# Ugliest Car? **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 148
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052/148 "2022-04-23T17:44:18Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > My Element was all gloss black. It looked fine. The ones that had those gigantic plastic panels were ugly. I had the plastic panels. I liked the look better because otherwise they were similar to everything else. IIRC even though yours was all one color (and there were all one color besides black of course), the panels were still there. They were painted, but they were plastic. I’m not clear why they used them. Weight savings? Didn’t need painting if they scratched? IDK. > [@River\_Hippie](#): > > My vote is the AMC Matador. Yeah, ugh. Rather than further hijack this thread, I’ll start a new one. > [@American Motors, Rambler, Nash, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-motors-rambler-nash-etc/963323): > > Let’s talk about the defunct American Motors Corporation, which gave us the Gremlin, Pacer, Matador, etc., each of which garnered at least one mention in the Ugliest Car thread. I never owned one but they always intrigued me. First of all, I worked with a guy who said that back in the early 1970s he was graduating from college and needed a vehicle. He wanted a Japanese car. His credit union didn’t have enough confidence in a Japanese car’s quality and wouldn’t loan him the money. That’s how… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-car/963052)._