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Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: funkedup on August 14, 2003, 01:53:31 PM

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ugly_cars

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: loser on August 14, 2003, 01:57:48 PM

Be sure to browse the whole maddox site.  I have been following that site for a couple years now.  Lots of funny stuff there.

I'm pretty sure maddox is lazs

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Bluefish on August 14, 2003, 01:59:39 PM

How anybody could believe that any vehicle created since the dawn of time is uglier than the Pontiac Aztek utterly baffles me.   Helen Keller wouldn't have accepted one if she'd been offered it for free.  It makes the old AMC Gremlin (previous all-time ugly champ, IMHO) look like a Ferrari.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Raubvogel on August 14, 2003, 02:00:41 PM

No doubt, those are some ugly assed cars. I have no idea why carmakers started hiring crackheads to design their cars. That Avalanche thing is just smurfy, and the Aztec is beyond words. The Honda Box™ is just...well...nasty.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: john9001 on August 14, 2003, 02:12:58 PM

we need a international treaty that says only Italians can design automobile bodies.(but not the mech parts).

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: lazs2 on August 14, 2003, 02:14:23 PM

The guy seems reasonable to me he just left out about 40 or 50 new cars.  all the SUV/pickup things are hideous but there are about a dozen or more cars from every manufacturer that are allmost as hideous.
lazs

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Dune on August 14, 2003, 02:28:10 PM

The Avalanche is a true adomination, but the Element is worse.  And that goes for that boxy Mercedes SUV also.  Ick.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: miko2d on August 14, 2003, 02:29:32 PM

Subaru pickup may not be very practical but it looks just fine.

 miko

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: vorticon on August 14, 2003, 04:25:32 PM

i could have sworn kia made the aztek


anyway aztek is the most |(()()|3575 (/-\4 EVA:rolleyes:

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Smut on August 14, 2003, 04:58:03 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Dune
The Avalanche is a true adomination

Well I like mine a lot. In fact, it is probably the best vehicle I've owned, period.

I can haul 8' sheets of plywood/drywall/whatever in the fully enclosed, lockable box. It goes down the road nice, much better than my little S-10 did and I can carry five in total comfort. Full leather, all the toys, 4x4.

But whatever.

(http://www.gmpexpress.net/~cjmartin/Smuts_rig.JPG)

-Smut

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: takeda on August 14, 2003, 05:06:50 PM

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Originally posted by john9001
we need a international treaty that says only Italians can design automobile bodies.(but not the mech parts).

You mean like this? :D

(http://www.ada-wynajem.pl/images1/multipla.jpg)

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Smut on August 14, 2003, 05:14:45 PM

Another shot...

(http://www.gmpexpress.net/~cjmartin/Av_side.JPG)

-Smut

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: midnight Target on August 14, 2003, 06:04:34 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Bluefish
How anybody could believe that any vehicle created since the dawn of time is uglier than the Pontiac Aztek utterly baffles me.   Helen Keller wouldn't have accepted one if she'd been offered it for free.  It makes the old AMC Gremlin (previous all-time ugly champ, IMHO) look like a Ferrari.

I drove a Gremlin in college.. puke yellow with black striping. Straight six with 3 speed (on the floor) standard tranny, and an 8 track monster stereo..... woof.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on August 14, 2003, 09:23:04 PM

Anyone who thinks the Gremlin at one time held the title of ugliest car in history never saw an AMC Pacer.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Sandman on August 14, 2003, 09:39:11 PM

double

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Sandman on August 14, 2003, 09:40:16 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Smut
Well I like mine a lot. In fact, it is probably the best vehicle I've owned, period.

I can haul 8' sheets of plywood/drywall/whatever in the fully enclosed, lockable box. It goes down the road nice, much better than my little S-10 did and I can carry five in total comfort. Full leather, all the toys, 4x4.

But whatever.

(http://www.gmpexpress.net/~cjmartin/Smuts_rig.JPG)

-Smut

I like the color. :D

Mine:

(http://dotdoubledot.com/img/xterra1.jpg)
(http://dotdoubledot.com/img/xterra2.jpg)
(http://dotdoubledot.com/img/xterra3.jpg)

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Dinger on August 14, 2003, 11:22:13 PM

Heh the gremlin is cool; the pacer was ugly.  But the Aztek -- yes, that is a butt-ugly automobile.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Dinger on August 14, 2003, 11:22:42 PM

2x post

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Mini D on August 14, 2003, 11:23:55 PM

Pontiac Aztek wins hands down.  The ugliest car I've ever seen.

