Worst Car Design Thread!

mike65 · 08-07-2004 4:37pm #1

Post them here, your entry in the

Design Hall of Shame

Mike.

mike65 · 08-07-2004 4:39pm

Mike.

Sleipnir · 08-07-2004 4:48pm

"I dream of a car......"

shurl · 08-07-2004 4:55pm

Hey Mike,

Isn't that an AMC Gremlin?

..Or am i being stupid?

S.

boogie man · 08-07-2004 4:58pm

You can't put the "merth mobile" in the hall of shame!

BM.

dahamsta · 08-07-2004 5:02pm

Look, I'm sorry ok? I know that this is going to be unpopular; I know that as a mode of transport they're supposed to be very good; I know that the *koff* people on Motornet think they're just the best thing since sliced bread. But I hate the Multipla. A lot.

I mean, jesus, look at it. It's an effing monstrosity!

adam

ando · 08-07-2004 5:05pm

some alloys and droped, it would look the dogs

mike65 · 08-07-2004 5:06pm

...and just to prove how contrary I can be, I like the Multipla!

Mike.

dahamsta · 08-07-2004 5:10pm

Originally posted by ando
some alloys and droped, it would look the dogs

You asked for it!

http://www.tuninglove.com/disegni/giugno_03/bogich/multipla%20new.jpg

(C'mon Mike, admit it, you're just starting populist threads now to boost your mod campaign, aren't you?

)

koneko · 08-07-2004 5:22pm

I can't stop myself from laughing at Multipla drivers, it looks eerily like The Homer and that scares me.

Cars are like boyfriends/girlfriends. It's not all about what's on the inside. He/she/it has to look half-way decent too.

Interceptor · 08-07-2004 5:36pm

The Hyundai Santa Fe soft roader has to be the ugliest thing since the Ford Scorpio (thankfully dead and not coming back). Did Hyundai do like on Fight Club and steal all the goo from the back of a hospital and use it to make the prototypes?

As for the Multipla, Fiat sold so few of them , they have redesigned the snout on the '04 car so it doesn't look like a confused hippo anymore.

'ceptr

ChipZilla · 08-07-2004 5:53pm

Originally posted by dahamsta
You asked for it!

http://www.tuninglove.com/disegni/giugno_03/bogich/multipla%20new.jpg

(C'mon Mike, admit it, you're just starting populist threads now to boost your mod campaign, aren't you? )

Thats some pimped out Multipla

I could make a list a mile long of american motors...

Oh, where to start?

Puntos with bodykits or silly colours:

Ford Scorpio:
ford%20scorpio%20cosworth%2024v%20-97.jpg

Ford Ka:

Austin Allegro:

PT Cruiser:

New Micra:

Porsche Cayenne: (Money knows no beauty...)

But the number 1 ugly car award goes to:

THE HONDA INSIGHT! God damn, that is hideous.

mike65 · 08-07-2004 6:00pm

I cant decide if this is one of the worst or one of the best...

Vrooooom! :ninja:

Mike.

highdef · 08-07-2004 6:47pm

I think the Lagonda is a pretty cool looking car - the Scorpio is gorgeous (not so great in white). I have to say this as I drive one.

Dr. Dre · 08-07-2004 6:57pm

FIAT Brava

...and most volkswagons.

byte · 08-07-2004 8:11pm

Originally posted by dahamsta
Look, I'm sorry ok? I know that this is going to be unpopular; I know that as a mode of transport they're supposed to be very good; I know that the *koff* people on Motornet think they're just the best thing since sliced bread. But I hate the Multipla. A lot.

I mean, jesus, look at it. It's an effing monstrosity!

adam

ROFFLE

I couldnt' agree more, they're hideous!

PBC_1966 · 08-07-2004 8:21pm

Hard to vote between all the latest cars. 95% of them all look pretty much the same:- Plain ugly.

ChipZilla · 08-07-2004 8:23pm

I forgot the Renault Vel Satis. What were the designers smoking?

And the Proton. (Although the design was Mitsubishi's). F*cking evil little piece of sh*t.

Merrion · 08-07-2004 8:25pm

I've always thought the Audi A2 looks a lot like a rat and the Ford Ka looks like its wearing a nappy.

dahamsta · 08-07-2004 8:39pm

Originally posted by ChipZilla
Puntos with bodykits or silly colours

I wouldn't be bothered qualifying it meself, just leave it at "puntos". But to be fair, they're not really badly designed, they're just common. You know, like Fiestas.

I think we should stick with bad design. If we go with mods, I could just take my camera out and walk around the city for half an hour. (I'm not kidding. I passed one of those lovely Peugeot hardtops earlier today, with a nice respectable bodykit and surprisingly well-chosen alloys. Then I noticed the "with-it" stickers and the horrendous lexus lights. So near, and yet so far.

)

Ford Scorpio

The world wasn't ready for them 10 years ago, but I'm afraid I like them now. I'm glad I didn't buy one though, they're a lot commoner than I thought!

