What do you think was the ugliest car ever made ?

[Darcy03231]

First thing that came to mind was my first car - a Gremlin.

Nissan Cube is another. When we were car shopping the salesman tried to sell as one as DH is really tall. DH said he felt like he was sitting at the bottom of a refrigerator box.

 

[Marchand63]

PT Cruiser & Yugos

 

[Klayfish]

I love the VW Thing...always wish I had one.

As for ugly...

 

[Klayfish]

Both awesome and ugly at the same time. Not sold here in the US. Called the Tata Magic Iris....but this is the same company that owns Jaguar and Land Rover

 

[Disneychick75]

The Pacer

 

[pigletto]

A little more recent.. The Pontiac Aztec was pretty terrible IMO.

 

[UncleMike101]

The Pacer, and I bought a used one at the time

I have to agree with the Pacer.
Downright painful to look at....

 

[lovesdumbo]

Mercedes G wagon especially for the $125,000 price tag.

 

[Pooh2]

Those photos of the Gremlin give me flashbacks!
My mom and her friend used to pack 5 of us kids under that hatch back to go to the beach!
That would not even be legal anymore!

 

[rickybobby]

In the early eighties I had a Nissan Pulsar. That car car was ugly with a capital U.
Today, i go with any version of the Smart car.

A misnamed vehicle if there ever was one.

 

[hertamaniac]

Reliant

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Volkswagen Thing. I wanted one so badly as a teen just because it was so ugly. I ended up with a Pinto, so just as ugly and even more dangerous.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Cheater. Any car is ugly after it blows up.

 

[Atlas722]

The Honda Element.

 

[Squirlz]

Count yourself lucky. At least it wasn't Bile yellow.

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That's actually a very nicely styled car. Especially the early ones with the slim bumpers.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

View attachment 313114 The Honda Element.

Because the Volvo needed a box companion.

 

[robinb]

My first thought was the Yugo. I actually like the style of most of the cars mentioned in this thread . Then again, I grew up in the 60's and 70's so that probably colors my opinion.

 

[tvguy]

Looks aren't everything. I wasn't a fan of the looks of the Taurus/Sable (jelly bean shape) when they came out in 1986. But I have purchased 3 because they are nice driving, roomy, reliable cars. Still have 1, the other 2 were victims of accidents that left them totaled.

Aztek probably would be my number one pick, but reading some of the road tests, it was a pretty amazing vehicle to drive.

Gremlin. My best friend's parents bought one, 1974 Gremlin X with a 304 V-8. That car was FAST. SCARY FAST. And smooth. My friend and both his parents got speeding tickets in that car because you though were were going 55 and the red lights show up in the rear view mirror, and you'd look down and the needle was at 90.

Edsel. Well, when new, they were mocked. Today, hard to mock a car that sold new for $3,000 that is selling for close to $200,000 now. Highly collectible.

Pacer: Can't argue the looks, but the layout was amazing. Lots of room, passenger side door longer that the driver's door to make it easier to get in and out, and those bullet proof AMC engines.

Pinto: My first car. Had it 16 years. Reliable. Lots of exploding gas tank jokes that faded after the recall, and cooled when my friends who needed rides to the shop to pick up their VWs, Datsuns, and Toyotas.

Plymouth Valiant: Never thought about the looks. But the 1960's models probably were among the most reliable cars ever built. And I don't like Chrysler products. But those cars were amazing.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Two other American Motors atrocities.

I learned to drive in a Rambler station wagon.

An how about the Marlin?

 

[Pea-n-Me]

The Pacer, and I bought a used one at the time

A friend had one, I used to drive in it on Saturdays. It felt like being in a fish bowl.

I had one of these babies, and it was rusty like this, only worse. This is the car that my foot went through the floorboard and I lost all the lights, in the dark on a camping trip. Ya. Fun times.