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.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

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.

Friday, June 10, 2011

The Titan




Thanks to the Nissan Titan, I can't find much info on this neoclassic "beaut". Looks like it might be made out of a FoMoCo product - possibly a mid to late 70's Lincoln Mark or a Thunderbird.

*EDIT - it's made out of a Ford Thunderbird, and was designed by George Barris.

Fauxdi S4




Can't afford a new S4? Just spend bundles of money making an old Holden Commodore look like one. So what if the greenhouse doesn't look the same at all...

Delusions of Grandeur




The last generation Toyota Tercel did share a lot in common with period Bimmers. This innovative person decided to take that a step further...

Audi A3: Flaming Tremors Worm Edition

Wow - this has it all. Ugly chrome dubs, pearlescent paint, and an airbrushed flaming checkered flag. Unfortunately the front end resembles one of the worms from Tremors choking on an intercooler.

Crown Schtick


I've brought you these awkward contraptions before
, but I've just discovered this newer version made in 1992, as well as the name of the company who makes them - Bayliff Packard. A coachbuilding company formed by Budd Baylifee, he started making mock Packards in the 70's in the vein of the Stutz revival.

Where in the 70's and 80's he relied on Cadillacs and Buick Rivieras, it seems he now makes do with Crown Victorias, likely because they're the remaining full size RWD car for sale in North America, not including the Lincoln Town Car, in recent years.

Ford Failane

How to destroy a Ford classic: graft on the nose of one of the most unloved Fords of the last 20 years.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

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).