Britain Names the 100 Ugliest Cars
In reviewing the top 20 automobiles on the list, it came as no surprise to see the AMC Gremlin and Pacer. And if you have ever visited England and seen the Fiat Multipla on the road, you would have no contest to it’s being in second place. But there were some cars we didn't expect to make the ugly list.
The Ranger Rover made the top twenty ugliest cars and the PT Cruiser was number 10. The Austin-Healey Sprite Mk1, although it was number 100, the car shouldn’t have made it on the list at all - it's down right adorable! And how could a Fiat Doblo with its big boxy transporter shape on tiny tires rank 95 when the VW Beetle’s gets put in number 35 spot.
The Telegraph.co.uk does point out that this article was an amusing counterpoint to their recent feature on the motor industry's most beautiful designs, which earned them several jibes about their questionable taste. We’re not surprised when they posted a Lotus Esprit in the top ten and a Citroën DS as number two. Naturally, being an owner of a Jaguar E-Type, we paused our criticism when seeing the cat take first place.
So what would you vote to be some of the ugliest autos? The VW Thing would definitely make our top ten.
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The 100 ugliest cars could easily be expanded by such beauts’ as the Renault CV series, Saab Sonnets, 1950s’ Nash Ambassador, 1956 Packard Hawk, 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan and the bling winner of all time the 1958 Buick Roadmaster. Just give this old guy some more time and I could come up with lots’ more.
Kent,
Oh my, we almost forgot about the 1956 Packard Hawk! Yikes, that was a face only a mother could love.
Thanks, Tony & Michele
Good that they didn’t miss the Aztek. I’d also suggest the 1995-1999 Buick Riviera. It looked like a supermodel that had undergone all sorts of unpfortunate and deeply-discounted plastic surgery. Then there’s the Renault 8; they had to give it big, ugly headlights so you could tell if it was coming or going. First-gen Chevrolet Avalanche. First-gen Corvair. The ‘59 Impala sedan — that big, stupid wrap-around rear window and bat-wing tail fins were a hideous combination. And what about the Bricklin SV-1?
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder! I think their tastes in cars are dated and unrealistic. In function there is beauty as well and a lot of the cars they dissed were built with that in mind.
Hi- I must disagree with a couple of the “worlds ugliest cars”. The AMC Pacer was an attempt at aerodynamics, similar to the Chrysler and DeSoto Airflows. Also they had several inovative ideas in their design. For example, the right side door was either 2 or 4 inchs longer than the drivers door. This made it easier to enter and exit the rear seat. And the Gremlin was a real hotrod with the V-8 in it. And with that 7 main bearing 6 cyl. engine, they were industructable.