That was my first thought. Fugly, aren’t they?
First generation (1967-69) Chevy Camaro SS, with a deep throaty rumble and in pretty amazing shape.
Early 90s Toyota pickup. I think this is the last model before the Tacoma. It seemed so small.
I saw a Nissan truck from that same era this morning, and I had the same thought.
And on the opposite end of the spectrum, a previous generation white Chevy Suburban dually. Since Chevy never built one it has to be an aftermarket mod.
I saw my first new mail truck delivery vehicle; apparently i was driving through the town of Radiator Springs, which is about the only town it doesn’t look silly in
Fugly. Most definitely FUGLY.
Yes, definitely ugly! I’m wondering if it was intentionally designed to be a stealth car and defeat police radar. No curves at all.
Visible spinning wheels pretty much negates any other stealth aspects.
I forgot to post this one last week:
Very similar!
Darn! I had visions of my invisible self having carte blanche on the highway!
The handsome Toyota Crown Signia station wagon HEV AWD
This is Toyota luxury at its pinnacle, before you get into a Lexus.
They call it an SUV but to my eye it’s a station wagon. Whatever. They call my Subaru OBW, Outback Wilderness, an SUV but give me a break, it’s a wagon.
The Toyota Crown has been produced since 1955 through 16 generations (count ‘em, 16!). Generation 16 was unveiled in 2022. The Crown is an upscale offering in the Toyota lineup — perhaps a Lexus-lite? This one has Toyota’s drive shaft-less electric all-wheel drive (E-Four) system as standard.
If I’d-a known that when I took these pictures I might have crawled underneath to verify the no drive shaft. Yeah, probably not.
All Toyota Crowns across every generation have been built in Japan since day 1.
In the USA the Toyota Crown was not sold for about 50 years, since about 1972, and that was because (according to Google AI) of poor sales because it was underpowered, overpriced, and poorly suited for American roads and highway speeds, along with the American public’s major decline in interest for large, rear-wheel-drive luxury sedans. Also, Toyota failed to adapt the Crown to new US bumper safety regulations, and the introduction of the Corona Mark II provided an alternative that consumers preferred. With Generation 16 in 2022, Toyota decided to bring the Crown back here.
This is a heavily modified Subaru Crosstrek, now a dedicated off roader. Note the custom skid plates (old traffic signs), bumper stickets (“Nice Jeep Peasant”), and light show. I spoke with the owner, and he’s pretty proud of the whole show. License Plate SLOXV, slow XV.
Is “#1 Motherfucker” supposed to be like saying “#1 Dad”? Or maybe it’s “#1, Motherfucker”.
Google suggests it could be related to the murder of someone named Jaimee Lee Miller.
Yeah, this drives me a little bit crazy. But, whatever, it’s just marketing.
Yeah, at some point America became horrified to be caught driving a station wagon or a mini-van. So with a bit of minor body-morphing, pooƒ!, they all became SUVs…
The family people haulers, how they’ve morphed through the years. From station wagon to minivan to SUV.
A pristine Hudson Terraplane, from 1936-38
