Comments on: The Ugliest Cars

By: CK

CK — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:45:00 +0000

CoreyAnn – Yes, I’ve been in a Scion xB and I still think it’s ugly.

Funny that the Aztec is on everyone’s list. I think it’s absolutely horrendous too but only because of the back, the rest of the car wasn’t that bad. Somehow it can’t make up for the ugly back though.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:39:00 +0000

I think that this list is biased against some cars that were fine looking but unreliable. Further, there are others often on these lists that I think were good looking, but were such a disgrace that they’re remembered as “ugly” (Mustang II).

I would agree with some of this list, but I would make some swaps to fill my revised list:

1. AMC Gremlin
2(tie). Pontiac Aztek & Honda Element
4. Datsun 210 hatchback
5. Consulier GTP
6. Edsel
7(tie). Nissan Cube & Renault Twingo
8. 1973 Buick Riviera
9. Alfa Romeo Milano
10. Honda Civic CVCC

By: Buddy

Buddy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:47:18 +0000

If the HOnda Element had the trunk in the front you could call it the Elephant.

By: Praetor

Praetor — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:37:31 +0000

What? Skoda? imgDOTautoDOTcz/auto/base/2005-28/titul_skoda_octavia_42d2442b70d78.jpg

Or Tatra? Like the 1st aerodynamic serial produced car T77 of 1934 with T87 just a couple of years after? wwwDOTvam.acDOTuk/vastatic/microsites/1331_modernism/imgs/item_219.jpg

Funny you :)

By: adl

adl — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:01:57 +0000

Not sure it makes the list, but my vote for ugly car is the early 90’s taurus.

By: CoreyAnn

CoreyAnn — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:02:14 +0000

To those who think that the Scion xBs (which I’m assuming everyone is talking about when they mention the make Scion), I challenge you to test drive or ride in one.

I have purchased 3 Scions (’05 xB, ‘06 xB, and ‘07 tC) and I have nothing but immense love for them! I would say that one would have trouble finding a Scion owner who is not head-over-heels for their car.

And to Jenny…they may look like a roll-over risk but it is quite the opposite in fact. The Scion xB comes standard with Vehicle Stability Assist, Traction Control, and ABS. No other vehicles in that price & segment come close.

After being rear-ended/clipped and then t-boned in one of my “boxes” by a driver behind me on the freeway (65 mph) my car spun and did not tip or roll over. In fact, I was able to get out and walk away without a scratch or bruise on me!!!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:00:10 +0000

Remember the ‘Thing’ by VW? The beetle is beautiful compared to that thang!

By: Brine

Brine — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:22:13 +0000

Sandy, El Caminos and their Ford counterparts were marketed as “Gentlemen’s Pickups”. They were basically the station wagon model with a cut-down cab. Therefore you had the relative comfort of a standard car but with a hauling capability a bit better than a wagon.

I remember an ad in a magazine showing a rancher hauling a single hay bale in the back of his – sounds about right!

In the 1970s there was no cooler way to haul your motocross bike to the races than in the back of a ‘Camino. And there was something to be said about laying out in the back of one with your sweetie, watching the stars (or not).

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:26:03 +0000

And I know I’ll get flak for this, but I always thought that El Caminos were ugly. I never understood why they sold, but I’m probably missing something.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:23:57 +0000

The mid-1980s Mercury Capris were very ugly, too. If a Mustang and a Pacer had a baby, that’s what it would have looked like.

My ugliest car was a late-1970s Toyota Corolla hatchback. Good thing it was rust-colored. It was even uglier than my first car, a turtle-green 1974 Datsun B210 hatchback. And that car was DARNED ugly.