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.


Sunday, March 07, 2010

Wankel powered Wanker


Another case of the adding Mercedes cues to Japanese sports cars. This version IMO is better off in the looks department, but it looks more like a Celica than a Mercedes. And I doubt they're trying to emulate an underpowered and googly-eyed Toyota.

SLK2000


I'm not sure why you would attempt to graft the from of an SLK onto an S2000, but in case you were wondering what that abomination would look like, here it is.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Toyota Turd-cel



You know how is some hardcore race cars based off stock models, they sometimes remove a headlight and replace it with a hole for pushing air more directly into the intake? I think that's the look this guy is trying to achieve. Also - I'm quite sure that his fancy warped chin spoiler is actually that plastic edging you can buy for gardens. I got quite familiar with the stuff last spring doing yard work...

Also present are a hick-Cosworth dual spoiler out back, and the obligatory stickers outlining what is (and most likely isn't) under the hood.

SLKill it with fire




Basically a first-gen SLK with CLK (or SL?) headlights and the ugliest grillework this side of this car and an Audi. Even ignoring the mug, the colour combo of orange and blue would still keep it safely fugtastic. Especially when you get inside, and the blue leather takes on a disgusting Barney-hide hue.

Although I do kinda like the taillights, in an 80's Benz kinda way.

Bōsōzoku

So I've stumbled across Bōsōzoku - a Japanese subculture of fugly weirdness who cars I featured previously on my site. I had an inkling they belong to a specific Japanese "style" as they all kinda matched in their own weird and fugly ways, and because of this I had a "Japan" subcategory already made for them. Now that I know what this is called, I've renamed it.

Click here for the new Bōsōzoku subcategory. Note that the label for this style is still "Japan", because I'm too lazy to go back through all the posts and change them.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Severe Identity Crisis


Besides the fact that this poor late model 3-Series has more chrome stuck to it than that Nissan, and more fake scoops than that Amati, perhaps the most alarming thing about the car is Corvette logos behind the rear wheels. This is like an upscale version of those people that stick screaming chickens on their Cavaliers.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Go Fug Yourself



Just taking a moment for a little self promotion... Posting my zazzle site which features a few of my vector pieces (as well as some photography), featuring some fugtastic cars like the Pinto and Pacer.

Hoping to get some time to flesh out the zazzle site soon.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

DC Designs Rolls-Royce Coupe





I’m not sure exactly what this car is, exactly. The proportions – and overall look – scream that this is Nissan 370Z based. But I can’t be certain that it’s one way or the other. What I am certain of is that those two shapes to not combine in an attractive way. Definitely not “cexi”, as it’s license plate tries to say. It’s also slightly reminiscent of the Mayback Exelero, which is also not a car that’s exceptionally gifted in the looks department. The second most shocking thing about this car is it’s price tag, set at $1.2 million. Although I suppose one can expect no less from the company who modified the cheapest car in the world – the Tato Nano – and upped it’s price a hundred fold to $220,000.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Lamborghini Coatl




The Lamborghini Coatl is the product of Automóviles Lamborghini Latinoamérica S.A., which was given the right to build and distribute modified and rebodied Lamborghinis as the real thing in South America in the 90's. The particular Diablo based car was given a new look and some modified internals to achieve a top speed close to 240mph, and a 0-60 time of around 3.5 seconds. However, that wasn't fast enough to outrun ugly. It was the Mitsuoka Orochi of it's time.

El Crown Victoria



The Ford Explorer Sport Trac's distant relative.