Civic Compensation

Is that an intercooler under your bumper or are you just happy to see me?

And one last Corvette Wagon...

And just in case you thought those last couple Corvettes don't belong here, here's one Corvette Wagon (or Shooting Brake I suppose) that does belong here.

Another Corvette Wagon

Awesome or gruesome? Some of these 80's Corvette wagon mock-ups fall in both categories for me. An excellent example of 80's extravagance (you can never have too many headlights), it kind of looks like a mutated science experiment gone wrong. Something straight out of "The Fly". Having difficulty placing the tail lights too - they kind of look like those off a Buick Regal with an extra bar grafted on top, or possibly lifted for a Ford Futura (the blasphemy!)...

Monzavette

Ever wonder what the offspring of a Chevrolet Monza and a Corvette would look like? Well - this is it. Part of me thinks it's kind of cool, but part of me doesn't understand why you'd want your Corvette to look like a Monza.

Audi Q5 Custom Concept

Last year Audi decided to create some extra hoopla around it's then new Audi Q5 by creating a "custom concept". Apparently the customizing went as far as painting random bits of a stock grey Q5 bright red, adding red bars of light under the roof rails and slapping some hideous graphics on the side. Way to turn a very attractive SUV into an embarrassment in 3 easy steps.

Great Wall Motors Wingle

Given the history of cloning current cars, I'm unsure if the resemblance to a Nissan Frontier from the A-pillars back is a result of cloning or that this is a licensed copy. If it is a licensed copy, I highly doubt Nissan saw the styling of the front end before the made their decision. It kind of looks like the clay model hit a wall before marketing gave the green light on the design.

And what's with the name? It sounds like something preschoolers call male naughty bits. Doesn't sound very macho.

Not labeling this under "Attack of the Clones", as I think it's a case of paying for a license of a Nissan design rather than blatantly cloning it.

Ferrari 456 Venice Convertible

Another special made by Pininfarina for the Sultan of Brunei. Two were made and feature this bizarre tapering rear end treatment. It'd look much better with the stock 456 rear end treatment. Pininfarina also made sedan and station wagon variants under the Venice name (see top pic), which actually don't like that bad.

Nissan 350F

This is the second hideous Nissan that seems to have ties to a higher power - note what appears to be a Jesus fish on the rear bumper.

Standard glued on detailing is present, as is the ricey rear spoiler. A few notable details though that push this car to the extreme. One is the strange feelers protruding from the front bumper. Curb feelers perhaps? Second is the screwed on homemade side skirts and front air damn. Not sure what they're made of, but it almost looks like baseboard molding. The picture below show them in detail, and they do look like wood... That picture also showcases the pièce de résistance - two mismatched, screwed on fake side exhausts.

A Lotta Lada

There seem to be boatloads of homemade Eastern European kits out there, so instead of posting them all separately I thought I would try to include them all in one post...

Almost fooled me there...

Not sure what's going on here, but this car is terrifying...

It's hard to tell, but it looks like the doors are now hinged to the exterior of the A-pillars.

Lada Samara by Abarth? Not sure how else to explain the Scorpions. Fluorescent pink is a nice touch.

Rocket powered?

Somehow, I don't think that bumper was meant for a Skoda.

Attack of the Clones: Changfeng Liebad CS7

Yet another Chinese car that looks suspiciously familiar. Their Liebad CS7 Sport-Ute is not only ironically named, it looks remarkably similar to the original Toyota RAV4 (although it's a bit hard to tell in these shots). I also find some tinges of current Santa Fe in there in the front end treatment, as well as the original Santa Fe in it's overly curvaceous fender flares.

And then there's this appearance package, which takes the whole thing to another fugly extreme. The Chinese sure love the gigantic bizarre grilles.