Ugly Cars: A Picture Thread

After all said about Nissan Jukes and other mini-SUVs upthread, my line manager's boss drives one. And yes he's a total wanker. Fortunately he's quit the company this week.

classic ugly car from my youth (i'm only 25), spent a good amount of time in the back seats of these doozies:

http://www.web2carz.com/images/nctd/tauwcar.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/1996_Ford_Taurus_GL_Station_Wagon.jpg

the headlights on the latter always get me

I used to drive a mid-90s Mercury wagon. It had such a huge ass on it.

that shape is such a ubiquitous ugly 90's shape

When the Taurus was new (I'm older than 25), they were Spaceman Future Flying Cars (That Don't Actually Fly). They really stuck out at the time (for maybe a year or so), and not in a bad way.

The original Mercury Sable took the original Taurus' spaceship factor and upped it times infinity. One of the ugliest things to ever exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN1jOW85T34

Try GISing 'Ford Probe concept' for a slew of cars that look like spaceships. Including the 'Probe III', which ended up being the main influence on the Ford Sierra.

One of my oldest friends and former roommate had a Probe and it was so poorly built. It definitely leaked during rain, but would also get totally wet inside on humid days.

I have something in common with many UFO abductees; I was once rear-ended by a Probe.

also, the name "Probe"....

that Taurus was just as ugly inside, including this oval-shaped radio that couldn't play CDs in 1999 and no aftermarket radio would fit. No aux-in either.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vehicle-pictures/1999/ford/taurus/96113331000209-480.jpg

I had a '98 Escort coupe with one of those blob radios. I pulled out the whole oval to replace it with a third-party unit that I could slot a Blaupunkt in.

Hey, that 3rd Generation 1996 Ford Taurus wagon a couple posts up is mine! When they came out in 1996, I said, "one day I'll have me one of those." Well, that Taurus I finally did get is nearing 300,000 miles on the odometer and I just bought a 1996 Mercury Sable wagon to add to the stable. Two beauties!

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do you object to it being posted here as an ugly car?

your username might produce some cognitive dissonance because the grand cayman based owner, proprietor and to some extent spiritual leader of the ilxor.com forums used to post as 'Haberdager'

Add a Sable to yr stable.

unstable sable stable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser_(J40)#/media/File:Toyota_FJ_Cruiser.jpg

Do you like these Totoyo "Foot Joy" Cruisers? Stop doing it. Also, a big shake of my head at people who apparently, by choice, purchase all the yellow cars of all varieties out there.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Toyota_FJ_Cruiser.jpg/400px-Toyota_FJ_Cruiser.jpg

I love those.

It looks like it's made of Lego.

ya its a lil too cute but kinda cool anyway, my friend has a white one and its much better than the yellow

Conley could still play in the series. Swelling will be down within a few days. Mask him up and he'll be good. Bet he misses one game, two max.

Cool post.

Fj cruiser looks kinda tough with a slight lift and big tires.

hard to fault anyone for pissing on the aztek's styling, but yo

http://ericpetersautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Aztek-camping.jpg

I heard the back of the BMW i8 described as "shitting out a Porsche 911" and I can't shake that image.

http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/68615dae00a5641bb5fb407566681803/200074724/lead5-2015-bmw-i8-fd.jpg

The newer Toyota FJ Cruisers are based on the old FJ40 Land Cruiser, which is still one of the coolest things Toyota has ever offered. They just made the new version comically large.

http://i.imgur.com/DqS4WwT.jpg

"shitting out a Porsche 911"

lol true

BMW's PR department is on point, as usual.

http://i.imgur.com/RszpjQ5.jpg

"do you object to it being posted here as an ugly car?"

Well, I think it's beautiful! So, of course it's not ugly!

"your username might produce some cognitive dissonance because the grand cayman based owner, proprietor and to some extent spiritual leader of the ilxor.com forums used to post as 'Haberdager'"

My username is a lot older than any others here or anywhere else on the internet. In the year 872, a Viking king named Harald HaarFager (Norwegian for 'fair hair'), united all of Norway into the first true Viking kingdom. And seeing as how I'm directly related to him, that's been my username on the internet for almost 20 years. I hope the fact that my distant relatives loved to rape and pillage doesn't cause any "cognitive dissonance" of it's own! Ha ha!

"....this oval-shaped radio that couldn't play CDs in 1999 and no aftermarket radio would fit."

I do agree about the radio unit - it's awful! Mine has a couple knobs broken off and I have to use needlenose pliers to turn on heater. Poor design.

FYI that i8 moves like a space panther and turns heads for blocks

Don't disagree on the i8. Would really really like to drive one.

Old Land Cruisers are totally rad. The new one is certainly not the ugliest thing around, but it rubs me wrong. Everything so beholden to the wind tunnel these days.
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Hell I like pretty much all those older, smallish-midsize, boxy 4X4s. Are there any from like early 80s that aren't maintenance nightmares? Would love to load up a Trooper II or Dodge Raider and go camping or whatever. Fun!

http://i.imgur.com/rbeyaeg.jpg

not saying its ugly btw love it good example of updated boxy 4x4 look

https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CC-352-003.jpg?resize=600%2C450

omgomgomgomgomgomgomg

:O

#vanlife expert level

At first glance I thought I was looking at a real build of this:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/0/05/TheHomer.png/revision/latest?cb=20090908145331

SUV crossovers are getting so small im pretty sure they will be station wagons by 2019.

theyre basically just tall station wagons already, theyre built on car platforms where a ~true~ suv is a truck