what worse than seeing this on the road is knowing someone who owns one and having to pretend that its an awsome car

2/12/2010 12:51:53 AM

eh, different strokes for different folks. I've seen uglier.

2/12/2010 1:40:33 AM

I am a HUGE fan of the magnum.

2/12/2010 1:41:31 AM

i dont pretend, if i don't like your fucking car, i'll tell you

2/12/2010 2:23:21 AM

I worked with a guy who had a scion xb. He looked exactly like what you think he should.

2/12/2010 2:32:39 AM

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"what worse than seeing this on the road is knowing someone who owns one and having to pretend that its an awsome car "

umm and what kind of credentials do you have to be the authority on automotive/industrual design?

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"eh, different strokes for different folks"

I agree. SOMEONE is buying them. Meaning the designer's idea appealed to the at least some part of the target audience.

^what did he look like? a hipster?

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 3:02 AM. Reason : .]

2/12/2010 3:02:01 AM

Ugliest car ever IMO:



Who the fuck walks up to that in their driveway every day and says "Man, I can't wait to drive THAT!"

2/12/2010 7:19:14 AM

Aztec
Cube
xB
xA
xD

2/12/2010 7:32:39 AM

I would gladly drive a Magnum, think they're pretty badass looking. I also like the xB.
(Also, that Magnum you posted is packing a 6.1 liter, 425 HP V8. It will kick your ass without a second thought.)

The Cube and xD I'm kind of ambivalent on.

Ugly cars? xA and especially Aztek make the list. Also, the Toyota Echo. Dodge Nitro and Durango (the current generation, the older one actually looked pretty good). And the current Acura TL, primarily because the big gaudy grille looks like a giant bottle opener. With a better grille it would be simply mediocre.

2/12/2010 9:44:55 AM

I've never thought of any Scion as "ugly". Hell, the newer ones are pretty bland. It's like saying a Civic is ugly.

The CUBE is surely ugly, but only because of it's tiny wheels and horrid front fascia. The rest of it is neat imo.

Agreed on Toyota Echo and the newest Acura designs. I thought the previous TL was hot as fuck - the new one is an abomination.

2/12/2010 9:55:55 AM

Is that first pic a redbox?

2/12/2010 10:10:17 AM

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"Also, that Magnum you posted is packing a 6.1 liter, 425 HP V8. It will kick your ass without a second thought."

Like all things Dodge, it also weighs around 4,000 lbs which is going to translate into heavy handling and a mid-13 second quarter mile. Not bad, but nothing remarkable either.

2/12/2010 10:19:27 AM

Oh it's no corner carver, but that's pretty fast for a wagon (that's not an AMG benz or S/RS Audi, anyway...)

2/12/2010 10:23:58 AM

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"umm and what kind of credentials do you have to be the authority on automotive/industrual design?"

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"eh, different strokes for different folks"

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"I agree"

need i say more?

2/12/2010 11:30:06 AM

You can add the Aztec/Alien-like front of this new compact Nissan SUV to the list.

WTF IS GOING ON IN THE FRONT... WTF IS UP WITH THOSE LAMPS???




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2/12/2010 4:55:39 PM

^i like that, i think the lamp is to help you have a bigger field of view in case you wanna make a turn

and perhaps to get a better view of prostitutes on the sidewalk

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 5:12 PM. Reason : .]

2/12/2010 5:12:20 PM

one of the ugliest things I have ever seen on the road in my opinion...

2/12/2010 9:12:16 PM

^theres no way that is real

2/12/2010 9:21:27 PM

^^that is my dream car and im not kidding
even if i had 1 billion $ i'd buy that 1st

2/12/2010 9:56:11 PM

I almost bought one of these.

2/12/2010 10:21:20 PM

Personally I really like the Isuzu vehicross and nissan Juke. The cube "bulldog with sunglasses" is interesting, I don't really like or dislike it.

The Aztec is the ugliest automobile ever in my opinion. There are lots of others that are pretty close.

PS: on the juke the top lamps are the turn signals.

2/12/2010 10:33:15 PM

ahaa

the vehicross always looked like a nike crosstrainer to me

2/13/2010 12:13:01 AM

love the vehicross

2/13/2010 12:21:28 AM

06-07' Subaru Tribeca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7vJm4DdL0

2/13/2010 9:21:25 AM

smc won this thread with that fiat

2/13/2010 9:33:16 AM

I always liked the Vehicross. It was ahead of its time. Doesn't really hold up in the world of Turbo XC90s, Cayennes, and X5s though.

