Morgan Aero 8

The Morgan Aero 8 is one of the world's truly astonishingly ugly stock vehicles. And it's quite ridiculous as a racing car. This odd combination of 1930's style and modern aerodynamics looks like something Hot Wheels would come up with...and this type of thing should have been left to the world of 97-cent toys. I always say, to each their own...but for me I think I would rather walk.

Photography by Semnoz in march 2006
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Photo by DjKlax
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AMC Eagle

This is one of the last AMCs ever made. I like it because it's an AMC, has AWD, faux wood panels and is a station wagon. But then as far as style goes it's an 80's station wagon with faux wood panels (only a good combination on classics two decades older than this car), a goofy ride height (the AWD always makes it look like it's got too much weight in the back) and it's one of the reasons AMC died. It also made AOL's Autos' list of Top 10 Ugly Cars at #8, so apparently I'm not the only one who doesn't consider this car a work of art.

Public domain photo by IFCAR.

1974 Ford Taunus 2000GXL Custom

This formerly gray 1974 Ford Taunus has been...customized...a bit.

Part of the idea of "customizing" a car is to make something unique, that no one else has. And if you do this to a car, you're pretty well assured that no one else is going to make a mockery of a Taunus in the same way.

Sadly, though, the front end does remind me a little of the new Chevrolet Camaro concept. Scary stuff...

GNU FDL photos by Liftarn at Wikimedia Commons

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Chevrolet Cavalier Custom

Based on a quick peek at the car's interior, it seemed to have started life as a late 90's Chevrolet Cavalier. Note that the taillights, though, are not even close to the shape of Cavalier lights, they look to me to be from the newest generation Toyota Celica. And it's got quite a nose job, creating those little triangular taillights without the side markers cutting into the fenders as they do on the stock Cavie. That all looks like custom bodywork, and unless they did it themselves it cost them a pretty penny. What's sad to think is that for all that money, they could have spared themselves the time and trouble of turning a poorly designed Chevrolet into a Toyota Celica clone and gotten themselves an actual Toyota Celica, which is a much better car!

Honda Civics

I saw TWO different truly uglified black Honda Civics on the same day, on the same trip. I took the picture of the first one, happy to have found new blog material. At first, I thought the second car was the same car as the first, because it appears to have the same huge wing, but then I noticed the missing "Eire" sticker and the extra chrome trim and realized that I had spotted two of these abominations in the same trip!

Washboard Wheels?

As seen on Flickr with the caption, "I had to take a picture these things were so ugly. At least if the driver gets stuck he can slice cheese or something." I think the car is an Audi, which is doubly bad because a large part of the appeal of an Audi is the subtle, restrained style of the car. Until chrome washboards are bolted to the thing.

Photo by James (aka "monkeyatlarge" on Flickr.

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Unknown "Art Car"

From an Art Car parade in Houston, Texas.

This is supposed to be art? I do like the color, though, but the rest of it, well, come to think of that color I think it was a waste of good paint on that car.

Photo by falsecognate
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