A blog devoted to RANTS ON AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, car reviews, and - above all - fugly autos. whether looking for vehicular plagiarism or rides of extreme tastelessness, you've come to the right place.


Monday, July 25, 2011

Unbalanced


How exactly does one balance these wheels? The only wheels that should look like this belong inside a Citroën.

Supra Fugly

I apologize for the horrible quality, but this was snagged from the road.  Basically a late '80's Toyota Supra, modified to include a body kit with a gigantic Toyota emblem grille and - confusingly - Nissan 350Z headlights.  I had to do a double take just to understand what I was looking it.  You would think that with the number of people that graft Toyota Celica headlights onto their abominations, that that would be the go-to headlight for ruining a Toyota.  Especially if you're faithful enough to the brand to turn the entire front end of the car into a giant Toyota logo.

Neolier




At first this looks like your typical sadly modified Neon - until you see that the back end of a Cavalier seems to have been grafted in.  Perhaps doubly ironic, the license plate says "The Import Specialist".

Honda Pilot Gets Grilling

Honda has released a picture of the upcoming 2012 Honda Pilot refreshing, but unfortunately it's very mild on the styling front.  Gone is the BBQ burner grille insert, but that's about it - it still has the same wide-eyed stare, as if it were in shock. In my humble opinion, it really needs a complete redo forward of the A pillars.  Technical details of the update haven't been released yet, but it's been said that it'll be more fuel efficient - most likely aided by more cogs in it's transmission.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Beast

Back when I was young, I remember reading a book at a friend's house that belonged to his father. It contained one of the strangest looking cars I'd ever seen, so much so that it stuck with me for the last 20+ years. I recently came across this car again, and it brought back a flood of fugly memories.


That car is "The Beast", a creation by John Dodd.  Looking like the combination of the Family Truckster, a Rolls-Royce Carmargue and possibly some sort of Shooting Brake version of a late '70s Camaro, this 19 foot monster hid a very large secret - a 27 Litre Rolls-Royce Merlin airplane engine.

It originally sported a Rolls-Royce grille (pictured above in a 3D represenation), but now sports the stylized "JD" seen below after legal threats from Rolls-Royce. 


Regardless of how it looks however, the fact that it even exists and works is impressive.  Follow these links for first hand accounts of driving the monster:

http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/228789/the_beast.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw





*EDIT* - here's a bonus pic of the original body, which was destroyed in a fire. Carries a similar Rolls-Royce air, but in a body that looks like a stretched Capri.

Fuggerham


What do you get when you combine a Caterham and a mudskipper?  The IFR Aspid.
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Gross Pointe Blanc

Your regular, run-of-the-mill Bugatti Veyron is one of those designs that you either love or hate.  The newly released Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport L'Or Blanc (it takes longer to say it's name than it takes for it to go from 0-60mph) definately sways that opinion to the latter.


Starting with your "base" model Grand Sport, the L'Or Blanc edition, Bugatti worked German porcelain maker Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin to adorn the Veyron with porcelain both inside and outside.  The whole things is wrapped in an elaborate hand painted (but extremely ugly) blue on white colour scheme, reminiscent of porcelain artwork.


All for an eye-watering $2,400,000.

Friday, July 15, 2011

2012 Opel Combo


Opel recently released pics of it's new Cargo / people van, and it's surprisingly hideous.  While Opel has produced some very attractive cars lately, this mix of Fiat Doblo, Opel Corso and Kia Soul is not.  Also, it looks way to happy for looking how it does.