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  #224771 13-Jun-2009 23:26
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There's a couple of 'odd' asian imports that I don't know the name of. One has a little bulge under the windscreen at the back of the somewhat flat bonnet, and the other is sort of boxy with curved roof/boot that have "ridges" on them.

edit: I lie - I think the first is the fiat multipla..




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  #224772 13-Jun-2009 23:31
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mjb: There's a couple of 'odd' asian imports that I don't know the name of. One has a little bulge under the windscreen at the back of the somewhat flat bonnet, and the other is sort of boxy with curved roof/boot that have "ridges" on them.


Ahh, that would be the Toyota 'Will' range I think, not so much ugly as, err, distinctive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_WiLL

Not quite sure what they were smoking in the design dept that day, given Toyota's rep for solid but bat-poo boring cars...


Fiat Multipla - that was the Top Gear top car a few years back! Though I think that had more to do with the fact that it did what it said on the box rather than any particular asthetic values...

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  #224773 13-Jun-2009 23:34
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That's the one!

and yeah, it's the multipla:




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  #224776 13-Jun-2009 23:59
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Decimate: Mercedes Smart cars! And the hideous 'Nissan 'cube' seriously, was someone drunk when they designed them?

Great idea for a thread though



Don't diss my Smart car :( wait..

Are you talking about the ugly two door? or their other two models?

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#224778 14-Jun-2009 00:19

steveonz: Hey there,

I just thought I would startup a thread on the ugly cars of the world. I just saw the PT cruiser and it made me wonder why people still drive these horrible things!

Does any body else have any other examples of really ugly cars?


LOL. Nice one steveonz. Starting a topic like this on a website where the admin has a PT Cruiser... :)
It will not make you his favourite poster, I guess. :)

BTW I like the shape of the PT Cruiser, it has a retro look. Bring back the Hot Rods!

There are real ugly cars out there (Fiat Multipla is one of them), but every people has different taste of course. For example I think SsangYongs are all ugly, older Daewoo cars were ugly too IMO.




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  #224805 14-Jun-2009 08:46
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Decimate:
freitasm: Steveonz shall I remind you admins and moderators can see hidden posts?


Can you elaborate on this? For those of us who may not be in the know......


I don't know why the OP decided to do hide it, but he posted a reply where he explains he saw my wife driving the Geek Mobile (my blue PT Cruiser) in Johnsonville (a Wellington suburb) and that's when he decided to start this thread.






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  #224812 14-Jun-2009 09:38
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hehe PT cruiser....

Porsche Cayenne, whose bright idea was that...

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  #224814 14-Jun-2009 09:49
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I hate the Renault Megane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Renault-Megane-IMG_1907.jpg

If they had have done a semi-normal sort of back it would have been a nice looking car.

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#224815 14-Jun-2009 09:51
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Fossie: Porsche Cayenne, whose bright idea was that...


I once saw written somewhere "Porsche Cayenne - for people who are so rich they don't care how ugly their vehicle is"

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  #224820 14-Jun-2009 10:13
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paradoxsm:
I actually quite like the pt cruiser. also like the other monster chrysler that looks like a bentley but still meaty unlike the real bentley's.


 


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  #224821 14-Jun-2009 10:14
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loving this topic, there are some pretty horrible looking cars out there for sure, there's this website that has quite a few: www.uglycars.co.uk

The Ssangyong : Rodius and fiat multipla get my votes

 
 
 
 

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  #224833 14-Jun-2009 11:06
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Adamal: I had a Sirion as a work car once. They're very odd. They look small on the outside, but are very spacious on the inside.

They go pretty well for a 1.3l as well.


Maybe they should have called it 'TARDIS' then.  Oh wait, that name's already been taken.




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  #224877 14-Jun-2009 14:00
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freitasm:
Decimate:
freitasm: Steveonz shall I remind you admins and moderators can see hidden posts?


Can you elaborate on this? For those of us who may not be in the know......


I don't know why the OP decided to do hide it, but he posted a reply where he explains he saw my wife driving the Geek Mobile (my blue PT Cruiser) in Johnsonville (a Wellington suburb) and that's when he decided to start this thread.





Well I was having a discussion with a friend a few weeks ago about the particular car, and just thought it was fitting that the GZ car was a PT. Just fitting I suppose, I didn’t want to show the posts becasue it’s a tad cheeky.








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  #224880 14-Jun-2009 14:13
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scottjpalmer:
Fossie: Porsche Cayenne, whose bright idea was that...




I once saw written somewhere "Porsche Cayenne - for people who are so rich they don't care how ugly their vehicle is"

Which is a bit nonsensical as it leaves no room for explanation of just about every model of Fiat...

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  #224885 14-Jun-2009 14:27
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My 1990 Mazda Familia... a box on wheels! :)

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