# Ugly ugly cars! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340 "2004-09-21T16:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/1 "2004-09-21T16:11:37Z")
The Chrysler PT Cruiser. What were they thinking of? There’s one in my work car park and it hurts my eyes every time I walk past. It looks like a [London cab](http://www.ptcruiserclub.org/models/2003/chrome/quarter_shot2.jpg) that’s swallowed a [hearse](http://www.ptcruiserclub.org/models/2003/chrome/rear.jpg). Ug-leee. [Ugly](http://www.automotriz.net/images/galeria/images/1024x768-Chrysler-PT-Cruiser.jpg). Any other nominations, or is this definitely the ugliest car of all time? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/2 "2004-09-21T16:20:46Z")
[I win!](http://www.hoot-uk.com/content/news/archive/fiat/2000/images/fiat_multipla_addons.jpg) :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/3 "2004-09-21T16:25:52Z")
The [Aztec,](http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/default.aspx?make=Pontiac&model=Aztek&src=LeftNav3&state=new) also known as the “Ass-tec”, or the Hummer H2 (“Let’s pay $50,000 for a vehicle that isn’t any better than a Yukon, rather than $80,000, and get a vehicle we actually _can_ use in any off-road situation”). ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/4 "2004-09-21T16:26:06Z")
Yike! **Bippy’s** beats the door handles of the Pontiac Aztek. **Colophon** and I disagree about the PT Cruiser. I think its a classy little car. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/5 "2004-09-21T16:35:58Z")
**Bippy** , I’d forgotten about them. Still think the Cruiser wins though - it’s not even ungly and cute, it’s just ugly with a face like a teenager wearing braces. The back end of the new-style [Renault Mégane](http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/R/renault/megane/03-large/04-sport-orange-r3q-s.jpg) is fairly nasty, too. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/6 "2004-09-21T16:45:40Z")
Most people think my [truck](http://www.suv.com/news/2002/av01head.jpg) is the ugliest thing they have ever seen. Personally, I love it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/7 "2004-09-21T16:53:52Z")
I have to go with the Scion, especially in black. It looks like something Herman Munster would drive to the “office.” [http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/570128](http://www.sounddomain.com/memberpage/570128) ---
**Author:** ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/8 "2004-09-21T17:01:28Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > The Chrysler PT Cruiser. What were they thinking of? There’s one in my work car park and it hurts my eyes every time I walk past. It looks like a [London cab](http://www.ptcruiserclub.org/models/2003/chrome/quarter_shot2.jpg) that’s swallowed a [hearse](http://www.ptcruiserclub.org/models/2003/chrome/rear.jpg). Ug-leee. [Ugly](http://www.automotriz.net/images/galeria/images/1024x768-Chrysler-PT-Cruiser.jpg). Thank you! I think of a hearse everytime I see one of those ugly cars. I suppose if someone has always wanted to drive a hearse, the PT Cruiser is the perfect car for them. I’ve always found Saturns to be ugly cars too, although some of the newer models are looking better. Except for the Saturn [Vue](http://www.saturn.com/saturn/showroom/vue/index.jsp?nav=500) - looks like a chunk of plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/9 "2004-09-21T17:05:55Z")
The Honda Element and Scion are both in the same class (Box on Wheels). > [@](#): > > The Aztec, also known as the “Ass-tec” I call it the Pontiac Shuttlecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/10 "2004-09-21T17:19:37Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > Most people think my [truck](http://www.suv.com/news/2002/av01head.jpg) is the ugliest thing they have ever seen. Personally, I love it. 😃 I wasn’t going to say anything, because I know we have some Avalanche fans here… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/11 "2004-09-21T17:37:30Z")
I saw one of those retro PT/mini-whatevers yesterday with fake wood side panelling. What century are we living in??? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/12 "2004-09-21T17:48:04Z")
Incidentally, what does the “PT” bit stand for? Piss-Take? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/13 "2004-09-21T17:53:21Z")
Ethlrist beat me, so add me down for the Aztec. I don’t know how that hideous thing made it to production. The front looks like two cars stacked one on top of the other. Ugliest.car.evar! ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/14 "2004-09-21T17:54:20Z")
How about a [Wartburg.](http://www.wartburg.fsnet.co.uk/wart2.htm) Especially in the day-glow green color. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/15 "2004-09-21T18:11:23Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > **Colophon** and I disagree about the PT Cruiser. I think its a classy little car. 🆒 I like the Cruiser, too. 🆒 Now, the Scion and the Honda Element… they’re just plain UGLY. The Scion especially. It looks like a Lego car. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/16 "2004-09-21T18:38:10Z")
Here’s the perfect [link](http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ugly_cars) for many of those just mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/17 "2004-09-21T19:37:59Z")
The odd thing about PT Cruisers is that everyone I see is apparently a “Limited Edition” model, which leads me to believe that the standard edition is somehow the rare one. I don’t like the PTs, but it seems to be hard to do retro-styling without it looking a joke. I like the Honda Element, but only because it reminds me of a rolling gendarme hat. The Aztek is like nothing so much as the Family Truckster from Vacation. As for the Wartburg, that’s the kind of ugly I like. Boxy little eurocars are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/18 "2004-09-21T19:38:10Z")
**Lieu** - your link called my truck stupid. Punk. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/19 "2004-09-21T19:50:56Z")
I’m an artist. A few years ago I was in the market for a new car. So I went to the car show with a tape measurer, to see which car would best accommodate my paintings. The winner turned out to be the PT Cruiser; almost all of my paintings would fit in the back with the back seat down (it can also be removed). The only other option would be an SUV, which would have been totally wrong for me, for many reasons. So I’ve had my PT Cruiser for 3 years now, and my paintings are very happy riding safely in the back. My only regret is that I bought it before the Turbo came out. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340/20 "2004-09-21T19:53:56Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > **Lieu** - your link called my truck stupid. Punk. You have to admit, though, he found a pretty close match with that Transformer 🙂 Actually, the picture you linked to didn’t look ugly, so I guess he just picked a bad one. What’s with all the rubber? Is it for designed for blind people with small garages? :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ugly-cars/265340.md?page=2)