# Ugly cars **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603 "2004-06-04T12:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/41 "2004-06-05T11:34:53Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Yikes. Maybe Daimler-Chrysler cut its designers’ pay, and this is how they’re getting even. ROFL The grill on the Chrysler 300 looks like they pulled it off a Kenworth or Mac truck, then tried to cut it down to “fit”. > [@Early Out](#): > > To me, it looks like the kind of car that the evil Mr. Big would be driving in some old comic strip. Something out of Dick Tracy, perhaps. You know I hadn’t thought about that, but it does look rather “animated”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/42 "2004-06-05T14:49:02Z")
Damn, the Seat Toledo used to be a fine looking car!! Seriously though, is this the production version, or is it just a concept/prototype? After the Ibiza revamp, I had high hopes for Leon/Toledo. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/43 "2004-06-05T17:18:50Z")
I mean, these go for \>$75,000! It looks to me that they just welded together partst from other cars…what a mess! You have the beemer front end (which looks like a resurrected Ford EDSEL), mated with a body from a 1950’s style Chrysler, with a Checker cab rear end. The BMW design team must have been smoking crack! Plus, there isn’t a single coherent line in the styling…at least the 300M is consistent. How did they expect that ANYBODY would pay big bucks for such a pile of crap? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/44 "2004-06-05T17:29:43Z")
Personally, I think the Audi TT is one ugly car. There is one in my town that is the ugliest color - like a flat gunmetal grey. The car looks like it’s in primer. I always get the feeling they didn’t finish the paint job. I like the Honda Element. It looks like a tough little practical car. On the other hand, there are very few cars (or trucks) that I would consider truly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/45 "2004-06-05T18:15:22Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen footage of the Mercedes G-class SUV on the History Channel, only German troops were riding in it. Robin ---
**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:** [June 5, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/46 "2004-06-05T18:48:29Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I’m pretty sure I’ve seen footage of the Mercedes G-class SUV on the History Channel, only German troops were riding in it. > > Robin You’re talking about [this](http://www.armor.ru/images/photos/g-class.jpg), right? I’ve seen one in town. I like it more than most MB products. ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/47 "2004-06-05T18:51:21Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I’m pretty sure I’ve seen footage of the Mercedes G-class SUV on the History Channel, only German troops were riding in it. Yes, after 1989 they did. If this should be an argument against driving one, keep in mind that “Forth Reich Motors” was good enough for the [US Marine Corps](http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/wolf.htm) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/48 "2004-06-05T19:11:03Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > I’m going to add a vote for the PT Cruiser, _especially_ the ones with wood paneling. Ick! > > :looks at **BiblioCat** funny: :: blows a big raspberry at **Silver Fire** :: I like it. So there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/49 "2004-06-05T20:40:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Last February at the Toronto car show I saw the latest Rolls-Royce. Its front end looks a lot like the 300C’s, except with the Rolls grille of course–and these incredibly ugly small rectangular [headlights.](http://www.fantasycars.com/sedans/misc/roller_phantom3.jpg) That car looks evil. Like the cameraman made a disparaging comment, and the car is seriously considering running him over as soon as he turns around. If they make any more Superman movies, this is the car Lex Luthor should be driving. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/50 "2004-06-05T23:09:52Z")
I saw the ugliest new car of all time the other day. It looked like one of those itty bitty panel vans you see on the streets of London had mated with a shoebox. Wish I knew what it was so I could revile it by name. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/51 "2004-06-05T23:26:46Z")
Thanks to Coldfire, I think I’ve found it. [Check out the Suzuki Wagon R+ on this page.](http://www.uglycars.co.uk/uglycars.asp?offset=10) Even as I look at it, I’m wondering how many clowns could come spilling out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/52 "2004-06-06T04:09:54Z")
There’s a car that shows up at local car lover events. It appears to be a '40s panel truck that has been extensively hot-rodded, and painted a dark midnight blue. A great-looking car, and the PT Cruiser looks like it was copied from it. (I admit I really like the cars of the late '30s and the '40s.) My wife, on the other hand, likes cars, especially muscle cars, of the '50s and '60s, and thinks the PT Cruiser is the 2nd ugliest car on the road (Aztek is number 1). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/53 "2004-06-06T05:15:54Z")
In a similar vein to what others have said about the PT Cruiser (what a stupid name, btw) _EVERY_ time I see one of those I feel like I’m about to see about a hundred clowns come piling out of it and then remove a tiny coffin from the back. Ick. Recently, I’ve seen some sort of SUV or Mini Van thing that literally looks like a shoe box with wheels. I have no idea what this thing is. But it’s ugly. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603/54 "2004-06-06T13:39:35Z")
I’ll vote the Aztec is the worst of the worst. And it seems to be better than when it first came out. I kind of like the 300. At least you can tell it apart from other cars. I used to be able to tell if a car was a Chevy, Ford, whatever, with no problem. Not anymore. Car companies are losing there identity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-cars/248603.md?page=2)