# Ugliest Car?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052 "2022-04-19T14:18:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/1 "2022-04-19T14:18:55Z")
Stumbled upon this article on “Ten Ugly Cars at the New York International Car Show”. I like a few of them. Few of them are Azteks, Yugos or even Renault LeCars.
It’s been many years since an ugly car thread. Do you like any of these cars? Which vehicle really is the antithesis of aestheticism?
> **[The 10 ugliest cars from the New York International Auto Show](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/article-the-10-ugliest-cars-from-the-new-york-international-auto-show/)**
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> The New York International Auto Show is filled with exotic, stunning vehicles, but some aren’t as attractive as others
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/2 "2022-04-19T14:20:44Z")
Cybervehicles ate also fair game.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/3 "2022-04-19T14:32:24Z")
I don’t understand the list. A generic looking station wagon from 1991?
Several SUVs that look like most other SUVs.
A Beetle? A Camaro? That Jag?
This article makes no sense to me.
The Aztek is the first car I think of. I read the title and though Aztek.
The Pacer was even uglier to be fair.
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### Author:  [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/4 "2022-04-19T14:47:10Z")
I haven’t yet read the rest of the thread, but I like the Toyota Rhombus, and the canary yellow Jag. I know nothing about cars except that I love to take photos of them, so I don’t know how the shapes affect the performance of the vehicles, but “they look good!”
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/5 "2022-04-19T14:51:18Z")
I think those are the ugly cars at this year’s NY International Auto Show, not the all time ugliest.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/6 "2022-04-19T14:56:37Z")
The 1980s era Chrysler K car. Some cars are called ugly because they have a distinctive look that people are not used to. This car was ugly because of its utterly banal, uninspired design. This is true ugliness:
[ ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/85-89_Dodge_Aries_sedan.jpg)
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/7 "2022-04-19T14:57:22Z")
But so many were older cars and basically generic cars and the Bug is pretty beloved.
I like the Camaro, I don’t think it looks as good as the 70s Camaro and I think the 60s Camaro is one of the best looking cars ever built, but the modern Camaro is far from ugly.
The Jag looked fine to me.
Then there was several generic looking SUVs and a older wagon. The orange rims are ugly but otherwise just a wagon. It is an odd jumping off point.
The Rhombus is odd for sure, but so many concept cars over the decades are odd and never see production.
It looks like the Camaro & Bug are specifically about the paint jobs.
The Pacer: Yes is is ugly, though not generic.
[ ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/AMC_Pacer_1975-1978.jpg/640px-AMC_Pacer_1975-1978.jpg)
[ ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AMC_Pacer_%2812489485154%29.jpg/640px-AMC_Pacer_%2812489485154%29.jpg)
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/8 "2022-04-19T15:02:54Z")
> [@solost](#):
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> The 1980s era Chrysler K car.
I had one of those when I was in graduate school. “Uninspired design” is a good descriptor.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/9 "2022-04-19T15:06:16Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> The Aztek is the first car I think of. I read the title and though Aztek.
The Aztek is the one and only, now and forever, “winner” of the ugliest car award. The vehicle was cited by the government for several bad-taste violations.
Though there are contenders, such as Le Car. But modern designers are giving these old eyesores a run for their money. The Kia Soul, the Audi A8 or Q3, Toyota Rav 4, and love it or hate it the new Batmobile Corvette, all rolling turdmobiles.
And I like the Pacer. The Mirthmobile!
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/10 "2022-04-19T15:11:08Z")
FTR, I drive a Rav 4. I think it is boring looking and a fairly generic small SUV. It looks very similar to same class offerings from Honda, Hyundai and Nissan.
And the Pacer is maybe the ugliest production car ever. You’re weird. 🙂 Wait, do you wear a mullet? Are you actually Garth?
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/11 "2022-04-19T15:12:27Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> I had one of those when I was in graduate school. “Uninspired design” is a good descriptor.
The 80s was just an awful decade for car design in general, for some reason. Take the iconic Mustang. In just 16 years it went from this in its 1964 debut:
[ ](https://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2012/04/13/5b6664b4-a644-11e2-a3f0-029118418759/thumbnail/620x465/3e5162649aec197857dcf41980b6c326/64Mustang1.jpg)
…to this:
[ ](https://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2012/04/13/5b666d04-a644-11e2-a3f0-029118418759/thumbnail/620x465/55cbad710c915094552eb225a01e7d82/80Mustang.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/12 "2022-04-19T15:13:42Z")
[The 1980 – '85 Cadillac Seville.](https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/retrofuturistic-bustleback-1980-cadillac-seville-diesel) I think it was a _Car and Driver_ reviewer who said it looked like a truck had backed up onto its trunk; that reviewer also said the truck should have kept going.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/13 "2022-04-19T15:15:33Z")
Part of the Mustang ugliness was calling that boring looking car a Mustang. If is was called the Appaloosa, it probably wouldn’t be remembered as ugly, just not remembered at all.
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### Author:  [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/14 "2022-04-19T15:20:06Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> > [@solost](#):
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> > The 1980s era Chrysler K car.
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> I had one of those when I was in graduate school. “Uninspired design” is a good descriptor.
A friend had one in some brown color. She called it the mom-mobile because cops never noticed her and she could speed in it.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/15 "2022-04-19T15:22:16Z")
> [@kitap](#):
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> A friend had one in some brown color. She called it the mom-mobile because cops never noticed her and she could speed in it.
Mine was a yellow Plymouth Reliant coupe, which looked more-or-less like the picture below. Inspired by the color, and the reputation of the K-cars, my dad bought personalized plates for it, which read “A LEMON.” 😃
[ ](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Brochure-1982-Plymouth-Reliant.jpg)
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/16 "2022-04-19T15:28:39Z")
My MIL drove one of those yellow ones for years, with the help of my mechanic FIL. ‘Reliant-K’ - if there ever was a more ironic moniker for a car, I would like to see that.
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### Author:  [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/17 "2022-04-19T15:39:50Z")
You’re an advertising guy, no? Was that before the iconic “Lemon” VW ad?
I forgot about the AMC Gremlin. Don’t get it wet!
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/18 "2022-04-19T15:45:39Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> AMC Gremlin
I knew there was another car to go with the Pacer.
[ ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Gremlin_side_%285903000893%29.jpg/640px-Gremlin_side_%285903000893%29.jpg)
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/19 "2022-04-19T15:49:39Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> You’re an advertising guy, no? Was that before the iconic “Lemon” VW ad?
Decades after; the “Lemon” ad was part of DDB’s famous campaign for the Beetle in the 1960s, and it looks like that ad, in particular, dates to 1960.
[https://149522020.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2a34d8\_ca576faef518409d807ed377b62480f8mv2-1.jpg](https://149522020.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2a34d8_ca576faef518409d807ed377b62480f8mv2-1.jpg)
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/20 "2022-04-19T15:51:10Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> I forgot about the AMC Gremlin. Don’t get it wet!
But, wait! We can make it even uglier if we make it look like a pair of Levi’s denim jeans.
[ ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7a/77/f0/7a77f09f0c28a2849df00d554e8d8882.jpg)
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