# Butt Ugly Vehicles
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 21, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826 "2016-04-21T16:11:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/1 "2016-04-21T16:11:06Z")
Related to the [Modern day awful cars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=790903) thread, there are some truly **Butt Ugly** , homely looking cars / trucks / wheeled critters on the roads these days, having looks only a blind mother could love. Who designs these crappy cars? (rhetorical question)
What ugly vehicles are you seeing out there recently?
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/2 "2016-04-21T16:12:12Z")
If you link to a picture try to include a description in case the link gets broken. Broken link example from 2004:
> [@Ugly ugly cars!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/2):
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> [I win!](http://www.hoot-uk.com/content/news/archive/fiat/2000/images/fiat_multipla_addons.jpg) :eek: š
Apparently that was of a Fiat Multipla (Type 186). Yes, ugly: [fiat 2000 multipla add ons - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+2000+multipla+add+ons&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioqMC2jaDMAhUU_WMKHR4SBT0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672)
There have been (only) two SDMB threads with ugly cars in the title, but they date from 2004. Surely there are some newer ugly cars.
[Ugly cars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259756&highlight=Ugly+cars)
[Ugly ugly cars!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276915&highlight=Ugly+cars)
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/3 "2016-04-21T16:27:33Z")
[Nissan Quest.](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbestcarmag.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F72758172013-Nissan-Quest-LE-001.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbestcarmag.com%2Fmakes%2FNissan%2FQuest%2F2013-Nissan-Quest&docid=vVgeM-EVaQsqdM&tbnid=ujiNvwT3MZUD5M%3A&w=3264&h=1836&bih=818&biw=1515&ved=0ahUKEwiC__DWkaDMAhVI02MKHYTYC2gQMwhqKBswGw&iact=mrc&uact=8)
[Even more fun.](http://static.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/images/Auto/izmo/353628/2013_nissan_quest_dashboard.jpg) When the shift lever is in drive, you canāt use the climate/radio controls without bumping the lever to neutral. (Unless your forearm has an extra joint)
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/4 "2016-04-21T16:39:16Z")
Nothing will ever top the Pontiac Aztek.
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### Author:  [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/5 "2016-04-21T17:02:00Z")
Iāll head off someone adding these to the list by saying I have owned both, and they are great vehicles!!
Currently, I have a 2008 [Honda Ridgeline.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Honda--Ridgeline.jpg/1200px-Honda--Ridgeline.jpg) I seriously think I will own this vehicle for another 10-15 years.
A few years ago I owned a [Honda Element.](http://www.iihs.org/frontend/iihs/ratings/images/api-model-year-image.ashx?id=1674&width=730) Also a great vehicle.
Both are better looking from the inside out, though. I get it.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/6 "2016-04-21T17:18:08Z")
[Nissan Cube.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Cube)
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/7 "2016-04-21T17:23:03Z")
> [@leftfield6](#):
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> Currently, I have a 2008 [Honda Ridgeline.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Honda--Ridgeline.jpg/1200px-Honda--Ridgeline.jpg) I seriously think I will own this vehicle for another 10-15 years.
The Ridgeline is ugly, but it wasnāt nearly as ugly as the sort-of-similar-in-concept Chevy Avalanche. All that plastic cladding was just hideous.
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### Author:  [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/8 "2016-04-21T17:35:59Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> [Nissan Cube.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Cube)
The first thing that came to mind. That asymmetry.
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### Author:  [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/9 "2016-04-21T17:38:33Z")
[Buick Encore](http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2013-buick-encore/). I wouldnāt quite say itās Butt Ugly, and it might be hard to tell from the pictures but the proportions just look way off to me. Like the took a full sized SUV and squished it from front to back but not in height. They just look weird and uncomfortable.
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### Author:  [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/10 "2016-04-21T17:43:16Z")
> [@Bullitt](#):
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> Apparently that was of a Fiat Multipla (Type 186). Yes, ugly: [fiat 2000 multipla add ons - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+2000+multipla+add+ons&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioqMC2jaDMAhUU_WMKHR4SBT0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672)
Yipes! They should have called that the Fiat Edema.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/11 "2016-04-21T17:50:20Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#):
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> [Buick Encore](http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2013-buick-encore/).
Yes thatās pretty ugly. Encore to what, [the lovely Buick Rendevous?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Rendezvous#/media/File%3A04-07_Buick_Rendezvous_.jpg)
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/12 "2016-04-22T23:38:09Z")
Except for the Aztec and the Fiat Multinipple, those cars are just run-of-the-mill shapeless lumps. Thatās what most cars are today.
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### Author:  [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/13 "2016-04-23T02:34:29Z")
I can not stand the looks of the Dodge Magnum Wagon. Itās like some kind of weird futuristic hearse.
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### Author:  [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/14 "2016-04-23T03:02:53Z")
No votes for the Aereo? Or just about any Suzuki?
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### Author:  [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/15 "2016-04-23T15:08:53Z")
Oldsmobile Achievaā¦the Groucho Marx of cars.
[ ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fE7l-2_09EU/hqdefault.jpg)
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### Author:  [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/16 "2016-04-23T15:48:03Z")
Iāve got to add the Ford Flex. Itās nice enough on the inside and has good room, but looking at itā¦bleahā¦
[http://motoburg.com/images/ford-flex-02.jpg](http://motoburg.com/images/ford-flex-02.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/17 "2016-04-23T16:37:14Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> Iāve got to add the Ford Flex. Itās nice enough on the inside and has good room, but looking at itā¦bleahā¦
>
> [http://motoburg.com/images/ford-flex-02.jpg](http://motoburg.com/images/ford-flex-02.jpg)
I agree. In a long history of homemade ugly cars by Ford, the Flex is one of the worst. I also nominate the 2005 Subaru [Tribeca](https://www.tradebit.com/usr/elsider/pub/9002/110418602_SUBARUTribeca-hero.jpg) with its ugly front end. It looks like the engineers finished the car design, built the first one, and then said āHoly shit, we forgot to add headlights and a grill!ā
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### Author:  [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/18 "2016-04-23T16:47:29Z")
> [@leftfield6](#):
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> A few years ago I owned a [Honda Element.](http://www.iihs.org/frontend/iihs/ratings/images/api-model-year-image.ashx?id=1674&width=730) Also a great vehicle.
I had to trade in my Element last year because weād been given a pop-up trailer, and the Element couldnāt tow it. I miss that thing nearly every day. Damn, that was a good car.
It had low mileage and was in great shape- it was a lot of fun watching the salesmen at the dealership where we got our XTerra argue over who got to buy it from me.
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### Author:  [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/19 "2016-04-23T18:43:28Z")
> [@Lightnin](#):
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> I had to trade in my Element last year because weād been given a pop-up trailer, and the Element couldnāt tow it. I miss that thing nearly every day. Damn, that was a good car.
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> It had low mileage and was in great shape- it was a lot of fun watching the salesmen at the dealership where we got our XTerra argue over who got to buy it from me.
When we had our 2006 Element in for servicing at the Honda dealer, practically the first thing they said was āSure you donāt want to sell it ?ā.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/20 "2016-04-23T18:51:25Z")
Elio?
[https://www.eliomotors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/elio163qfronta\_Ret\_f-541x406.jpg](https://www.eliomotors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/elio163qfronta_Ret_f-541x406.jpg)
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