# Butt Ugly Vehicles **URL:** \ **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:** 2
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/21 "2016-04-23T20:31:40Z")
The new grilles on Toyotas and Lexuses make them look like angry carp. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/22 "2016-04-23T20:58:23Z")
> [@Philliam](#): > > When we had our 2006 Element in for servicing at the Honda dealer, practically the first thing they said was “Sure you don’t want to sell it ?”. I still have my 2005 Element. It has the 5-speed clutch, all wheel drive and mileage is around 113,000. I take it for regular service and must decline offers to buy it from every dealer that sees it. Not letting it go. I love that car, ugly though it may be. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/23 "2016-04-23T21:30:48Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > The new grilles on Toyotas and Lexuses make them look like angry carp. Kind of like a 2013 Buick Encore front grill, like this? [https://www.google.com/search?q=buick+front+grill&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmxK2a2qXMAhUQ\_mMKHQLkDA0Q\_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=2013+buick+encore+front+grill](https://www.google.com/search?q=buick+front+grill&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmxK2a2qXMAhUQ_mMKHQLkDA0Q_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=2013+buick+encore+front+grill) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/24 "2016-04-23T21:33:12Z")
There is one current car that I find especially ugly. I find it interesting that it hasn’t been mentioned yet. I’ll wait a little longer before I reveal it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/25 "2016-04-24T22:35:26Z")
Anything by Scion looks terrible. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/26 "2016-04-25T15:41:05Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > There is one current car that I find especially ugly. I find it interesting that it hasn’t been mentioned yet. I’ll wait a little longer before I reveal it. I agree! That one is super ugly!! Odd that it has been skipped so far. I’ll also refrain. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/27 "2016-04-25T16:17:43Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I agree! That one is super ugly!! Odd that it has been skipped so far. I’ll also refrain. It really is! ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/28 "2016-04-25T19:33:31Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > There is one current car that I find especially ugly. I find it interesting that it hasn’t been mentioned yet. I’ll wait a little longer before I reveal it. I think I know which one you’re referring to and I completely agree (and also it’s bigger version). Ugh ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/29 "2016-04-26T00:26:38Z")
In the ugly car sweepstakes, one vehicle has the first 10 places forever locked up: [Sir Vival](http://oppositelock.kinja.com/introducing-the-1958-sir-vival-280679310). ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/30 "2016-04-27T02:30:44Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I can not stand the looks of the Dodge Magnum Wagon. It’s like some kind of weird futuristic hearse. That’s how I think of the Lincoln mk T - a new class of vehicle, the Sport Utility Hearse. Also a lot of Chrysler products. They seem to have IMO a perverse focus on the worst looking vehicles of times past. If they want to hearken back to the good old days they should build a modern-tech version of an WW II vintage MG type thing, not some ridiculous Dick Tracy-mobile. Or the PT Cruiser, ugh. And they’ve got a bunch of cars from the early 2000s which seem deliberately designed to have shitty visibility (I know because I’ve rented enough of them on business trips). But I actually like the Honda Element and Nissan Cube:) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/31 "2016-04-27T03:42:17Z")
PT cruiser Chevy HHR Dodge Kalibur All wretched. Not just looks, but all around terrible. For some reason HHR’s all smell like dry cat food to me. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/32 "2016-04-27T19:40:10Z")
Not exactly “butt ugly” but I think the current Prius is a mess, too many curves and sharp edges. I prefer the previous model. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/33 "2016-04-28T00:22:36Z")
The Honda Crosstour - who in their infinite wisdom thought this was a nice looking rear end? Truly butt ugly. [https://www.google.com/search?q=honda+crosstour&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs2ZPyh7DMAhVW6WMKHYSXA2QQ\_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=honda+crosstour+rear+end](https://www.google.com/search?q=honda+crosstour&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs2ZPyh7DMAhVW6WMKHYSXA2QQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#hl=en-us&tbm=isch&q=honda+crosstour+rear+end) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/34 "2016-04-28T04:10:33Z")