Ford Ka

I have to confess to liking these too, although only the top of the line ones. Don't you think they're dinky when they're all kitted out?

Austin Allegro

Absolutely. Especially if they're beige. A friend of mine had to drive around in a dark green one of these with a go-faster aerial about the size of the ones you see on tanks -- you know the ones that have to be tied down at the back? I kid you not.

PT Cruiser

Uh-oh. I like these too. I dunno, they're "kustomy".

New Micra

Any Micra.

Porsche Cayenne

Don't like Porsches in general, but that isn't bad looking. It's obscenely expensive mind, but that's not what we're talking about here...

THE HONDA INSIGHT! God damn, that is hideous.

Christ, it is. It's like they took a Civic (a resoundingly shít car, if you don't mind me saying so) and a Citroen, and /rammed/ them together. Badly.

But what do I know? I think Anglias and Volvo 240's are totally cool.

adam

ando · 08-07-2004 9:48pm

What...... The ........ f*** ......

I seen the 407 for the first time today on the road, I nearly got sick. It reminds me of those large whale like animals that leave their mouths open for minutes at a time to feed on the smaller fish in the sea

Can't forget this sexy beast:

The Renault designers need to be admitted to a mental house for destroying the megane, twas a nice car before this yoke appeared

Guy:Incognito · 08-07-2004 10:04pm

Originally posted by ando

The Renault designers need to be admitted to a mental house for destroying the megane, twas a nice car before this yoke appeared

The saloon version is nice, the sport saloon. It has similar spec to the current laguna when it first came out.

Capt'n Midnight · 09-07-2004 12:04am

Opel Corsa / Vauxhall Kadette - old version
The distributor was low down on the front of the engine - bloody thing could smell puddles and conk out...

unkel · 09-07-2004 12:15am

That Scorpio is ugly, the Multipla is so ugly it's ok again

And the AMC Pacer was always horrible

Liked the Lagonda way back then but looks dated now and doesn't do anything for me now...

I've always hated the Renault 12 and the Dacia clone is even worse...

dahamsta · 09-07-2004 12:39am

I have to say I kinda like the late Renaults. They remind me a little of the Citroen DS, a car which I would genuinely give up a testicle for.

[EDIT: BTW, is it just me or is that Dacia yoke the spit off a Saab 99? And while I'm on the subject, what is it with Saab and the number 9?]

adam

unkel · 09-07-2004 1:50am

Originally posted by dahamsta
BTW, is it just me or is that Dacia yoke the spit off a Saab 99

That's an awful insult to Saab but I hate to have to admit that I can see where you're coming from. Should have used another Renault / Dacia picture I suppose...

Originally posted by dahamsta
I have to say I kinda like the late Renaults. They remind me a little of the Citroen DS, a car which I would genuinely give up a testicle for

Which late Renaults? I sure hope there isn't another insult coming up. The late Renaults that are RIP like the 12 (thank heavens) or modern ones?

The DS would get my number 1 vote in the car of the 20th century poll. I don't know why there are so few around in this country :dunno:

But if you're driving on the continent, you're odds on to see one every day - especially in Holland

Ruatha · 09-07-2004 9:18am

Most Korean efforts deserve to be here, but especially the Hyundai coupe......

ChipZilla · 09-07-2004 9:44am

Originally posted by unkel
The DS would get my number 1 vote in the car of the 20th century poll. I don't know why there are so few around in this country

Cos they'll have rusted to bits or otherwise died of neglect. People in Ireland don't know the value (monetary or otherwise) of old cars. I was doing a job a few years back for a farmer in Tipp who had a beautiful LHD Opel GT decomposing in a haybarn. He said it had been there for 6 or 7 years. Covered in cow**** and silage. It's probably still there...

This is an Opel GT in case you were wondering:

mike65 · 09-07-2004 10:30am

On the Citroen ID/DS, there are a few fine examples in the Waterford area including one which was pressed into action by local city council canditate Oli Dempsey (his rather lovely daughters acted as moped outriders!) but as he's a classic car collecting, handlebar moustache wearing architect he can get away with that sort of thing!

Mike.

ps he did'nt win a seat.

mike65 · 09-07-2004 10:53am

Something our american friends in Arizona etc still bounce around in

Sometimes living in a rust free environment is'nt such a good thing

Spot the headlights (or the good taste!)

Mike.

dahamsta · 09-07-2004 11:25am

Originally posted by unkel
That's an awful insult to Saab

No offense to Saab was intended or implied.

Which late Renaults?

The Vel Satis and Megane, with the raunchy rears.

I don't know why there are so few around in this country

As ChipZilla says, cos they fell apart. Neglect on one side, scrappage scheme on the other, both conspiring to kill thousands of cool cars. There's one around the corner from me here, it leers at me every time I pass it -- "you don't own me, you don't own me". Is it weird to whisper "I'd prefer a black one anyway" every time you pass a white DS?

Mike, I'm afraid I love those big old american heaps. Little bit of hydraulic work and you could have a whale of a time. Pardon the pun.

adam

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