Mindboggingly Ugly Cars!

[Tuckerfan]

The page (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/20050116tas2.html) (which is image heavy, so folks on dialup should be prepared for that) starts out with some fairly normal (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052591.jpg) looking cars, but as things go on (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052561.jpg), they get more ugly! (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052671.jpg) Trust me, they get even worse.

[Enzp]

Oh. COmpletely different direction than I thought it was going to go.

I did spot in a parking lot once a corvette that had the rear deck redone so the thing was a tiny pickup truck. It was a sort of depression about the size of three cases of beer, stacked. Pretty silly.

What I thought it was going to be was pictures of those goshawful Honda Elements or the ludicrous Pontiac Azteks. (We call the Azteks "extenda-cars" since they look as if someone took a regular hatchback car and lifted it up and added an extension to the bottom.) Of course here in our city there is an Aztek owners club. Go figger.

[Richard of Chelmsford]

Spotted a Chevrolet driving round Chelmsford the other day.

It was tiny! I though Yank cars all had to be HUGE.

I liked it though.

Ugliest car?

The one designed by Homer Simpson.

What else?

[darkhunter]

Spotted a Chevrolet driving round Chelmsford the other day.

It was tiny! I though Yank cars all had to be HUGE.

I liked it though.

Ugliest car?

The one designed by Homer Simpson.

What else?

Chevy and Daewoo Partenered up in the UK (http://www.carpages.co.uk/chevrolet/daewoo-chevrolet-launched-27-01-05.asp?switched=on&echo=10829725) They put the badge on a small Daewoo and called it a day...and Chevy's been here for a while in the form of Vauxhall anyways (a Vauxhalll Nova if nothing like a chevy Nova...)

[peter eldergill]

I would vote for the honda Element (here in Canada, can't say what they're like in other countries)...

Horribly looking car, IMO. Hope no one here has one :oops:

L8R

Pete

[Jpax2003]

Those cars were ug-a-ly. Only a blind man could like one, that's assuming he didn't go blind by poking his eyes out on all the pointy parts.

[tofu]

Why would anyone think those cars are cool? They are a joke! And what's with the second radiator on so many of them?

Here's a pic of my baby. It'd be a sin to modify this.
http://www.maj.com/gallery/tofu/babb/s40.jpg

[Tuckerfan]

Ugliest car?

The one designed by Homer Simpson.

What else?And did you know that something which looks almost identical to it actually exists? (http://www.rexfeatures.com/features/516925/)

And check out their semis! (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/19880228ise.html) How'd you like to have this (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/006451.jpg) in your rearview mirror? :eek:

[Jpax2003]

And check out their semis! (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/19880228ise.html) How'd you like to have this (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/006451.jpg) in your rearview mirror? :eek:

Las Vegas on wheels. And I thought whatever happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas. :D

[Moose]

Oh my goodness! What have they done to that poor Capri!

[W.F. Tomba]

I don't think the cars on that page are ugly, exactly. They're just silly and absurd. Now, the Aztek; there's an ugly car.

[Meteora]

I would vote for the honda Element....

My boyfriend and I once pondered which "element" it was. We decided it was "Ug" - "uglium." :lol:

I... um... also hope no one here owns one - and likes how it looks. 8-[

[enginelessjohn]

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052951.jpg

You can only speculate what was going on in the mind of the poor deluded soul here.....

"You know I could just get these bits of plywood and build some new wheel arches, that should do. And I'll put a spoiler on the back to make it go faster... And I'll save up some money and buy a set of compasses in a month or two"..... :D

For more of the same check out

http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/carbage/pages/0392/

Cheers
John

[Laguna]

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052951.jpg

:o
I dont't know about the laws in japan, but in germany that car would not drive on our roads....

Maybe it took part in one of these Godzilla movies...

[Zachary]

Just a thought - those cars would have MAJOR problems going over speed bumps... :-?

[Swift]

I would vote for the honda Element....

My boyfriend and I once pondered which "element" it was. We decided it was "Ug" - "uglium." :lol:

I... um... also hope no one here owns one - and likes how it looks. 8-[
I've wondered, if you fire enough electrons at a Honda Element, does it turn into a Saturn Ion? :-k

[Mellow]

Hi,

I have to confess, I'm English (that's not the confession) and I really like the design and styling of the Honda Element (that is the confession). Every time I'm working over the pond, I try and get one on rental.

I think they stylist did a good job of styling the car as a modern utility tool, it's just something I haven't seen much of.

Willing to discuss car styling all day long but not sure if we are allowed here....

[enginelessjohn]

More Japanese car mods, which I strangely like this time...

http://www.geocities.jp/kgdgk927/minbus.html

Now I've got a VW bus already, and I have to admit, running around in a half scale one is quite appealing...

Cheers
John

[Jim]

I would vote for the honda Element...

Where I work, I noticed not one but two Honda Elements parked side-by-side in the lot!

Fortunately, the owners moved them before they had a chance to breed.

[Enzp]

I guess they fit into the packing crates fairly well.

[captain swoop]

What's wrong with the Elelement? Compared to every US car I have seen it's OK. And I include horrors like Mustangs and Vipers.

[Enzp]

There are a couple of them. The one is absolutely a square box. Very odd. The other is a bit more rounded, but it looks for all the world like a RUbbermaid storage tub. The couple ridges on the roof, and the square cutouts around the wheel wells with plastic or rubber inserts stuck in place.

I notice that a number of SUVs are starting to look more like giant running shoes.

[CL8]

I actuallly quite like the blue supra pic

[publiusr]

The page (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/20050116tas2.html) (which is image heavy, so folks on dialup should be prepared for that) starts out with some fairly normal (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052591.jpg) looking cars, but as things go on (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052561.jpg), they get more ugly! (http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052671.jpg) Trust me, they get even worse.

That last one was actually a Jesse James Zamboni.

Not so much ugly as intimidating. The front end of a 1974 Ford LTD.

For when you want that driverless car look to scare the neighbors.

[Charlie in Dayton]

...And what's with the second radiator on so many of them?...

It's either an oil cooler or a transmission cooler...but those rubber hoses leading to them, with all the slack...how gauche...

I mean ta tell ya...there are a few nice custom touches there, but the rest of 'em...butt-ugly would be being nice...and those trucks! Pachinko machines on wheels...

[Andrew]

Aren't those cars intended to make a mockery of the 'bodykits' and spoilers that people seem to like to outfit their cars with these days? I think they're trying to take the mick.

[PatKelley]

...And what's with the second radiator on so many of them?...

It's either an oil cooler or a transmission cooler...but those rubber hoses leading to them, with all the slack...how gauche...

I mean ta tell ya...there are a few nice custom touches there, but the rest of 'em...butt-ugly would be being nice...and those trucks! Pachinko machines on wheels...

I- er, me and my friends didn't surmise that they were extra radiators, but rather ugly light-fixtures of some kind: scrolling message lights or something, as a number of them appear to be the spawn of a sacrificed headlight.

[captain swoop]

More likely to be Turbo Intercoolers if they have 'fat' piping

[Jim]

I guess they fit into the packing crates fairly well.

I recall reading some comments on the Element's appearance. One said it looked like it was still in the packing box. Another said the packing box would look better.