Mini Coupe Recoup

I thought I had posted this before, but I guess not. I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed by the Mini Cooper Coupe. For one I thought it should have been named the Mini Couper. But overall I thought the roof was overstylized and that otherwise stock looking rear end looked to abrupt and boxy. Below is my interpretation of a better looking version. My goal was to unclutter the roofline and change the tailights to something more unique and less tall to help visually reduce the height of the rear end. Plus I added a bit of extra scalloping between the taillights. Yeah - the taillights look a bit upset, and it has less visibility out the side windows, but you get the idea.

Dartz Prombron Nagel

Dartz continues it’s assault on good taste with the Prombron Nagel, a Prombron built specifically for pulling boat trailers. We can only hope it doesn’t get out of the CAD stages. Looking like the ungodly combination of Lego car and Cadillac’s “Art & Science” design theme, this behemoth is supposed to put out a rediculous 2000hp (if that’s even physically possible is unsure).

Retro Cloning: FNM Onca

FNM was a Brazilian car manufacturer that built variations of Alfa Romeo products. The Onca was coupe designed inhouse and powered by an Alfa Romeo 4 cylinder, and look remarkably like a period Mustang notchback with an Alfa nose grafted one. Pretty, but not very original.

Fail, Britannia!

Something happened in Britian in the late 60s and early 70s. In one fell swoop it’s entire automotive industry collapsed into a steaming pile of rust. BMC ran itself into the ground, and smaller firms seemed to suddenly loose the ability to design an attractive http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifautomobiles. Two strikingly similar cars are shown here – the Marcos Mantis and the Clan Crusader.

1968 Marco Mantis

The Mantis came first in 1968 as Marcos’ first 2+2. Remarkable, the styling was not well received and only 32 were sold. It almost looked as if a group of designers designs a piece of the car individually, and then glued them all together. The Clan Crusader followed in 1971, sounding like a white supremacist superhero. It looks eerily similar with it’s high mounted rectangular headlights and different but equally odd window treatment.

1971 Clan Crusader

BBQed Pony

These airbrushed flames are so convincing they actually melted the front end.

So many fugs, so little time.

My folder labeled "fugly", in which I put my fugly car pics, contains 757 files yet to be posted. I have a feeling I won't be able to post all of the automotive ridiculousness I've found, but I'll do my best...

Dartz Prombron Iron Diamond

Perhaps a better name would be the Dartz Canyonero F-Series. What you see here is an attempt to make a monstrous SUV for women, from the same company that wanted to line it’s standard Prombron in whale foreskin.

Changes to the truck involve a shorter wheelbase for ease of parking (the press release contains a back-handed comment on women’s proficiency on the matter), and no front passenger door to “prevent the theft of handbags”. You would think auto-locking doors would suffice…


Visually, the exterior changes seem limited to some large swaths of chrome very tacky yet lady-like scripty font spelling out “Iron Diamond”. However, inside you get to choose from 10 different themes, including “snake, crocodile, whale, skat, xameleon and elefant skins or standart carbon's and matt's” (sic). Although I think most ladies would be into skat as much as they would be into the Iron Diamond. Also not sure what an “xameleon” is, but I’m sure it’s an endangered animal.


Here’s the entire press release:

“DARTZ PROMBRON'' IRON.DIAMOND or L4P LADIES.ONLY World First SUV - Safety Uberluxury Vehicle created for ladies by ladies. All we see the modern trends - more and more ladies like to drive big cars, and if so - of course they want to drive unique and exclusive. It's very hard to meet two ladies in same dresses on party - but quite easy to meet ten ladies come on this party on similar black SUV's. DARTZ solve this problem. And - as always this decision is bulletproof. And not only because DARTZ cars stop the bullet - but because this idea is as always unbeatable. The first car is ordered by one of famous kazakh oil kings daughters - and here is here what she got. The base of new car from DIAMOND line is shorter than any other models - as all ladies are professionals in parking :-) Same reasons is why TELEFUNKEN created for DARTZ world first 8 cameras system - now they can park not only "on sound" but also us monitors. This car is 3-doors only - as mainly ladies drive in big SUV's with their handbags - which some hijackers like to stole. It;s impossible with DARTZ - there are no left passenger door :-). And the main and most important - this car have 10 dresses. Snake, crocodile, whale, skat, xameleon and elefant skins or standart carbon's and matt's can be installed on this car in maximum 7 days. And YES, there are first ladies who choosed world first LADIES.ONLY SUV - why waste money on standart car and after that to spoil(er) it - if easier to buy car from BOUTIQUE CAR makers with more than hundred years history? Ladies who visited Top marques Monaco choosed car from boutique. Of course with dress for next year parties! Stay tuned - new trends are coming from DARTZ as Vodka and Girls fuel our brains!!!”

It's a Schlong Story...

Dartz is a Russian maker of Armored car and massive, massively ugly SUVs. When launching it’s latest product in 2010, the Prombron, they actually stated they were going to use whale foreskin as an optional covering for the interior in their quest to line the interior in the most expensive materials available. While I’m not sure this statement was released for shock value alone, they later retracted their statement after blowback from Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund. And such influential people as Pamela Anderson. Next in the pipeworks – a Prombron that runs on 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam.

ETV: Extra Terrestrial Vehicle

A friend in Dubai spotted this recently, thinking it was possibly a solar car. I'd seen a pic of something similar recently, sure it was some kind super low volume of electric car.

Sadly, we were both wrong. I did find it, and it's pictured below. It's called the ETV, for Extra Terrestrial Vehicle. And what kind of alternate drive-train does this futuristic car have? Scroll down to find out...

It's just an Aveo.