# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/101 "2016-05-07T22:00:47Z")
The Hyundai Veloster’s rear end. Bizarre. [https://www.google.com/search?q=Hyundai+Veloster+rear+end&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2s96T-8jMAhVBTmMKHbW0BYUQ\_AUICCgC&biw=375&bih=559#imgrc=btn19tY-lsLa0M%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=Hyundai+Veloster+rear+end&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2s96T-8jMAhVBTmMKHbW0BYUQ_AUICCgC&biw=375&bih=559#imgrc=btn19tY-lsLa0M%3A) ---
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/102 "2016-05-07T22:12:56Z")
I was reading some where that cars with rounded front and slopped back are safer than cars with straight front or boxing frame. Not sure if that is true or not but boxing frame and straight front or back died long ago. The look is rounded front and slopped back these days. Some spots cars and high in cars are longer at the front but they are really longer rounded look giving you a illusion it is bigger. Where the sitting space is the same but the frame is bigger. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/103 "2016-05-08T14:46:12Z")
[Buy Volvos. They’re Boxy, But They’re Good.](https://www.google.com/search?q=volvo+we're+boxy+ad&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP2pvS28rMAhUK_WMKHYiSABoQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=ap2rJzKUeGyKQM%3A) 😃 ---
**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:** [May 9, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/104 "2016-05-09T04:09:36Z")
Today was Mopar Ugly day. I saw a 1984 Dodge 600 sedan, and a 1966 Dodge Monaco station wagon. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/105 "2016-05-21T00:18:39Z")
Today I saw the Mitsubishi i-MiEV on the road, a purple one. Ugly. [https://www.google.com/search?q=Mitsubishi+i-MiEV&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtle6J8unMAhUN3mMKHcfkCTQQ\_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=yPDhv9qfo0ZRlM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=Mitsubishi+i-MiEV&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtle6J8unMAhUN3mMKHcfkCTQQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=yPDhv9qfo0ZRlM%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/106 "2016-05-21T00:58:27Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > American cars 80’s and before had big hood. It would stick way out. > [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0OHsnRoMnuI/hqdefault.jpg](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0OHsnRoMnuI/hqdefault.jpg) > [http://www.autospies.com/images/users/Agent00R/main/1971\_Eldorado.jpg](http://www.autospies.com/images/users/Agent00R/main/1971_Eldorado.jpg) > [http://www.rantcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/88gta21.1.jpg](http://www.rantcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/88gta21.1.jpg) > [https://c4.staticflickr.com/5/4082/4765722451\_7af9b15619\_b.jpg](https://c4.staticflickr.com/5/4082/4765722451_7af9b15619_b.jpg) > > Some models was big at back and other models was shorter. > [https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4089/5085054436\_1355b7e668\_b.jpg](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4089/5085054436_1355b7e668_b.jpg) > > [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/f6/ce/abf6ce6a881738333a3f3d2df0d3e561.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/f6/ce/abf6ce6a881738333a3f3d2df0d3e561.jpg) > > [https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3081/2674295397\_d9becac30d.jpg](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3081/2674295397_d9becac30d.jpg) > > It had more big boxing look than round look. > Well this car is similar to cars today the fact it had more boxing gives you feel it is bigger than cars today. > > [http://www.founditemclothing.com/itgoesto11/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ford-mustang-80s-cars.jpg](http://www.founditemclothing.com/itgoesto11/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ford-mustang-80s-cars.jpg) > Tell me how this car is nicer than those cars below. > [https://www.enterprisecarsales.com/Media/Default/SEO/Make%20Images/chevy%20cruze.png](https://www.enterprisecarsales.com/Media/Default/SEO/Make%20Images/chevy%20cruze.png) > [http://image.hotrod.com/f/feature\_stories/hrdp\_0912\_70s\_80s\_musclecars/26729962/hrdp\_0912\_16+70s\_and\_80s\_musclecars.jpg](http://image.hotrod.com/f/feature_stories/hrdp_0912_70s_80s_musclecars/26729962/hrdp_0912_16+70s_and_80s_musclecars.jpg) > > [https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3081/2674295397\_d9becac30d.jpg](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3081/2674295397_d9becac30d.jpg) > > [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--f0Ohx9ox--/1136236082737435174.jpg](http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--f0Ohx9ox--/1136236082737435174.jpg) > > May be I just like the old classic cars or cars with big hood. I hate cars with small round front and sloped back, it looks small and ugly. > > [http://www.pics4world.com/vb/finecache/2/24393showing.jpg](http://www.pics4world.com/vb/finecache/2/24393showing.jpg) YMMV. (Geddit? _Geddit?_) I think the long hood/rounded back is a lovely design - makes the car look streamlined and fast. For my money, just about the prettiest car on the road is the [2015 Mazda 3 sedan.](http://indianautosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Front-three-quarter-of-the-Mazda3-sedan.jpg) I drive a [2012 Mazda 3](http://static.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/images/Auto/izmo/338625/2012_mazda_mazda3_angularfront.jpg), and I’m very happy with it; but my next car will be the '15 or '16, which always sets me drooling. I second the nomination of any of the recent [Chevy Monte Carlos.](https://www.google.com/search?q=2016+Mazda+3&biw=1517&bih=741&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijk8r49-nMAhUMMFIKHaJjAr4Q_AUIBigB&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=monte+carlo+car&imgrc=nX0sJwx91BVoMM%3A) They’re just too long in the back. The front ends are uninspiring but unobjectionable; the back ends look like some designer grabbed the clay dummy and pulled on the rear. Did Chevrolet hire Sir Mixalot to design them? Why does a car need a bustle? ---
