Cars so ugly you do a double-take..

[anonymous-user]

The Bristol Bullet

Only £250,000

Bristol seem to be popular with many celebrities but................

[MantaMossie]

Splendid!

[Swole]

They make these turds, plus almost everything else they make which has been rotten since the 106GTi died, maybe before, and then somehow also sell the RCZ, which I happen to like the look of better than a TT.

[Trophy Husband]

fblm said:

Trophy Husband said:

I had a pale green metallic 3.5 V8 Vitesse...Did 9 miles to the gallon... Wish I had it now.

Clearly you were drunk on the fumes of a fuel leak

It was a space rocket in my hands. You could get 20 out of it on a run with no fun. It would near 140mph on the clock. No slouch to 60 either, around 7 seconds. Once had a tug on the M4 or M5 heading to Bristol. Officer in a Jag said it had taken him 5 miles to catch me. Stern telling off. He estimated my speed at vmax.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Black S2K said:

Skodaku said:

Morningside said:

I am expecting lots of hate mail but The G.Wagon. I know it can have amazing engines and tuned by AMG but it's so bloody ugly.

It wass designed as a vehicle for the Germany army and kinda caught on. It just looks German = functional. IMO it's better than some of their newer stuff.

I believe it was originally a Steyr (-Daimler-Puch) for the Austrian army...

shared deisgn between Merc and Steyr Daimler Puch (they built it, and sold it in Austria/Swiss as a Puch), inspired to build it originally by the Shah of Iran, of all people

[Raudus42]

'Scaramouch Scaramouch will you do the fandango'

[Europa1]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Black S2K said:

Skodaku said:

Morningside said:

I am expecting lots of hate mail but The G.Wagon. I know it can have amazing engines and tuned by AMG but it's so bloody ugly.

It wass designed as a vehicle for the Germany army and kinda caught on. It just looks German = functional. IMO it's better than some of their newer stuff.

I believe it was originally a Steyr (-Daimler-Puch) for the Austrian army...

shared deisgn between Merc and Steyr Daimler Puch (they built it, and sold it in Austria/Swiss as a Puch), inspired to build it originally by the Shah of Iran, of all people

On the subject of challenging looking, slab-sided 4x4s built for the middle eastern market, let's not forget the Lamborghini LM0002.

[C70R]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Like a probe in the eye

You know what, I'm actually going to rail against this one. It's popular to slate the Probe, but at the time it was a huge breath of fresh air (listen to JC rave about it here), and still doesn't look revolting. The design is cohesive, and the large glass area makes it look modern and airy.

I don't have any great affinity for the Probe, and have never actually driven one. But, bear in mind that this was released in 1989, at a time when coupe styling was done with a ruler and set-square. Nostalgia aside, the 80s were a decade that foisted the following coupe 'designs' on the public...





All are infinitely more worthy of a place in this thread than the Probe.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Manta and Fuego were 70s

[Trophy Husband]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Manta and Fuego were 70s

Fuego was released in 1980. Mates dad had one of the Turbo models in 1983. It had cool seats and went quite well. Not ugly in my opinion.

[Hugo a Gogo]

thought it was 79, but Feb 1980

fair enough

[Trophy Husband]

Hugo a Gogo said:

thought it was 79, but Feb 1980

fair enough

We're both right really. It was obviously designed in the 70's!!

[C70R]

Trophy Husband said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

thought it was 79, but Feb 1980

fair enough

We're both right really. It was obviously designed in the 70's!!

And Manta B2/facelift was released in 1982.

[El Guapo]

C70R said:

I have to disagree with you on this one; the Prelude was a good looking car and great to drive.

[anonymous-user]

1970s Ford Ranchero. An exercise in finesse and understatement.

[BuzzBravado]

Trophy Husband said:

I share your sentiment. It is not irrational. My wife wanted one. I began to question my taste in women so had her drive a friends Micra. She hated everything about the way it drove, then I broke the news. Never been raised again.
Another product of Nissan at the time..............I give you the S-Cargo (see what they did there?)

You have been watching Doug De Muro.

[TartanPaint]

C70R said:

You know what, I'm actually going to rail against this one. It's popular to slate the Probe, but at the time it was a huge breath of fresh air (listen to JC rave about it here), and still doesn't look revolting. The design is cohesive, and the large glass area makes it look modern and airy.

Hear hear!

A fair few posts are, to my eye, confusing "ugly" with "hasn't dated very well, but was very much of its time".

I don't think the Probe fits either of those categories. It looked good then, and still looks good to my eye.

(But then I think the Nissan Cube is suuuuch fun, and don't think the Kia Sorento is bad, and love the Rover SD1, so maybe I'm just in the wrong thread...)

[Trophy Husband]

BuzzBravado said:

Trophy Husband said:

I share your sentiment. It is not irrational. My wife wanted one. I began to question my taste in women so had her drive a friends Micra. She hated everything about the way it drove, then I broke the news. Never been raised again.
Another product of Nissan at the time..............I give you the S-Cargo (see what they did there?)

You have been watching Doug De Muro.

I have now!! Quite amusing!

[vsonix]

GetCarter said:

Actually, It can (apparently) be spelt both ways. My apologies.

In any event, it's an estate.

These days it's taken to mean 'estate' but up until Merc and a couple of others started 'redefining' the term it mean an estate with two passenger doors rather than four. In much the way that the term 'coupe' has now expanded to mean '4-doors, sloping roofline'.

[saaby93]

vsonix said:

GetCarter said:

Actually, It can (apparently) be spelt both ways. My apologies.

In any event, it's an estate.

These days it's taken to mean 'estate' but up until Merc and a couple of others started 'redefining' the term it mean an estate with two passenger doors rather than four. In much the way that the term 'coupe' has now expanded to mean '4-doors, sloping roofline'.

What do you call an estate?
Does it have to have separate passenger and boot compartments
or open plan like a Triumph Herald estate
What about Scimitar GTE

ETA shooting brake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake

Edited by saaby93 on Thursday 20th October 13:32