Ugliest vehicle ever seen?

[Gollom]

Saw 2 of these stretch hummers defacing the M66 on Friday. Was so shocked how ugly they were that I came off the motorway and back on so I could come up behind again. And have my passenger (honest officer!) take these pics.

Of course, someone else may have seen uglier......

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j275/mbclub/Image044.jpg

 

[KLP 92]

They aren't Hummers! The car in the pic is a Ford, probably a stretch Explorer/Expedition model.

Seen alot uglier than that!

 

[Swiss Toni]

erm

So ugly, it goes out wearing a Ford Explorer outfit

 

[Gollom]

Well they were in disguise then as it definatly said HUMMER on the front.

Imagine being so ugly that you have to pretend to be a Hummer!!

:bannana:

 

[ADY1983]

Just looks wrong

 

[Swiss Toni]

Imagine being so ugly that you have to pretend to be a Hummer!!

I don't have to imagine

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Mk1 Focus Saloon - The designers gave up when it came to the back.

Ford Scorpio (Last version WTF???)

Any Syyannogg's - Those korean Merc wannabes

 

[jeremytaylor]

The ugliest car ever is definitely a Ssangyong. My vote goes to the Rodius, a hideous (or should that be odious) people carrier. It's so ugly that the mods would remove any picture posted of it, for fear of offence caused.

 

[Shude]

The ugliest car ever is definitely a Ssangyong. My vote goes to the Rodius, a hideous (or should that be odious) people carrier. It's so ugly that the mods would remove any picture posted of it, for fear of offence caused.

Anyone worked out which MB platform the Rodius is based on? Probably 163 M, maybe V?

 

[mikeouk]

this has got to be the ugliest ever for me, its definatly the john prescott of cars

it looks minging enough from the side but just look at the rear,it reminds me of a cross eyed pokemon

 

[Parrot of Doom]

End of discussion.

 

[imadoofus]

I've been trying to find that picture for the last thirty minutes!

PJ

Exactly how 'safe' can that windscreen be? You can;t see anything through it!

 

[wallingd]

Wowee what the hell's THAT???????!!!!!!!

 

[Vips]

I've been trying to find that picture for the last thirty minutes!

PJ

Exactly how 'safe' can that windscreen be? You can;t see anything through it!

Its to prevent the driver from being recognised and subjected to even more embarassment

 

[imadoofus]

Wowee what the hell's THAT???????!!!!!!!

It's the Aurora Safety Car from 1957, and thankfully, it's unique.

The curvy front end is designed to act like a cow catcher on a train, and scoop up pedestrians too stupid to run and hide. The windscreed is designed to eliminate the risk of occupants smashing their heads on it in an accident.

It also had a collapsible steering column, seat belts, side impact protection, roll bar, and seats that spun round to face backwards if an accident was likely.

The car is the picture is the only prototype, and on the way to the press launch, it broke down something like 12 times.

I think it's at Beaulieu at the moment...

PJ

 

[mikeouk]

Its to prevent the driver from being recognised and subjected to even more embarassment

you can still make him out though!!

 

[219]

I think the Fiat Multipla has to be a contender - looks like a frog !

 

[219]

It's the Aurora Safety Car from 1957, and thankfully, it's unique.

It does look a bit more futuristic than my Ponton from the same year , but at least my car is reliable

And the 300SL from the same era would beat it hands down both in looks and technology ...

 

[Ted]

Nope, The Ford Edsel is surely the ugliest car ever.

http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/images/9586en_lgimage1.jpg

I've seen one, and they are even worse in the metal.

 

[imadoofus]

this has got to be the ugliest ever for me, its definatly the john prescott of cars

Definitely, definitely cannot agree. The Avantime is a perfect example of what the car industry needs: Bravery. It simply cannot be called ugly. It looks a lot like an Espace, which may be many things, but 'ugly' is not one of them. The Avantime is what French car companies always used to be about (until they got sucked into mainstream mediocrity). Challenging, pioneering design, a willingness to lead, rather than to follow, and the bravery to create niches. They did, after all, pretty-well invent the modern MPV.

I think it's a huge shame that Renault dropped the Avantime. But consider this: In the mid 90's Ford made the Scorpio that was such a turkey that they dropped it as soon as modesty would allow. Now they don't even dare to make another car in that class, let alone with that name. Renault, on the other hand, transferred some styling touches from the Avantime to their other cars. Look at the Megane's 'ass', the Espace's newest nose, the space-age dash layouts. That's Avantime, that is. They were proud of the Avantime, and rightly so.

The Avantime should be lauded and applauded, in all its sheer glorious pointlessness. It's bizarre, frightening, and daft. It was a sales flop, but it's already considered a classic. Depreciation on them has stopped at around £9-10k (not so the Scorpio). This Regie is currently not far off the bottom of my list of all time greats (it's an eclectic list, I grant you). Ask me again in 15 years, and it'll definitely have a place.

Ugly. Tut.



PJ