The 50 ugliest cars of the last half century according to a list compiled by BusinessWeek (Slideshow).
Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 YearsConsidering how many new cars are rolled out every year, it's no surprise that a few might be just plain homely. There's a chance that certain styles might become fashionable with a dash of retro hip. (Well, maybe not from the 1970s.) But for the most part, the following 50 cars will never be anything but design duds.
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According to the late Tom McCahill, the absolute winner is the Citreon 2CV...
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
Winner of what?? The ugly contest??
Originally Posted by W1GUH
Yep. Featured as such on the cover of Popular Mechanics, sometime in the 60's.Winner of what?? The ugly contest??
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
I resent that, i had one, and lots of fun with it ;)
Specially when replaced the engine with a Citroen Visa engine, then i had the fastest 2CV6 in the Netherlands, doing 100 miles an hour flat out.
:)
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How did you fit into that thing?
It has an open roof ;)
Seriously, there was more headroom for my 7 feet in that ugly duck as we call them here, as in many US 6/8 cylinder cars i owned.....
Driving was fun, i even got it to cornering on 2 wheels around sharp bends or the city ;) you really had to try hard to do that with the suspention of that car.
You simply could replace everything with a basic set of tools.
Same colour as in the picture....
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
I owned one of those. I disagree with the super Italian sports car that look like its going 200 mph parked. I test drove a chevy avalanche. damn near bought it.
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