Ugly Cars: A Picture Thread

See? I think the 914 is pretty awes.

I think I've only ever seen one of these on the street in the US, and am only familiar with it from browsing the model kit aisles in K-Mart as a kid:

http://projecthp.ford23.com/Pics/Merkur1.jpg

I love late-70s/early-80s Lotuses, but the Lotus Eclat misses by a lot

http://www.carloten.com/images/lotus-eclat-2.jpg

The Opel GT is not by any means an ugly car, but doing this to one should be a criminal act punishable by 20 years or more in prison...

http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/1972-opel-gt-264.jpg

See? I think the 914 is pretty awes.

Yeah, it's definitely a love/hate model.

I'm not sure how I feel about the new Porsche Panamera. Admittedly, I strongly believe that Porsche should NOT be making a four-door anything.

http://www.motorauthority.com/content/thumbs/2/0/2010_porsche_panamera_turbo_003_2-1124-950x673.jpg

Yeah, I am NOT on board with that.

@brownie: that's an Aston Martin?!!!1!!

some sort of concept car by them. concept cars contain a wealth of ugliness

http://homepage3.nifty.com/monorev/tsubuyaki/b210hatch1.jpg

This one's more about the factory hubcaps than anything.

caddy

http://www.westsidecruisers.com/Pictures/2006/20060507_Vaarmoenstring_Ekeberg/1990%20Cadillac%20Fleetwood%20Brougham%20dElegance.jpg

Just about every Caddy made after 1965 is ugly.

http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/1972-opel-gt-264.jpg

what the christ.

http://honestjohn.com/classad_image4441.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/

Ha, my grandma had that car.

The early '80s Olds Toronado

http://encyclopedia.classicoldsmobile.com/toronado/83.jpg

At least whitewalls, spokes and vinyl tops seem to be a thing of that past now.

The angle on that Cadillac Seville makes it look almost normal, you got to get the back end in to see the full horror...

http://www.gmphotostore.com/images/53218144_pr.jpg

I'm not sure how I feel about the new Porsche Panamera.

the porsche cayenne is ugly too, but i'm biased against SUVs anyway.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/03-05_Chevrolet_Cavalier_coupe.jpg

I'm going to jump in for the Lebaron. They've always reminded me of little fedoras.

http://www.desktopcar.net/wallpaper/33533-2/Porsche_cayenne-249.jpg

That car just looks like it costs about $200 to make. xxp

Olds simply could not get the later Toronados right at all

http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/1992/Oldsmobile/1763/1992.oldsmobile.toronado.8657-300x189.jpg

I guess I'd never seen the Cayenne before, because I would've had nightmares.

ooh yeah that's way worse than the one Fever posted

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(vinyl top notwithstanding)

there's a "transparent" cayenne hybrid:

http://www.luxurylaunches.com/entry_images/0907/12/Porsche_Cayenne_Hybrid_2-thumb.jpg

Srsly, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF VINYL RIGHT AT THE VERY BACK OF A CAR'S ROOF? I don't get it.

Just about every Caddy made after 1965 is ugly.

The current "stealth fighter" design aesthetic Cadillac has now isn't terrible, though I think it'll look dated pretty quickly. I'm not a big fan of the CTS sedan (even though it's a terrific car), but I saw the new CTS wagon at the LA Auto Show last weekend and I think it's a big improvement

http://www.drivearabia.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2010-cadillac-cts-wagon-2.jpg

I still stand by my previous assertion re: Caddys.

I can't find a picture to do it justice, but when I was car-shopping this past August, the lot full of unsold 2008 Ford F-150s and F-250s seemed like the ugliest thing ever.

I think I've only ever seen one of these on the street in the US, and am only familiar with it from browsing the model kit aisles in K-Mart as a kid:

Ah, Merkur. That was Ford's attempt to compete with BMW and Mercedes in the US, by importing German-made Fords and giving them a German-sounding name. Didn't work.

I can't find a picture to do it justice, but when I was car-shopping this past August, the lot full of unsold 2008 Ford F-150s and F-250s seemed like the ugliest thing ever.

Even uglier... A lot of unsold Hummers

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/01/business/01gm2-650.jpg

Better unsold than sold.

Chevrolet SSR: The redneck roadster.

http://www.desktopcar.net/chevrolet/ssr/Chevrolet-SSR05.jpg

Omnis, Colts & LeCars (which I actually sorta like) have nothing on the early-to-mid-90s Geo Metro, easily the most turdish of all unfortunate sub-compacts IMO:

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/06/23-End%20of%20Month/Geo%20Metro.jpg

All circles and squares

http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/1973travellall_01_resized.jpg

When gas went up over $4, people were buying old Metros like crazy. 40mpg or something iirc.

anybody a fan of the fiero? I am not

http://dtcc.cz28.com/85FieroL36/85fieroL36b.jpg

There's a salvage yard in N. Alabama that's strictly Fieros. I'll take a pic when I'm there at xmas.

I remember having a crush on someone who had a Fiero. A red one. I don't think anything ever came of that crush, though.

In the HBO show Entourage, the character Turtle had a yellow Fiero in high-school. He blames it for his inability to get girls.

I've always been torn over the Avanti

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123059/2156496/2156497/070613_GB_AvantiEX.jpg

anybody a fan of the fiero? I am not

I'll see your Fiero and raise you an additional Reatta

http://imgs.getauto.com/imgs/ag/ga/09/93/1/1G4EC13L0MB900993-1.jpg

Johnny the Fiero Factory in Toney, AL has a website
http://www.thefierofactory.com/gallery/index.htm

Ha! I guess everybody has a website. That's about 3 miles from my uncle's house.

I love that the Reatta is a "Make Offer" car.

I've always been torn over the Avanti

I've always liked the original 60s-era Avantis, but later attempts to keep the marque going post-Studebaker and increasing NHTSA-hostility weren't so good.

This is downright painful

http://www.ssip.net/upload/avanti-convertible-1_30.jpg

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/06/conti-k-car.jpg

OMGWTFLOL