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Thursday, July 21, 2005

Oldsmobile Corvette Fugtastic



This just sad. This appears to have been (at one point) a Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible. Up front there are to be 3 bars of chrome across the grille, and overtop of the Olds emblem, and I think some strange chrome pieces above them.

The sides look to have VW Bug fenders, and the rear ones seem to have another extention on top of this. Chrome side exhausts ad some extra bling to a relatively chrome free side. I really like how the weird bulging fender extensions clash with the Old's original scalloped sides, making it look like the body is dented.

The rear is where it really gets interesting. There's a - something - over the convertible top. I think it's an attempt at a spoiler, or a very low rollbar. The only thing I'm sure it does do is prevent the top from opening. It's hard to tell in the pictures exactly what it is made of. But it looks like you can see grain - wood maybe? I also like how it's SCREWED into the body (see bottom picture).

The rear bumper is lifted from a Corvette, and seemlessly integrated into the body. By seemless I mean that it looks like a Cutlass ran over a Corvette in reverse. They did take the time to blend the bumper into the original body along the bottom, but the edge of the trunklid remains untouched as you can see where there are indents for the original Oldmobile taillights.

On top of the trunk sits a strangely small spoiler (or painted skateboard?). On top of which is a faux jet engine. And on top of that is an antennae. Oh and the trunk has vents for some reason. I don't know why a trunk needs airflow. Maybe so the human captures can breath on their trip back to the home planet.

Volkswagen Fug


Look! It's a pink Cadillac! No - wait - those are '57 Chev fins. And they're sticking out of the back of a VW Bug. And sticking out of the roof of a VW Bug.

El Grande Royal



My must all modified Cadillacs have to start with "El"? Also, I think they need a couple more adjectives in the name. Maybe the "El Grande Royal Majestic Imperial Superior III".

This version is better than most neoclassics cause it's stretched a couple more feet than the rest of them, and has a true neoclassic front end (aka - looks like Mercedes 500K).

Keep on Truckin'


Sure it looks ugly now, but wait 'til it's finished.

Cadillac Eldorado Evolution 1


Evolution I - a custom Eldorado coupe by Parisian fashion designer, Pierre Cardin. He should stick to clothes. Women I suppose should flaunt their "front overhang", but not cars. I don't know what is hidden in the 5 feet of space in front of the front wheels. A walk in closet?

Base price was $58,000. In 1981. The "equipped" price was $63,000.

Cadillac Seville Innsbrook


Global Coach Corporation again, this time with an unstretched convertable version of the Seville called the Innsbrook. Again using sedan front doors, but it looks even weirder because they cut the extra sedan length out of the body where the rear passengers would sit, creating a weird mini-Caddy.

Cadillac Seville Opera Sedan, Part 2




Same again, in the second generation of the Seville. Slightly better, because the newer Seville had longer front doors, and they used a more appropriately sized grille. However, it also enherited the ugly new Seville ass.

Oh - and the third pic has OPERA WINDOWS! Class act.

Cadillac Seville Opera Coupe, Part 1





The first generation of another Cadillac made by the Global Coach Corporation. Although similar in design, it's one of their first customizations and much, much worse.

Basically, the front of the car has that same stretched look with fake tires. Except this time the grille is taller and narrower, and looks like it was taken from another car.

However, where it really fails is from the windshield back. The Eldorado is a coupe, and therefore has nice long coupe doors. The Seville is a sedan. Instead of making new doors, the just used the ones of the sedan. So they're tiny in comparison to the body. Made worse by the 50 foot front end. And of course there's the customary neoclassic roof, which contains no windows aft of the doors and ends abruptly.

Fugette


This lowrider is made out of a Chevy Chevette, which I had no idea was of interest in the low rider scene. Then he apparently got bored and decided to transform it into a bathtub/shopping cart.

High Rider


Found this on a low rider page. But I don't see how it applies having more ground clearance than most SUVs. This guy must have issues with his manhood. So much so that his frame of mind is skewed.

"Mine's bigger than yours. In fact, it's so big it's impossible to fit in a regular 'wheel well' and is therefore useless. AND rubbers are almost impossible to find that big."

Cadillac Eldorado El Ballero



Basically this is sort of a partial "neoclassic car" - a car whose design is inspired by older designs. Sorta like the current retro crap, but more extreme. Most offen "neoclassics" try to emmulate a design from the 1930's or before. With horrible results.

This Caddy does so, but only goes halfway and ends up looking like a really long and ugly Eldorado. Step 1 - monster chrome grille. Step 2 - make the hood 2 feet longer and ad fake tires. Step 3 - remove rear quarter windows. Step 5 - add vinyl to make a faux convertable roof.

To elaborate - these are semi-kitcars. They're not production cars and they're not one offs. Companies produced parts to make multiple versions of these monsters.

*EDIT* - I found this and many other's in a craptastic 80's goldmine of modded Cadillacs. This was made by Global Coach Corporation.