http://homepage3.nifty.com/monorev/tsubuyaki/b210hatch1.jpg
This one's more about the factory hubcaps than anything.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
caddy
http://www.westsidecruisers.com/Pictures/2006/20060507_Vaarmoenstring_Ekeberg/1990%20Cadillac%20Fleetwood%20Brougham%20dElegance.jpg
― brownie, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Just about every Caddy made after 1965 is ugly.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/1972-opel-gt-264.jpg
what the christ.
― cankles, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
http://honestjohn.com/classad_image4441.jpg
― brownie, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/
― brownie, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, my grandma had that car.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
The early '80s Olds Toronado
http://encyclopedia.classicoldsmobile.com/toronado/83.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries (get bent), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/03-05_Chevrolet_Cavalier_coupe.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to jump in for the Lebaron. They've always reminded me of little fedoras.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.desktopcar.net/wallpaper/33533-2/Porsche_cayenne-249.jpg
― Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries (get bent), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
That car just looks like it costs about $200 to make. xxp
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess I'd never seen the Cayenne before, because I would've had nightmares.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
ooh yeah that's way worse than the one Fever posted
x-post
― my inbox so hot (will), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
(vinyl top notwithstanding)
― my inbox so hot (will), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a "transparent" cayenne hybrid:
http://www.luxurylaunches.com/entry_images/0907/12/Porsche_Cayenne_Hybrid_2-thumb.jpg
― Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries (get bent), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Srsly, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF VINYL RIGHT AT THE VERY BACK OF A CAR'S ROOF? I don't get it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I still stand by my previous assertion re: Caddys.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Sara Sara Sara, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Even uglier... A lot of unsold Hummers
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/01/business/01gm2-650.jpg
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Better unsold than sold.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Chevrolet SSR: The redneck roadster.
http://www.desktopcar.net/chevrolet/ssr/Chevrolet-SSR05.jpg
― SongOfSam, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
All circles and squares
http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/1973travellall_01_resized.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
When gas went up over $4, people were buying old Metros like crazy. 40mpg or something iirc.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
anybody a fan of the fiero? I am not
http://dtcc.cz28.com/85FieroL36/85fieroL36b.jpg
― mizzell, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a salvage yard in N. Alabama that's strictly Fieros. I'll take a pic when I'm there at xmas.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
In the HBO show Entourage, the character Turtle had a yellow Fiero in high-school. He blames it for his inability to get girls.
― mizzell, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always been torn over the Avanti
http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123059/2156496/2156497/070613_GB_AvantiEX.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll see your Fiero and raise you an additional Reatta
http://imgs.getauto.com/imgs/ag/ga/09/93/1/1G4EC13L0MB900993-1.jpg
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Johnny the Fiero Factory in Toney, AL has a websitehttp://www.thefierofactory.com/gallery/index.htm
― mizzell, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha! I guess everybody has a website. That's about 3 miles from my uncle's house.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I love that the Reatta is a "Make Offer" car.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/06/conti-k-car.jpg
― velko, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
OMGWTFLOL
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
that's kinda so bad it's good
― gabbneb, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Ugh, no argument there.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
this is apparently some car from 78, but it must have influenced a lot of young car designers. it's looks new.
http://www.carsandtuning.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/midas-coupe.jpg
― mizzell, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
it's the velvet underground of cars.
http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Mercedes_Benz/Spy_Shots/GLK/2/MB_GLK_v_update.jpg
― gabbneb, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I fear this is gonna be huge, but that's because COME ON, PEOPLE, WAS THERE EVER AN UGLIER CAR?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG/800px-Austin_Allegro_Brown_1.JPG
Also: SQUARE STEERING WHEEL.
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
it's cute
― gabbneb, Thursday, 4 December 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link