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Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 Years (according to BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek ^ | Damien Joseph

Posted on 11/03/2009 9:01:16 AM PST by DemforBush

Considering 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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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: automotive; cars
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Interesting list. Some I agree with (Cadillac Cimmarron = BAD!), some others I think either aren't ugly or were merely products of their time (i.e. they seem dated, but but were reasonably stylish in their day).
1 posted on 11/03/2009 9:01:16 AM PST by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

"You think you hate it now, just wait until you drive it."

2 posted on 11/03/2009 9:03:06 AM PST by dfwgator
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Honda Element, I think it was a Honda. Maybe they accidently sent us some of the Chinese knock-offs. They are ugly.

Is the Yugo on the list??

I kinda liked some of the El Camino’s but definitely not the Ford Ranchero or the GMC Cabillero. (haha.. )


3 posted on 11/03/2009 9:06:51 AM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
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To: DemforBush

I agree. Some of these are not actually ugly. Some are indeed hideous while others were considered quite stylish for the time in which they were introduced to the market.


4 posted on 11/03/2009 9:06:58 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: dfwgator

What about the blue super-sports wagon with the CB radio and the optional rally fun pack?


5 posted on 11/03/2009 9:07:53 AM PST by skeeter (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
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To: DemforBush
Well, a quick review of the "off the marques":

SSR - looked fine, just way too expensive for me.

El Caminos (Rancheros too) were fine looking , though fairly useless. Australia has all sorts of Sport-Utes. Bad Call.

PT Cruisers are often OK looking. Well done from a conceptual standpoint. I test drove a couple and didn't like them as a driver, but they look OK from the outside.

6 posted on 11/03/2009 9:08:12 AM PST by Paladin2
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Glad to see the revolting Honda Element and Nissan Cube on the list. However, I was surprised that only one Scion made the cut -- I'm not aware of a single model that looks good.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but still...

7 posted on 11/03/2009 9:08:42 AM PST by Constitutionalist Conservative (Two blogs for the price of none!)
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This comment from the article shows at least part of the author's agenda...

the Escalade is for looking rich while you're burning gasoline.

8 posted on 11/03/2009 9:09:28 AM PST by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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Some aren't all that bad.

I want to know why Scion isn't on the list.

That thing is hideous.

9 posted on 11/03/2009 9:10:13 AM PST by Califreak (Obama's Purple Reign must be stopped!)
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To: GeronL

Apparently the Dodge Rampage was also an El Camino type vehicle and an Australian thing called the Holden Ute was too.


10 posted on 11/03/2009 9:10:17 AM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
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I’ll take the Ferrari, if anyone wants to unload an ugly vehicle. I’ll suffer the humiliation of driving it...


11 posted on 11/03/2009 9:10:55 AM PST by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: dfwgator
Looks like Alan Colmes in the middle, must be considering the cash for clunkers program. Must have gotten a promotion.

By the way the top ugliest car ever made "the Edsel"

12 posted on 11/03/2009 9:11:04 AM PST by annieokie (i)
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To: DemforBush
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

The DeLorean made the list of the top 50 ugly cars? This is perhaps one of the sweetest autos in the last ... well ... 50 years!!!

Shhhheeeeeeeeesh!


13 posted on 11/03/2009 9:11:48 AM PST by Fighting Irish ("I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude." Thomas Jefferson)
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I’m working at the Car Wash....


14 posted on 11/03/2009 9:13:42 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: DemforBush

Some of those just had bad finish color combinations.

Those teeny tiny cars are all we will be allowed to drive soon.


15 posted on 11/03/2009 9:14:11 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (A trade: Conservative Anglicans for Liberal Catholics and a heretic to be named later.)
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LOL, my first car was number 7 on the list. I had a baby poop green Gremlin.


16 posted on 11/03/2009 9:14:33 AM PST by TexasBeth
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To: DemforBush

The Thing, the Element and the Gremlin all made the list.

Good.

So did the Nano, but I didn’t see a SmartCar


17 posted on 11/03/2009 9:14:55 AM PST by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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To: Fighting Irish

Needs a Mr. Fusion and those idiots at Newsweek don’t know beautiful when they see it.


18 posted on 11/03/2009 9:15:18 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: DemforBush

My inner-gearhead thinks this list has a lot of errors. It also has some holier than thou commentary.

Example on the Cadillac Escalade: “One of the most self-indulgent vehicles ever made, the Escalade is for looking rich while you’re burning gasoline.” Uh... it’s a luxury truck. It’s intended to be self indulgent and who cares how much gas it burns. I owned a Cadillac STS recently, was it self indulgent- YES! I wanted one and didn’t care about gas mileage.


19 posted on 11/03/2009 9:15:21 AM PST by Made In The USA (Communists need not apply.)
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To: Fighting Irish

I don’t think that’s a DeLorean


20 posted on 11/03/2009 9:15:44 AM PST by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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