Not a big avalanche fan myself... but some guys at work love them.  Of course, they're all gay, but that's covered in a different thread.

MiniD

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Airscrew on August 14, 2003, 11:54:40 PM

LoL Mini.........

Aztek is definitely the uglest car ever,  I mean did anybody see this car before it got to the assembly line?

Sandman, I wont argue that the Avalanche is a versatile vehicle, but it reeks of ugly, mostly that front grill/headlight setup.  And worse GM as let the ugliness spread to the regular truck line

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder..........

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Sandman on August 15, 2003, 01:00:37 AM

Quote

Originally posted by MajTom
Sandman, I wont argue that the Avalanche is a versatile vehicle, but it reeks of ugly, mostly that front grill/headlight setup.  And worse GM as let the ugliness spread to the regular truck line

I do not own an Avalanche. :p

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Dowding on August 15, 2003, 01:33:09 AM

WTF is that Aztek thing!??!!!?

And I like the idea of a 'cubist atrocity'.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Gixer on August 15, 2003, 02:53:39 AM

Ford Taurus has to be one of the ugliest modern car creations ever.



...-Gixer

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on August 15, 2003, 04:06:16 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Smut
Well I like mine a lot. In fact, it is probably the best vehicle I've owned, period.

I can haul 8' sheets of plywood/drywall/whatever in the fully enclosed, lockable box. It goes down the road nice, much better than my little S-10 did and I can carry five in total comfort. Full leather, all the toys, 4x4.

But whatever.

(http://www.gmpexpress.net/~cjmartin/Smuts_rig.JPG)

-Smut

But is it ugly?

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on August 15, 2003, 04:06:57 AM

And do they come in any colour???

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Pei on August 15, 2003, 04:38:35 AM

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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
And do they come in any colour???

You can any colour you like, as long as it is ugly.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Smut on August 15, 2003, 07:49:54 AM

*shrug*

I get complimented virutally every day on my truck, so again, whatever.

Yellow was a 2003-only color for the Avalanche, it wasn't available in 2002, and it's not available in 2004. I actually had a white 2002 Avalanche that I traded in on the 2003 (wanted the color and all the toys...er options).

Avalanches are available in white, black blue, red , green (probably some others)...with or without the body cladding (starting in 2003 cladding became an option).  The 2003 cladding is quite a bit darker than the 2002 cladding.

My front end includes the factory brush guard, which is pretty intimidating. Go ahead, pull out in front of me, sucka...

Actually got the guard because we have a crapload of deer around me, and I go to work very early (I'm at my desk by 0530). That, and I fully intend on taking it offroad.

-Smut

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: lazs2 on August 15, 2003, 08:29:28 AM

but.... doesn't yellow make it stand out even more?

Look... 99% of the new cars are melted plastic and horrible to look at... can't tell one from another.... they are hard to get in and out of and you can't see out of em that great... they all run good and ride good and get good milage and stop well.

The truck/suv abortions (this coming from an El Camino owner) are every bit as hideous, more even than the cars maybe but they at least have good seating and can haul things... they get crappy milage and do all the rest of the stuff well.   I just don't see any new stuff that I would consider "good looking"   the new Mustangs are passable...
lazs

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Raubvogel on August 15, 2003, 08:47:35 AM

Bright yellow or not, that thing is smurfy. I guess I just don't get it. At least you don't have 22 inch spinning batman rims on it.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: gofaster on August 15, 2003, 09:55:36 AM

No, this is an abomination.

(http://pics.gothgeeks.com/dragoncon-2002/leia.jpg)

Actually, the taller one isn't all that bad.

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: gofaster on August 15, 2003, 09:59:47 AM

Quote

Originally posted by midnight Target
I drove a Gremlin in college.. puke yellow with black striping. Straight six with 3 speed (on the floor) standard tranny, and an 8 track monster stereo..... woof.

Mine was orange with black striping; called the Gremlin X because it was so sporty.  Handled like a Jeep; a lot like a Jeep.  No 8-track tho, just the standard AM/FM.  Had it less than a year before migrating to a Spitfire.  Now that was a fun car to drive...

Title: Ugly Cars
Post by: Dune on August 15, 2003, 05:17:46 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
I like the color. :D

Me too.  The backend of my XTerra

(http://www.hunt101.com/img/048279.jpg)