**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:** [May 23, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/107 "2016-05-23T04:07:07Z")
I’ve said before that the BMW X6 is butt ugly. Today I saw its little brother. BMW X6: ugly BMW X4: ugly, junior They took ugly and cloned it a little smaller. Still ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/108 "2016-05-23T22:39:08Z")
Late 90’s Chrysler Concorde, or as I called it, the Catfish Car. [http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0004/35/40/4065304.jpg?v=22020157?v=1](http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0004/35/40/4065304.jpg?v=22020157?v=1) ---
**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:** [May 23, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/109 "2016-05-23T23:58:06Z")
There’s seems to be a bit of the '58 Packard Hawk in there. [https://www.google.com/search?q=packard+hawk&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijhYzgsvHMAhUBQyYKHV-wDIkQ\_AUICCgC&biw=1366&bih=635](https://www.google.com/search?q=packard+hawk&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijhYzgsvHMAhUBQyYKHV-wDIkQ_AUICCgC&biw=1366&bih=635) I still say the Juke designers got inspiration here- [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c3/25/f7/c325f7eda07d3d28c942fb629b7bab1c.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c3/25/f7/c325f7eda07d3d28c942fb629b7bab1c.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/110 "2016-05-28T06:51:18Z")
A 2003 Pontiac Aztek Rally, in black. Looks only a mother could love. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/111 "2016-05-31T15:57:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … For my money, just about the prettiest car on the road is the [2015 Mazda 3 sedan.](http://indianautosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Front-three-quarter-of-the-Mazda3-sedan.jpg) I drive a [2012 Mazda 3](http://static.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/images/Auto/izmo/338625/2012_mazda_mazda3_angularfront.jpg), and I’m very happy with it; but my next car will be the '15 or '16, which always sets me drooling. … Not to make you jealous or anything, [but this one is mine.](https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMkC46zD5vAZjbwm2hw_2WZAcfs4J3YCcRDRwmI)🙂 I’m thinking a lot about [stepping up to the Mazda6](http://bestride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mazda6_i_grand_touring_1-12.jpg) in the next couple of years. I thought this thread could take a brief break from ugly for moment. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/112 "2016-05-31T16:42:00Z")
The Pontiac Aztek has been mentioned several times already, and I’ll add my vote to the chorus. It seems [we’re in good company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Aztek): > [@Wikipedia](#): > > Ultimately, the Aztek was criticized for its styling. Mickey Kaus described the Aztek as having “awkwardly empty and square front wheel wells” and a "gratuitous, fierce animalistic snout, which may have been what prompted incoming GM executive Bob Lutz to famously say that many of the company’s products looked like “angry kitchen appliances.” James Hall, vice-president at AutoPacific Inc ranked the Aztek as one of the ten ugliest cars of all time, Karl Brauer, CEO and editor-in-chief of [TotalCarScore.com](http://TotalCarScore.com) said the Aztek featured “atrocious proportions wrapped in plastic body cladding,” and “looked like a station wagon stretched out by a car bomb.” > > A poll in The Daily Telegraph in August 2008 placed the Aztek at number one of the “100 ugliest cars” of all time. An article by [Edmunds.com](http://Edmunds.com) placed the car fifth of the “100 Worst Cars of All Time” not only because of its styling, but also because it “destroyed an 84-year-old automaker.” Time magazine in 2007 named the Aztek one of the 50 worst cars of all time (adding that underneath “was a useful, competent crossover”), and again in 2010 as one of the 50 worst inventions of all time. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826/113 "2016-05-31T17:12:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ve said before that the BMW X6 is butt ugly. Today I saw its little brother. > > BMW X6: ugly > BMW X4: ugly, junior > > They took ugly and cloned it a little smaller. Still ugly. Behold, the far less attractive siblings: [BMW GT 3](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1-photos.ebizautos.com/new-2016-bmw-3_series_gran_turismo-328ixdrivegranturismo-8522-14219357-1-640.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.turnersvilleautomall.com/bmw-3_series_gran_turismo/&h=480&w=640&tbnid=QUbv-1ZkhLx9ZM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=200&docid=SCTCc_pp80GCfM&itg=1&usg=__6CKjMCJsy_J9Mpbd7kgij82-NYk=) [BMW GT 5](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K-dIOCNnh5c/hqdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DK-dIOCNnh5c&h=360&w=480&tbnid=rPGbBRuwbIVBwM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=200&docid=c3yFcj72hJtNYM&itg=1&usg=__-Prl9FrF3LxDrjH2WFfs3rN-wLs=) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826.md?page=5)