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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[Reaganite Republican]

Good point- these Lexi don ‘t do a thing for me

[Reaganite Republican]

First VW assembled in Mexico for export- explains the quality issues somewhat

[Reaganite Republican]

Mulitpla looks like a dolphin but smallest car in the world that seats six on two bench seats- roomy too, the car is very wide.

Great idea and drives good, but the styling got out there in the weeds.

[Fresh Wind]

Yep. The ugliest vehicle ever produced

It was at the time, but another 15 years of progress has advanced the art of ugliness to the point that the Aztek looks mainstream. For supporting data, look up the Nissan Juke, the Kia Soul, and the Hyundai Veloster.

[SoothingDave]

Someone at Fiat obviously took the concept of “high beams” way too literally.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Not true. The guy in charge of the C7 corvette design also led the Aztek design.

[Balding_Eagle]

Serious?

At the time there was a long WSJ article about the Aztec and how the entire ground breaking team was female.

My memory may be faulty, I don’t want to be spreading a false story, how sure are you of your information?

[Travis T. OJustice]

http://jalopnik.com/the-guy-in-charge-of-the-c7-corvettes-design-made-the-1440352459

[Balding_Eagle]

Thanks, I really appreciate that information.

[Travis T. OJustice]

My pleasure.

[wally_bert]

I’m trying to imagine that much power in a Gremlin.