World's Ugliest Vehicle Unveiled

Reaganite Republican ^ | 03 October 2015 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

From where else- Russia

While the Russians are quickly running out of money -and still can't make a decent toaster- the sky's the limit for the Kremlin when it comes to military stuff. Somehow tho there never seems to be much budget left for styling- instead, they appear to have let their video-game obsessed kids design the thing (while the dog helped).

Yet the ZIL (maker of trucks and Soviet limos) KAT is itself a microcosm of Putin's Russia... overbearing/hyper-macho, in-your-face, brutish, unpolished... not a lot of it makes sense to outsiders, yet they absolutely do not care what you think about it (or them):

a little bit better in profile

The KAT weighs 4.5 tons and can carry 10 fully-armed troops. A prototype was built last year with a Cummins 4-cylinder Diesel, but the 'production' model show here has a Russian Kamaz V-8 Diesel with 700hp. The open-wheels seem a good way to avoid interior damage from any mines ran-over, as the blast would be deflected from the floorboards/passenger compartment.

The radical angle of the front sure out to deflect enemy fire well, but not sure what the thinking is behind the bullseye-red front grill... seems as idiotic as WWI French Army uniforms with their easy-to-target red pants. And if you dropped a jar of epoxy off a bridge or out a window onto that windshield it would probably be stopped cold in its tracks...

Reminds one of a homemade Mexican narco-tank

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[WayneS]

They actually made a version of the Gremlin with a V8 engine. It was far too fast for its brakes, suspension and steering.

[W.]

Good selling point!

I was gonna say so's 0bama's head!

[Calvin Locke]

Datsun F-10

I think a guy in HS had one of those. Hit a bump, and the tranny would shift from "D" to "N".

[Poser]

[rktman]

Mine dropped a valve seat driving home from work one day and I had to drive it on 3 cylinder until I could find a replacement head for it. Good times...........LOL! Sometimes you gotta use what you got.

[lacrew]

I understand what you mean...the Aztec isn't uglier than a whole lot of other stuff out there. But I wouldn't compare it to SUVs as much as the family of 'crossover' vehicles that have come out lately. An example is this Lexus. Just a re-styles minivan with 18" rims.

[doorgunner69]

Saw the thread title and figured it would be about that Datsun, I mean Neesan, Juke thing I have seen lately.

[Bucky14]

You are so right. Just a horrible looking vehicle. Still see them once in a great while.

[Bucky14]

My buddy calls that the Tupper Ware car

[MHGinTN]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Tangi

Light armored ice cream truck for sales in Detroit burbs and Chicago streets.

[Dr. Sivana]

Just as ugly, but will also rust into a pileof dust in record time. (Volkswagen Thing)

[DCBryan1]

Dunno...Land Rover made a pretty ugly one:

[MHGinTN]

That is so ugly that it’s cute! Nissan Juke is the same sort of cute.

[wally_bert]

I would prefer the South African Marauder that Richard Hammond showed off as a good town car.

[wally_bert]

It’s a good town car.

[wally_bert]

Bet the lifters chattered after 70k miles if it had the typical AMC 304.

[TexasTransplant]

Makes me miss my Gremlin

[Balding_Eagle]

The Pontiac Aztec is still uglier.

Little known fact, Aztec was the first GM auto designed and engineered by a 100% female team.

It was to be a memorable honor to be on that team.

[zeugma]

Things are actually pretty popular in some places. One in good shape can fetch some serious money. I kinda like them myself.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Actually that translates as ZSN