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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

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To: DemforBush
I'm fine with the list except for this:


41 posted on 11/03/2009 9:28:50 AM PST by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: JoeProBono

I graduated in 1981. One of my friends family owned this car. They were all about 5’ 5”, 200+ pounds. We called it the Weeble Mobile.


42 posted on 11/03/2009 9:28:50 AM PST by job
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To: DemforBush

I remember both the Pinto and Chevette being introduced and man were they ugly looking.


43 posted on 11/03/2009 9:29:38 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: GI Joe Fan

what is that? i looks like a tennis shoe from the 90s...


44 posted on 11/03/2009 9:30:19 AM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: spetznaz
the Pontiac Aztek

yes--the car with the chopped-off ass... i think Rosie O'Donnell owned one...

45 posted on 11/03/2009 9:32:26 AM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Ferrari made the Enzo look dreadful, and now the new 458 is going to come close.

The 360 and 430 are some of Ferrari’s best work in decades.


46 posted on 11/03/2009 9:32:56 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: DemforBush

The writer is full of crap. Most of the cars are, at worst, ordinary. Many are downright cute. One or two are actually beautiful. (The ENZO is an ugly car?)


47 posted on 11/03/2009 9:36:33 AM PST by Little Ray (Obama is a kamikaze president aimed at the heart of this Republic.)
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To: DemforBush

Just about any car from France is ugly.


48 posted on 11/03/2009 9:37:55 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Jeff Chandler

There’s no time machine. No Mr. Fusion. No flux capacitor.


49 posted on 11/03/2009 9:38:38 AM PST by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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To: DemforBush

What a bunch of BS, some of the coolest cars on the planet here!


50 posted on 11/03/2009 9:39:21 AM PST by bigbob
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To: DemforBush

I agree with most of his picks, but the Bricklin, Volvo 240, Delorean, Plymouth Prowler, VW New Beetle, and the PT Cruiser in my humble opinion should never have made the list. The Pinto in it’s day wasn’t a bad looking car either.


51 posted on 11/03/2009 9:40:59 AM PST by A. Patriot (CZ 52's ROCK)
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To: kidd
There’s no time machine. No Mr. Fusion. No flux capacitor.

While we're on the subject, I think that John Lithgow would have been a hoot as "Doc". He was the original choice for the part.

52 posted on 11/03/2009 9:41:47 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (A trade: Conservative Anglicans for Liberal Catholics and a heretic to be named later.)
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To: DemforBush

almost every new vehicle is butt ugly these days- gone are the days of stylish cool looking vehicles- GTO, Road-Runners, AC Cobra, Galaxy 500, Thunderbirds etc- they all had awesome styling- now practically every new car all looks like other brands- Aerodynamics really killed the stylisness of the oldies but goodies


53 posted on 11/03/2009 9:42:10 AM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Fighting Irish

My dad used to work on 2 of those delorians- got to ‘road test’ them after workign on them quite often :)


54 posted on 11/03/2009 9:43:46 AM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Fighting Irish

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!

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I totally agree with you. Even after all these years, it still looks fantastic to me.


55 posted on 11/03/2009 9:44:32 AM PST by A. Patriot (CZ 52's ROCK)
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To: Fighting Irish
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!!!

It's got a distinctive appearance and I wouldn't call it ugly - but I did once have the misfortune of driving one. What a disappointment.

56 posted on 11/03/2009 9:44:37 AM PST by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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To: JoeProBono

This is the one I was looking for - I KNEW it would be on this list!!! LOL


57 posted on 11/03/2009 9:44:54 AM PST by RebelTXRose
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To: DemforBush
I think the author/critic is an idiot. MOST of the cars are not ugly. Furthermore, he included some that are classics of design (eg the DeLorean).
58 posted on 11/03/2009 9:45:03 AM PST by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY ( The Constitution needs No interpreting, only APPLICATION!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

[[Heh. I had a girlfriend who traded in her Gremlin for an AMC Pacer. I think that qualifies as an exacta.]]

Lol- that’s like trading in a WartHog for a Hairless Cat lol


59 posted on 11/03/2009 9:45:56 AM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Fighting Irish

Wasn’t that designed by the Italian genius Giugiaro? If not, it shows the influence of his work.


60 posted on 11/03/2009 9:46:11 AM PST by hellbender
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