I immediately said “Aztek Lite” the first time I saw a Crosstour and laughed aloud. I guess the Honda sales guy didn’t like it. He was kind of derisive when I asked if they had any Fits with manual transmissions. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/35 "2016-04-28T04:49:51Z")
Personally, and this may not be too popular, but…the latest generations of [Ford Mustangs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang#Fifth_generation_.282005.E2.80.932014.29). They look like melted bricks with air intakes. Granted, an aesthetic improvement over, say, 70s cars, which looked like _sharpened_ bricks with air intakes. And uglier paint. But, then, this is coming from someone who’s still holding out for an [IAD Alien](http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/concept_cars/IAD_alien.html). I’ve long accepted that my tastes don’t really mesh with the rest of the world’s. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/36 "2016-04-28T11:56:10Z")
I always thought Kia Souls were weird and ugly until I bought one. It’s a great little car. Yeah, its shape is kind of weird, but everything else makes up for that. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/37 "2016-04-28T13:12:09Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > I always thought Kia Souls were weird and ugly until I bought one. > > It’s a great little car. Yeah, its shape is kind of weird, but everything else makes up for that. Like some cars it looks better from the inside looking out. [It doesn’t look that bad. Unique, yes. Ugly? No not really.](https://www.google.com/search?q=kia+soul&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjujuqvs7HMAhVR9WMKHd3zDfIQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672) P.S., folks, I’m still waiting for someone to identify the really-and-truly butt ugly car I hinted at in post 24, and then was bantered about in 26-28. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/38 "2016-04-28T13:19:25Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Personally, and this may not be too popular, but…the latest generations of [Ford Mustangs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang#Fifth_generation_.282005.E2.80.932014.29). They look like melted bricks with air intakes. > > Granted, an aesthetic improvement over, say, 70s cars, which looked like _sharpened_ bricks with air intakes. And uglier paint. > > But, then, this is coming from someone who’s still holding out for an [IAD Alien](http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/concept_cars/IAD_alien.html). I’ve long accepted that my tastes don’t really mesh with the rest of the world’s. ☹ Okay, it does have a [sinister looking Asian-ninja-warrior kind of face to it](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang#/media/File%3ASalon_de_l'auto_de_Gen%C3%A8ve_2014_-_20140305_-_Ford_21.jpg). (I can say that because I’m mostly Asian, can’t I?) And wow, that IAD Alien came out in the mid-80s. Don’t hold out too much longer for that to be produced. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/39 "2016-04-28T13:28:19Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I immediately said “Aztek Lite” the first time I saw a Crosstour and laughed aloud. I guess the Honda sales guy didn’t like it. He was kind of derisive when I asked if they had any Fits with manual transmissions. Aztek Lite - now that fits, and is funny! The Fit with the MT reminds me of back in 2001 when I was car shopping and just about settled on a CR-V, I really wanted one with a 5-MT tranny. The salesman looked at me sideways funny, asking, Who drives a manual these days? And, Why would you? I held firm until he found one that I liked, and that CR-V ended up lasting 14 years and 225,000 miles before I sold it for my current rig. It took a lickin’ and kept on tickin’, like the old Timex watch commercials would say. And I didn’t baby that CR-V. I took it more on off-roading than many Jeep and Rover owners with their pavement queens do. Oh and the original clutch lasted over 200,000 miles too, including towing some heavy loads. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/40 "2016-04-28T13:34:38Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > The Honda Crosstour - who in their infinite wisdom thought this was a nice looking rear end? My mother bought one last year. I have no idea why. It’s a nice enough car on the inside, but so are lots of cars that don’t have gigantic fat asses. And she lives alone and has no pets or anything, so why not buy just a regular sedan? Honda has discontinued the Crosstour, so it is no longer a qualifier for the “Ugliest Car Actually Being Made And Sold In North America Now” category, and it’s not even a contender in the “Ugly Cars Of Days Gone By” category when there is the Nissan Cube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826.md?page=3)