2/13/2010 9:51:15 AM

doesn't somebody on here own a vehicross? I want to say Noen, but I'm not sure.

2/13/2010 9:59:58 AM

Someone does/did, but I don't remember who.

2/13/2010 11:25:05 AM

it wasn't noen - it was tad -can't recall his username on here tho Maugan

[Edited on February 13, 2010 at 11:55 AM. Reason : oic]

2/13/2010 11:51:06 AM

my twin drove one of these for a few years

63hp

2/13/2010 11:56:34 AM

^reminds me of the new honda 5-door.

2/13/2010 12:15:52 PM

^^ there is nothing strikingly ugly about that car (such as lights, windows, roof, etc). it is just a generic [ugly] looking 90s small hatchback. and actually, when it was actually made, it wasn't any uglier than a lot of other cars of that time.

this, however:

2/13/2010 1:42:17 PM

^Holy crap that's horrendous. Obviously chinese--Landwind? Geely?

The Multipla (Fiat MPV that smc posted) is pretty bad too, though it also has some uniqueness going for it.

Maugan did indeed have a Vehicross. Pretty cool IMO, though the styling is definitely a love it or hate it proposition.

2/13/2010 4:06:54 PM

^ It is Korean, Ssangyong. They have a partnership with MB which means their cars have MB engines in them . That model is the Rodius.

Here is their small SUV, the Actyon:





Here is the Ssangyong Chairman (built on E-Class platform, designed like S-Class), which had the shape you see below for a decade, but has for a year been out with the new generation which looks modern:

2/13/2010 4:31:27 PM

Hmm. The Chairman is nice, if somewhat obviously MB inspired. And I like the reverse-cant grille of the Actyon (reminds me of the 1940's Graham Spirit of Motion "Sharknose") but those headlights are . And the Rodius...ugh. Mercedes engines can't save that monstrosity, which is in the Aztek league of ugly.

2/13/2010 5:03:57 PM

Lol that first car in the OP is from the prefecture I live in.

2/13/2010 8:45:19 PM

Actually those Actyons grew on me, now that see 'um on daly basis. At least it is a bold design for a Korean ride. They also got a 4rd pickup with the same front end. Those Actyon headlights could very vell been "borrowed", strangely enough, from the Aztec concept

It also could be be a european styling thing, cause the Mitsubishi trucks here have very weird lines to them imo



I remember when I first came to US and saw ragtops and slant back trunks of the seventies and dually trucks i was like cause i havent been around them before. Eventually they grew on me too.

[Edited on February 15, 2010 at 6:40 AM. Reason : .]

2/15/2010 6:39:35 AM

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"Maugan did indeed have a Vehicross. Pretty cool IMO, though the styling is definitely a love it or hate it proposition."

Yeah, we got him to come out to Uwharrie with us once back in like '06- it was surprisingly impressive

2/15/2010 10:20:31 AM

That Ssangyong SUV...the words "Pacifica with Down-Syndrome" popped immediately into my head.

2/16/2010 10:32:26 AM

ahh yes, the Nissan Cube


The first motor vehicle exclusively made for, marketed for, and sold to douchebags.

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2/16/2010 11:13:30 PM

TKE's posts make me feel like I'm going crazy. Who is allowing those designs? I feel like I'm suppose to "get" them.

2/16/2010 11:20:58 PM

^^,^^^

those are not ugly cars

2/17/2010 9:46:17 AM

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UGH. Freakin Honda salesmen are all excited about that shit when I bring my Hondas in for service and chat with them out of boredom. 1st of all, no manual option, so I'm really not interested at all. But 2nd of all, that monstrosity is the failed solution to a problem that would have been solved much better by the Accord Euro Wagon:


Which (IMHO) looks awesome, has a manual option, and isn't a fat pig.

Instead, they're bringing the Accord Euro Wagon in as an Acura, which means they'll delete the base options and jack up the price, and they'll put that horrible ass grill on it.

[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM. Reason : .]

2/17/2010 9:59:52 AM

ah yes, like this ugly POS:



Honda really knows how to pump out some ugly shit.







[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 10:17 AM. Reason : accord]

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