Leyland P76

The Leyland P76 isn't that bad of a car aft of the front wheels. Basically your standard 70's sedan styling with a slight Coke-bottle effect. Kind of reminds me of a Ford LTD. Where it falls into the fugly category though is in it's extremely bluff and boring front end treatment. It's about exciting as the basic geometric shapes it's comprised of. Plus it looks kind of sad.

Chrysler 300 (but not the 300C)

I've never understood this since the 300/300C debuted. So you have the 300C. It's a pretty good looking car.



And then you get the base model 300. I'll start off by saying I understand that there's a perceived need for having the 300C look higher rent than the base 300. Some buyers may be turned off that their car may not look upscale comparatively.



But did they have to make the 300 so boring / ugly? I would think that would make the base model a much harder sell, not to mention the fact that it costs more to engineer and make two sets of front-ends for the same basic car. The Charger made due with the same face in base and R/T. Forms. Couldn't the just have sold the base 300 without fog lights and smaller rims? Even the tail lights are different, and slightly less appealing.

And here's a thought... Both 300C and 300 have the same basic and craptastic interior. In a sensible world, you think they would put the money into making the 300C interior nicer than that of the 300, instead making the 300 look crappier. Drivers spend most of their time IN the car anyway - why make them suffer?

Lexus IS-F Failpipes

I haven't decided yet whether I deem the Lexus IS-F ugly. Weird, yes. But I guess it looks kind of muscular, in an organic type of way.



The tailpipes are another matter though. They look excessive in all their stacked glory. And to make matters worse they look like some kind of cheap ricey accessory, like something you might see at SEMA. And they look fake. The kicker?



They ARE fake. Sad, really.

Clear Tail Lights

In 2009, Land Rover slightly modified the styling of the Discovery 3 / LR3 and renamed it the Discovery 4 / LR4. Overall the process involved adding somewhat unnecessary embellishments, leading to and new truck that looks somewhat overstyled compared to the original. But the process didn't really devolve it into fugliness. Unless you're talking about the taillights.



I would classify these tail lights as immensely fugly. I think Land Rover calls them "jewel-like", but I call them "vintage 1999 rice". Different for the sake of different can backfire, as it's done here. However, this looks seems to be spreading...

The reworked 2010 Santa Fe suffers a similar set-back. Also thoroughly restyled to acheive a look that's only modestly different (and also a bit overstyled), it also inherit two ugly new taillights not unlike the LR4, with some new clear lense portions that look both dated and horrible. I really hope this isn't a trend.

Honda FC (Fug Concept?) Study

Yet another horrid piece of show-car extravagance from Honda - the FC Sport. If only I could tell which end was the front and which end was the rear...

Perhaps most disturbing is the side view, which fully puts into perspective the short front overhang and the immense rear overhang, peaking into that strange central port that sort of looks like the charging unit of a cordless phone.

It kind of reminds me of something I can't place at the moment, two of which being the Fuller Dymaxion and the Cylons from the new Battlestar Galactica.

Honda Remix

The 2006 Honda Remix is an unfortunate car that unfortunately lead to the CR-Z concepts and ultimately the production version. This car is basically a mishmash of themes and ideas that's both simultaneously sleek and chunk, and almost makes the CR-Z attractive by comparison.

You can also see some themes of the Honda Crosstour in here too - this is possible the start of Honda's style degradation over the past few years.

Honda Puyo

A 2007 Honda concept, aimed at making the automobile more of an organic experience. By channeling a beluga perhaps? It's "bathtub with a greenhouse" body is made of gel-type substance for a soft touch feel and enhance safety (although I doubt being hit by any object at most speeds a car is capable of will do some damage, no matter how soft it is). This body is also semi-opaque, so that the headlights shine through it and appear to disappear when not in use. However, I have a feeling this may limit the length the headlight beam will reach.

Toyota Pod

This symmetic 2001 concept was Toyota's attempt at animating the inanimate. Beside looking like an overly cut pillbug, the Toyota sported such innovative features as the ability to portray emotion, and an antennae that wags like a tail when happy.

How does a car portray emotions you ask? Well - basically the car lights up on the outside in different colours depending on it's mood, so the whole world can see what your car is feeling. Not sure why it displays this on the outside - seems like this information would be a bit more useful to the driver.


Basically the car lights up orange when happy, red when angry and blue when sad. It takes cues from the driver to choose the appropriate emotion. For example, if you drive aggressively, it's angry. Not sure what driving style would elicit a sad response though. Attempting to drive off a bridge?