Ugly racing cars

[seansverige]

Following on from ugly F1 cars, thought I'd broaden into racing cars in general, prompted by an entrant in this years Pike Peak:

[Eric Mc]

Robot Wars.

[EDLT]

[seansverige]

well played sir!

not in the same league, but they deserve extra points as the lights and grille elevate it from merely awkward....

[thechosenfamily]

I think this covers the spec

[harryowl]

[Mini1275]

seansverige said:

Following on from ugly F1 cars, thought I'd broaden into racing cars in general, prompted by an entrant in this years Pike Peak:

. Any Info on this?!.





The Piper GTR.


Cadillac 'Le Monstre'


The Eagle Aircraft Flyer 'cropduster'. I like it .

[Cyder]

harryowl said:

No, no and thrice no.

How on earth can you think that it ugly?!

[Rude-boy]

Cyder said:

harryowl said:

No, no and thrice no.

How on earth can you think that it ugly?!

Burn the unbeliever.

g/f said that lying down next to the barriers when one went by was better than any 1200 spin dryer. 2 at a time with a 'Vette following and she couldn't walk for half an hour

[seansverige]

Mini1275 said:

. Any Info on this?!.

From yesterdays autoblog, didn't read article but should still be in first few pages

The le monstre is half way to one of those wacky customs by that bloke (Andy Saunders?) who did the driving sofa, boat and 2CV Picasso.

Good work on the cropduster - looks like it's from Thunderbirds little know foray into motorsport....

ETA: think the Panoz scrapes into the ugly but interesting / purposeful pile; I do actually prefer it to the generic mediocrity of the Esperante. What do you think of the Abruzzi?

Edited by seansverige on Wednesday 1st June 16:31

[anonymous-user]

I'll give Don Panoz his due, he makes his cars stand out from the norm, but feck me they are ugly, and you'd have to not be worried about the attention it would receive. Bit like the gumpert apollo really, really interesting car, but fugly

[Rude-boy]

seansverige said:

What do you think of the Abruzzi?

Never going to win any prizes for its looks but in the flesh and in silver it looked acceptable at LM last year.

Looking at those pictures though it appears the girl has to be very carful when selecting her wardrobe...

[Dr JonboyG]

Rumour has it he's selling off bits left right and center, I wouldn't expect the Abruzzi to get much further. Quite worried about the fate of Road Atlanta now too.

[LoudV8]

Gentlemen I give you the current Daytona Prototype; who thought that these proportions were a good idea ? Another case of the Ford Scorpio syndrome - nobody at the design sign-off was brave enough to stand up and say it's fugly.

Edited by LoudV8 on Wednesday 1st June 20:50

[PhillipM]

Well, I think I have to enter one of our own for this one:



Pretty doesn't come into it

[PabloTeK]

I nominate the current IndyCar:



It's supposedly in it's last year now, thank god.

[thechosenfamily]

Mini1275 said:

Cadillac 'Le Monstre'

Ladies and Gentleman we have a winner. That is heinous. LOL!!!

[Eric Mc]

I've seen that circulating at the Goodwood Revival. It drives like it looks.

[thunderbelmont]

PhillipM said:

Well, I think I have to enter one of our own for this one:



Pretty doesn't come into it

No, pretty it ain't - but it's supposed to be functional (ticks box).

[Rouleur]

Bugatti Type 32 'Tank'




Bristol 450



Not their best efforts...