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Saturday, January 08, 2011

A8 + R8 = H8

I feel like my title needs a little explanation. That's supposed to be H8 as in h-eight (hate), the feeling which I have for this unholy combination of A8 and R8, two of the better looking cars in their respective genres. At least it doesn't have the sideblades.


Bedazzling

While it might appear to be just an ugly paint job, the devil is in the details. First, note that it seems some one took a Bedazzler to all the shut lines. Also note that the hood pins are chained to the front bumper. I'm not sure that's good for the paint finish.

Also, if you think those rims look oddly familair - they're taken from an SRT8 300C.

Baffling Waffling

Not sure what this Japanese microcar was, but given the grille I assume it's now some kind of industrial waffle making machine capable of making 16 waffles at once.

When "topless" is a bad thing...

I would imagine that this unfortunate Lexus LX 570's offroad prowess would be somewhat reduced with the removal of it's roof. Not that it would have ventured off road anyway, I suppose.


Fleur-de-Lose


I posted these on a Aston the other day, not knowing what they were. However, now I do. Made by Graf Weckerle, the aluminum and titanium baroque wonders rims are on the Compte Noir (black count en francais) edition Ferrari 599 Fiorano. Astonishingly they take 20 days to build.

http://www.grafweckerle.de/index2.html