The Ugliest Cars on Earth

May 10 01:00 UTC 1993

   I have the duboius honor of getting to mow all my company's lawns in
Ann Arbor Hills north of Geddes, and my partner and I have noticed a pre-
ponderance of ugly European cars in this neighbor hood.  
   A SAAB 900 Turbo putzes past - <Uck>
   Another Volvo wagon zooms by doing 80 - <BRACK>

   I suppose this does beat having to look at Caddilac El Rear-end-oh's all
day.  What I want to know is what makes *you* chuckle/sigh/vomit when it
drives past?  What are the ugliest examples of automotive wretchedness you 
have to look at?

response 2 of 65:

May 10 13:01 UTC 1993

Omni wagons made to look like the original Rabbit.  Mid 80's Ford LTD
(Looks the the back end of a coffin.)

response 4 of 65:

May 10 16:18 UTC 1993

I also vote for the Gremlin.  I even had one for a couple of years.  They
were ugly, but cheap.

response 6 of 65:

May 11 15:32 UTC 1993

   You were very Very VERY lucky Klaus.  I remember helping a friend work
on one, and it helped keep me from owning a car for years.  The Gremlin
is indeed the Most Ugly car in the world.

response 8 of 65:

May 16 16:47 UTC 1993

This year's Buick Skylark.  Not only is it ugly,  but its possessed!
Ergonomics are terrible: to roll down the window on, say, your left side,
you have to use your right hand because the armrest and door handle are in
the way.  You CAN do it with your left, but you'll crack your wrist doing
it.

And, the wiper stalk is more convenient to use than the column shifter
(auto trans), so when you want to use the shifter you get wiper action.

The power door locks lock and unlock at exactly the wrong times.  Like,
they lock as soon as you turn off the car.  What's the likely thing you'll
do when you turn off your engine?  Yeah, open the door.  They also lock
automatically at wierd times.

We rented one on a recent trip to Minneapolis and the _uckin' thing locked
hte keys in twice before we realized its system.

And GM wonder's why it doesn't sell cars the way they used to...

response 10 of 65:

Jun 2 15:13 UTC 1993

My uncle was in radio and was once given a Gremlin by an advertiser.
He took it because it was free, but he hated it.  He always called
it "the Goblin".

The Mercury Cougar has gotten a little bit better lately, but for a
few years there it was the ugliest car on the road.

response 12 of 65:

Jul 11 03:21 UTC 1993

#10.
There is no such thing as a free car, unless it comes with free insurance.

response 14 of 65:

Oct 12 03:10 UTC 1993

The most beautiful car I've ever seen required two drivers: one to take
tickets and the other to adjust the various controls so that the car could
tightly grip the cables for those steep hills.

response 16 of 65:

Apr 13 23:17 UTC 1994

any american car ever made is ugly.

response 18 of 65:

May 13 21:06 UTC 1994

you guys are all screwed up. Some of the most ugly cars came out of theties.
nLike the 57 DeSoto or an EARLY Volvo no these are ugly cars. The cars today
are much more refinded than these. These cars didn't just look ugly they 
handled teribly and were a pain to drive!!!!!

response 20 of 65:

Jun 13 21:10 UTC 1994

Well... the most ugly car ever made is the hyundai excel ! 
It is a 'modern' car... The list for 'old' cars is too long, as for old
_beautiful_ cars... Always european ! (sorry;))

response 22 of 65:

Jan 21 00:18 UTC 1995

I'd say the Chevette is one of the ugliest cars.  But they never tear up. 
They're like wind-up cars or the Energizer Bunny-----they keep going and
goinggoing...unfortunately!

response 24 of 65:

Jan 25 06:49 UTC 1995

for my money, the ugliest car was the AMC Pacer. The new NEon comes a close
second though.