyl , PA. I never got to look at them close but I am told the cars had like 3 to 5 miles on the odometer. The place showed it's age, the old man didn't keep it up and it probably had to be torn down. It was a shame to see it go. It was kind of like a time capsule , had all the original dust and dirt in there too! But all the dealer stuff was there too ,he kept it all.

Thats it Dwight.

Yeah! It kind'a looks like a 356 Porsche after numerous binges at the local Krispy Kreme donut shop, donut...err don't it?!

try this:

Fiat Multipa

I'd forgotten that one!!
If there was ANY justice in this world, that would've been called the Fiat Fugly!

So ugly, it's beautiful



Some later models had fins

http://davidszondy.com/future/car/dymaxion_detail01.jpg

The Messerschmidt 3 wheeler might be ugly but I would love to have one. Just for the sake of driving it around