World's 15 Ugliest Cars

CBS News ^ | Staff

[Red Badger]

Did you own any of these?

I did.......................

[paterfamilias]

“VW Thing? That should be in a different list of coolest cars ever made. I want one!”

I completely agree!

[GnuThere]

:). Lucky you!

[1Old Pro]

No Yugo???

Yugo, remember parking next to one at a ski mtn parking lot, the horn got stuck on.

[chris37]

It was a Smart car.

“But they drove with pride… And as the crowds drive past a little flat car You know they saved a lot of gas But they didnt get far”

[Conan the Librarian]

I wanted one with a face MG 42 mounted in the back.

Just like in Rat Patrol.

[Skepolitic]

Kind of like the Chevy Nova, which was dubbed No Va (It doesn’t go.) in Spanish speaking countries.

[Red Badger]

We’re home of the world’s largest USAF base, so we get people from all over the country and world here................

[Buffalo Head]

Not legitimate without the 1959 Chevy!!

[IYAS9YAS]

Kind of like the Chevy Nova, which was dubbed No Va (It doesn’t go.) in Spanish speaking countries.

That's an urban legend. It's also linguistically incorrect in Spanish. The Nova sold quite well in Mexico. It was sold under the name Chevrolet 400 in Argentina, and Acadian was the name used in Canada.

[ctdonath2]

Aztec looked ridiculous. The really baffling part was that it was promoted as featuring an attached _tent_ - as though you’d want to camp in a way preventing your vehicle from going anywhere without completely dismantling your sleeping quarters first.

[metmom]

Pintos were mentioned in the article and it reminded me of that.

Anyways, you’re right. I’ve seen far worse looking cars on the road.

[Federal46]

Th he Thing was a Volkswagen design from the beginning.

[metmom]

Ours was an automatic that would not go into reverse unless it was THOROUGHLY warmed up.

That meant that if you made the mistake of pulling into a parking spot, you had at least a 10-15 minute wait for it to warm up enough to be able to back out.

[BOARn]

those old pacers make real nice drag cars

[kaehurowing]

AMC Hornet, which was basically a Gremlin with a thyroid problem.

[Red Badger]

My parents had one.................

[YogicCowboy]

Aǹ ersatz Kubelwagen, but nevertheless cool.

[YogicCowboy]

I first saw this in Europe on a choir tour. It made me think of the squashed human slaves in Phantasm.

[YogicCowboy]

Yeah. A female friend special-ordered one in Welch’s Grape purple way back. She loved it.

[YogicCowboy]

Looks like a Citroen SM.