# Ugliest. Car. EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657 "2002-03-28T23:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/41 "2002-03-30T00:29:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*[Fiat Multipla](http://fiat.papp-es-tarsai.hu/tipusok.htm) \*\* It is impossible for FIAT to build an ugly car! if you do not see beauty, there is something wrong with your eyes!šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/42 "2002-03-30T00:30:23Z")
Iā€™m surprised nobody has mentioned the [Nissan Rasheen](http://www.nissan.co.jp/RASHEEN/ras3/3s.htm) or the[Daihatsu Midget II](http://member.nifty.ne.jp/tatsunori/car/midget2.htm). ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/43 "2002-03-30T00:33:29Z")
Well, to me the Rasheen looks like an old Jeep Cherokee. The Midget2 is a hideous piece of ugly though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/44 "2002-03-30T00:51:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\* > > It is impossible for FIAT to build an ugly car! if you do not see beauty, there is something wrong with your eyes!šŸ˜ƒ \*\* Then I guess Iā€™ll have to gouge out my eyes, then! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/45 "2002-03-30T02:50:22Z")
I just got back from the NY Auto Show, where I saw one of these crates in person. If possible, itā€™s fuglier. Plus the show model was fully armed with a gigantic Pioneer audio system occupying much of the back. I canā€™t _wait_ to have one of those parked outside my window. Iā€™m gonna start stockpiling bricks.:mad: But you know, itā€™s sad - I could hit with _several_, and itā€™d come out looking betterā€¦ ---
**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:** [March 30, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/46 "2002-03-30T02:57:41Z")
The bbX only needs a new paint job to clarify its role in life. A sign ā€“ ā€œParking lot Shuttleā€. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/47 "2002-03-30T04:34:06Z")
Oh. My. God. Fugly. Thereā€™s no other word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/48 "2002-03-30T05:18:34Z")
Looks like the funeral industry has finally found a suitable replacement for the Cadillac Fleetwood hearse. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/49 "2002-03-30T13:27:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > **Honda makes a car called ā€œThatā€™sā€? What marketing genius came up with that one?** Possibly the same one that wanted to market a car called ā€œFittaā€ in Europe. Only after spending big bucks on preparations for a major ad campaign did they learn that ā€œfittaā€ is a Scandinavian slang word for, ahem, a rather private part of the female anatomy :eek: ---
**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:** [March 30, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/50 "2002-03-30T14:05:10Z")
The most remarkable thing about these monstrosities is that so many of them are NEW! I expected to find links to historical ugly cars. It **HAD** been my impression that vehicles, by and large, have been getting more atractive over the years, though like many of you I was shaken by the Aztek. Still, even semitrucks and delivery vehicles have improved (I like the big bubble canopy windscreens). But I suppose itā€™s an aesthetic I should get used to, one of function and space utilization rather than curve and edge. In theory I approve of it. Hijack/ I worked once in an ā€œaesthetic artichectural landmarkā€ building, the National of Gallery of Art East wing. There were no 90 degree wall angles in ANY offices (or at least so one of the shop people told me). Virtually every change of furniture arrangements meant architectural drawings and a squad of carpenters. So in the workplace, GIVE me plain geometric shapes. They _shouldnā€™t_ seem to ugly to me, but they DO. Waaaaah. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/51 "2002-03-30T14:56:12Z")
It looks like it sould be on ā€˜Robot Warsā€™ preferable being ripped to bits. Here is my humble contributions, just take a glance(I would not recommend more) at the Dax Kamala. [http://www.uglycars.co.uk/uglycar2.html](http://www.uglycars.co.uk/uglycar2.html) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/52 "2002-03-31T17:25:33Z")
Looks like Toyotaā€™s caught GM disease. I guess when Bob Lutz made GM make the Razorā€¦ lovely little car, [http://www.edmunds.com/news/autoshows/articles/48583/page026.html](http://www.edmunds.com/news/autoshows/articles/48583/page026.html) , it had to go somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/53 "2002-03-31T17:58:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*[Fiat Multipla](http://fiat.papp-es-tarsai.hu/tipusok.htm) \*\* Auugh! ā€œWhat is it, paw?ā€ ā€œI donā€™t know Billy, but weā€™ve got to kill it before it mutates further!!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/54 "2002-03-31T20:38:09Z")
You can tell how many Americans have never been to Europe or Japan. Theyā€™ve got, and had, cars like these for years and years over there (and there.) For somereason, they donā€™t seem to cotton to our ideal of big-huge-steel-on-wheels and actually _like_ compact, efficient cars. Odd. Ugly, too. [sub]Though I would maybe drive a Mini, just for fun on the weekends. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/55 "2002-04-01T02:35:15Z")
Well, thereā€™s nothing about compact and efficient that means it has to be ugly. Put an 80 horsepower four banger in a Mazda Miata, and youā€™ll have a compact, efficient car that looks gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/56 "2002-04-01T12:24:01Z")
The point is to make efficient use of space and resources, not just gas. Parking spaces in Europe and Japan are tiny, and roads absurdly narrow. The Miata is not particularly small or light by Japanese compact car standards, and it only seats 2 which is hardly efficient. For only 4 inches of extra length you can get something like the [Honda Mobilio](http://www.honda.co.jp/MOBILIO/about/type.html) which seats 7 and gets better gas mileage. As a mode of transportation, it can do everything a Miata can do and far more. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/57 "2002-04-01T14:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > The bbX only needs a new paint job to clarify its role in life. > > A sign ā€“ ā€œParking lot Shuttleā€. All too true! I mean, the Aztek is ugly in a cute sort of way, kinda like the old VW Beetle. The bbX (along with most of these other boxes) is just plain butt-ugly, IMHO. It looks to me like a compact paddy-wagon. **Oxy** - rather than dropping bricks, collect a bunch of leftover half-empty paint cans of random colors. Remove lids. Drop on bbX. It would _have_ to be an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657/58 "2002-04-02T15:51:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shrew \*\*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > > What about the 2CV inspired Nissan S-Cargo? > > I wouldnā€™t even vomit in this car. It might make my vomit look bad. \*\* The S-Cargo was featured in an American automotive magazine about a decade go; it was in an article centering on two other odd Japanese vehicles. I guess this was the most memorable of the trio. Those who donā€™t know what a 2CV is: [click here](http://www.2cvcity.clara.net/2cvcity-sale.htm). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car-ever/100657.md?page=2)