Thread: World's Ugliest Car!

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It's surprising how people have different taste.

I'm okay with the Pacer, but find the Austin ridiculous looking. The Aurora is disgustingly overdone, and the Aztec always puzzled me, how they got the design past management. I considered it a low in Tiger Woods career, when he endorsed it! :-)

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

It's surprising how people have different taste.

I'm okay with the Pacer, but find the Austin ridiculous looking. The Aurora is disgustingly overdone, and the Aztec always puzzled me, how they got the design past management. I considered it a low in Tiger Woods career, when he endorsed it! :-)

Not for long though, now he runs a Buick!!!!

I do believe you're right! :-) (Maybe he "jumped ship" because of the styling.)

Im with gassersrule on that, i think his idea would make a cool ride!But that roadster if not my style.

The coupe isn't bad...

...but it looks like it was "over-inflated" by about 50 PSI! Someone better let some air out before it pops! LOL!

It's like the old GM space saver spares...you put it in the trunk deflated and use that little can of air to pump it up when you need to get to the gas station.

Just for the record, I thought the Aztec was outrageous the moment I saw it and wondered how it got out of the design stage. As far as the Pacer goes, I almost bought one off a lot which was like new and only had 12,000 miles on it. I think it had a 232 cu in straight six in it and it was pretty zippy! However the mpg was way low and it would be a real gas hog today. Those little foreign cars show how far you can go to try to get transportation for more than one person with high mpg numbers and maybe we will see more of these in the near future? With the new mid-sized Chevie and even the smaller Cadillac you can see the trend is away from land boats.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by tango

VIKING you are amazing ! You are the Man

VIKING can you find and post a photo of that early Dodge Dart . I think its a 1962 model . That was a looker for a ugly car to !

Cool 62.

Originally Posted by tango

VIKING can you find and post a photo of that early Dodge Dart . I think its a 1962 model . That was a looker for a ugly car to !

With the '62 Plymouth close behind! They must have fired the stylist, because they were much better in '63!

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

They must have fired the stylist, because they were much better in '63!

You'll want to read a bio on Virgil Exner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Exner

I have a particular interest in the '62 Dodge/Plymouth. My uncle bought one of each. In '62 he bought a Dodge with buckets and a hipo 361 Torqflite. It was a nice blue metallic with white trim and interior. At the time, it was very "sporty" compared to the fin cars.

He divorced my aunt about two years later, and bought a '62 Plymouth Sport Fury with the 383. It was white with red interior, and (at the age of 16) the first car I ever drove over 100MPH! My uncle is gone, but I'll miss him!

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

You'll want to read a bio on Virgil Exner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Exner

My favorite designers are Larry Shinoda and Raymond Lowey.

Larry- 63 Vette & '64 Mustang
Raymond- '53 studebaker & Avanti

Originally Posted by viking

Cool 62.

The 2 doors not bad . But the 4 door thats the more ugly one . Viking see if you can find a photo of that one .

hmmmm. I like the '62, matter of fact all the old Darts are kind of kewl, especially the '64 and '65 versions. At least the old cars had some styling... Everything on the road now looks like just a slight variation on the same old theme. Can't say that I ever have seen a 4 door that I could honestly say I like. My big old 4 dr. '97 Bonneville ain't no beauty, but it sure is a good cruiser. As for the Mustangs, my favorites are the '67 to '69.