Ugliest auto ever?

It didn't have a 440. That engine did not exist back then. "440" was just a
number the marketing people thought would sound cool for the top-line Dart.

 

Snipped a bunch

Depends on point of view. And your age. I thought the 60/ 61/62 chev
impala and supersport models were great looking cars. And wasn't the
first Mustang like a 64-1/2 model. 64 Plymouth Fury wasn't bad
either.

 

I certainly wouldn't mind owning a late 60's dart. Or a '69 Plymouth
Valiant.... Rich Ehrenberg had one that he hopped up a little bit and it
was outrunning Porshes and Corvettes in the One Lap Of America a few years
back. It's a good solid car, strong body but light in weight, decent
suspension, and not that bad to look at.

What strikes me about that ad is that the car is parked on a nice grassy
field next to a barn. That sort of thing was commonplace when I was a
little kid. You don't see too many new cars parked in grassy fields
anymore...........

 

urp!

 

Ugly and stupid. Good call, but has anyone ever actually seen one of
these?

Not quite as ugly and not quite as stupid as a Blackwood. (God, even
that name is stupid.)

I have a '92 240 Wagon. More utilitarian and more ugly than an
Element.

 

Has anyone mentioned those big slab-sided Chevy (I think) Luminas?

Art

 

(Arthur Shapiro) melodiously murmured in

You mean the Lumina APV? Slab sides, dustbuster nose, square wheel wells?
Yep. That one gets my vote for one of the ugliest of all time!

 

Honda Prelude, most recent edition. Sorry but those headlights just don't
do it for me. And the rest of the car (appearance-wise) isn't much better.

 

Then I'm glad you didn't buy a fifth gen Lude. I like mine (mechanically
and appearance wise) just as much as my ex '84 and '90 Preludes. AND, its
alot nicer without the popup headlights - although the '84 was hinged such
that the housing barely disturbed the sightline over the hood when raised.

 

I'll add my 2 cents worth of cars I haven't seen on the list so far:
Nash Metropolitan
Studebaker Lark
BMW Isetta

 

Pontica Aztek

 

The Honda Element makes the Aztek look like a beauty
pageant winner


mike hunt

 

The mid-50s Nash line
Anything made by Crosley
The early-70s Fords - what junk!
1960 Rambler American - we had one of these and it was embarrassing

 

ITS ITS A MATADOR ugly AMC .

 

Hey, all of those are retro-cool.

 

I agree with that. My new nomination for Ugliest car of all times is
the new Mitsubishi Montero. What were they thinking with those front
fenders?

 

|On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 15:34:00 GMT, "Zorro_2K"
|
|>
|>|>> I'll add my 2 cents worth of cars I haven't seen on the list so far:
|>> Nash Metropolitan
|>> Studebaker Lark
|>> BMW Isetta
|>
|>
|>Hey, all of those are retro-cool.
|
|I agree with that. My new nomination for Ugliest car of all times is
|the new Mitsubishi Montero. What were they thinking with those front
|fenders?

I'll second that.
I think I know where GM is getting their Pontiac stylists.

Rex in Fort Worth

 

Has anybody else seen a new BMW 5 series in the flesh yet?

 

Add:

Trabant
the entire Renault lineup up to model 16
and probably the worst of the worst: Citroen CV

 

the entire Renault lineup up to model 16

Why stop at 16? The current Megane is absolutely hideous!!