Ugly Car Thread

[edvard]

Enough AMC trashing, from France.
Behold....the Citroën Ami 6...
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This is almost becoming a Rorschach test with the front ends of some of the cars in this thread. I see an angry child wearing a retainer....

I do appreciate the, you only have a 50/50 shot of being impaled on the steering wheel compared to most car from that era.
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I've long held the opinion that Citroëns in general were the ugliest cars on the planet. Heck, even their concept cars are hard to look at. Witness the Citroën Karin:

Citroën Karin Concept (1980)

With the 1980 Paris Motor show approaching and no new model to unveil, Citroën needed something to wow the crowds on its home turf. Trevor Fiore – who followed Robert Opron as the head of Citroën D…

oldconceptcars.com

 

[NWinther]

 

[NickK_chugchug]

AMC Pacer.

A fellow I worked with had one. He called it the pisser.

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Did the radio only play Bohemian Rapsody?

 

[notmyusualuserid]

To be fair, picking out ugly American cars of the the 50s, 60s and 70s is like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

I've long held the opinion that Citroëns in general were the ugliest cars on the planet. Heck, even their concept cars are hard to look at. Witness the Citroën Karin:
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Citroën Karin Concept (1980)

With the 1980 Paris Motor show approaching and no new model to unveil, Citroën needed something to wow the crowds on its home turf. Trevor Fiore – who followed Robert Opron as the head of Citroën D…

oldconceptcars.com

Concept car, never went into production, only two built.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

What on earth were Chevy's "style" boffins thinking when they dreamed up the early 1990s Caprice?

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At a guess, they were thinking 'Mercedes'

 

[VintageSG]

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The camera angle does little to flatter here. The spaceships looked a lot better in the flesh. Weird to drive at first, but oh so comfy.

 

[VintageSG]

The gopmeister :

Even uglier up close.


Two-Tone-Turdtastic.


If ever a car had an expression conveying internal self-loathing, the final iteration of the 'swing and miss' Princess wears it.
It's a sad looking car in many ways. Fractally sad.



Whilst visually unpleasant in the {facelifted|faceplanted} variant, they were really nice to drive.
You just had to look at them as you approached them.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

The gopmeister :
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Even uglier up close.

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Two-Tone-Turdtastic.


If ever a car had an expression conveying internal self-loathing, the final iteration of the 'swing and miss' Princess wears it.
It's a sad looking car in many ways. Fractally sad.

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Whilst visually unpleasant in the {facelifted|faceplanted} variant, they were really nice to drive.
You just had to look at them as you approached them.

Yebbut BL's designers/stylists were 'special'.

Those late 70s paint jobs - Curry Brown, Camo Green, Mustard, didn't do them any favours either.

 

[donrichfan]

Datsun B210

 

[Peegoo]

The Nissan S-Cargo is pretty hideous...but nothing says, "loser," like a PT Cruiser!

 

[dougbgt6]

This has a UK number plate and appears in the DVLA public records

(Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority)

Doug

 

[Stringbanger]

Okay, I’ll play.

1932 Stout Scarab

 

[Peegoo]

This has a UK number plate and appears in the DVLA public records

(Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority)

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Doug

Reminds me of my Cole and Mason pepper mill.

 

[Chiogtr4x]

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CITROËN!
I lived in the Dominican Republic ( govt. brat) from '68-'70. And there were two of these in Santo Domingo.
I got to ride in one of them!

( my grade school buddies and I were super keen on checking out all the cars in the city- all the international models- it was fantastic!)

 

[BigPapa-53]

Some of what you guys are posting are/were attractive to me.

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder, I reckon.

 

[THX1139]

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Looks like a DS. If so, a super comfortable and innovative ride.

 

[uriah1]

My 67 rambler was pretty butt ugly..and my mom had a hornet that was not great.

 

[RomanS]

Looks like a DS. If so, a super comfortable and innovative ride.

Also one of the top three BEST looking cars ever!

 

[THX1139]

Also one of the top three BEST looking cars ever!

Came within a pen stoke of having one as a family car in the 70s. Instead, hair raising Mini Cooper S showed up in the driveway. Great fun ice racing it in the winter with studded tires though. DS test drive memory still holds a warm spot in my heart though.