The Ugliest Cars the World has Seen

That's right. We went there. Here are the ugliest cars we've ever seen.


AMC Gremlin



It's weak, it's ugly, and it doesn't look finished. I mean seriously, where is the second half of the car? Looks like someone just forgot to add it, to all of them. It was introduced on April 1st, 1970. Nuf' said.



Pontiac Aztec



Wow. There is just no excuse for an SUV this ugly. I haven't seen one of these in at least a year, I think the picture explains that.



Ford Pinto



If looks could kill, you'd be driving a Ford Pinto. Yeah, you knew it'd be on here somewhere. This little car is hard to look at, and if you get rear ended it blows up too. It's like an imitation Gremlin, but scarier.



Yugo



Even the owners wouldn't own up to it. Apparently explosive cars were important 40 something years ago. This car, like the Pinto, had problems with exploding, namely: it did. On top of that, it just doesn't look to appealing. On the plus side, if you dion't like the way it looks new, you don't have to worry, it'll look different by the time you get it home. The Yugo was a car that fell apart as you drove.



1998 Fiat Multipla



You've probably never seen one of these before, and you're probably glad. This thing is beyond ugly. In fact, I might even own an Aztec over this thing. Eww.



AMC Pacer



It seems the Gremlin wasn't ugly enough. AMC out did themselves this time. There are so many great descriptions of this car I think I'll let other people do the talking. One commentator called it "a pregnant roller skate," another said "Not only UGLY but two different-sized front doors!" In summation, "Six feet long, eight feet wide, bicycle tires all around, and 0 to 60 in four-and-a-half hours. What a prize! AMC's only conceivable excuse for this engineering and stylistic horror would be if their 1970s design crew was tripping on massive quantities of acid...and even then...it wouldn't be a good excuse." What is there left to say?



1933 Fuller Dymaxion



Never heard of it? Neither had I. Can't say I was missing much. Where do you start on a "car" like this? Time magazine described the inventor as "one of the century's great nutjobs, a walking unorthodoxy." That should help you understand this vehicle. I just have to explain this thing, it's a great story. This wacko wanted this thing to be a drivable plane. He wanted to put inflatable wings on it. Obviously that didn't work out. So what we are left with is a cockpit that is steered by the single rear wheel. That's right, only three wheels. That single rear wheel, that was soley responsible for the direction you went, "had a wicked death wobble."



1958 Zunndapp Janus



This thing just scares the crap out of me. It was powered with a 14 horsepower engine. I think my lawnmower has more power... You know how we joke about a car going 0-60 in like 3 hours? This thing couldn't even hit 60. 50 was it's limit. Who would drive something like that? Still trying to figure out which side is the front? So am I. Looking inside doesn't really help. The Janus had a rear facing bench for the back seat, that way you could watch death approach.



Well, I could keep going for days. This list is anything but exhastive. But let's just leave it there for now. Until next time, enjoy the car you are fortunate enough to not have to drive.