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It doesn't have to be a real production car, it can also be a concept.

For me, it has to be the 1997 Dodge Copperhead. This ugly chungus just speaks to me and I don't know why. It is hideous, Pontiac Aztek levels of ugly, but I kinda wish Dodge actually sold it. It wasn't going to be gutless, sharing much with the Viper, but it also wasn't going to have the same price of the Viper (Viper at the time was ~$75k, this baby would have been ~$30k). For the price, a little ugly isn't that big of a deal for a similar powertrain. Surely a facelift kit could help it out some.

Just thought a discussion like this could be fun. What cars are the same for you?

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[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 64 points 3 months ago
[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

The dust buster van. Them things used to be EVERYWHERE, I don't remember the last time I've seen one in person. Did they all get cash for klunkered?

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 13 points 3 months ago

I think they may have all exploded or just rusted down to the tires. I rode in one as a kid because my friends parents had one. Compared to my family car it was so cool. That front angle, it was like a space ship. I was very jealous of my friend. It seems sill now.

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

They just fell apart. The plastic body meant no rust (I think the roof was steel though)!

Seriously, everything inside just started falling apart after 10 years. Dash, seat belt winders, door panels fell off, radio buttons just caved in, etc. and ours lived a fairly pampered life.

I spent a good deal of my childhood in one. The 3.1L V6 was a dog and the 3 speed transmission meant kicking down was an event and the mileage was terrible. Dad always wished he held out for the 3.8L and 4 speed in '92.

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago

Condolences

[-] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 3 months ago

it has so many cool design features that it's amazing how shitty it looks when you see one irl.

[-] mrbeano@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

Friend in high school had one of these. We referred to it as "The Shuttlecraft"

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[-] fpslem@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

I always liked the AMC Gremlin, my friend had one in high school and it was fun-ugly. 2444

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Love those little guys. Also love that it was called a gremlin. I want a motorcycle called a goblin now and an SUV called a troll.

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 3 months ago

Isuzu vehicross. It's got stretched proportions in all the wrong places, and yet, I dig the weirdness.

[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago
[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Right? It looks like when you make a custom RPG character and just min max all the facial feature sliders for funny effect.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

Looks like it'd be right at home home in Rocket League!

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

i absolutely LOVE these.

[-] Godwins_Law@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

The Snoot Droops

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[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Kalashnikov CV-1. I would have bought one of those in a heartbeat if it hadn't been a concept car.

Kalashnikov CV-1

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

They were just playing with Moskvich Kombi design, and wow those rims are ugly

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

I learned to drive on that fucker

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago
[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I mean, I won't lie, Nemo's car from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has potential:

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[-] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've never even heard of the Dodge Copperhead, but I'm with you.

It is hideous, Pontiac Aztek levels of ugly

It's definitely something of a "butter face" for sure.

Much better! 😆

I do think the Aztek is ugly as sin but I did think they looked kind of cool/cyberpunk.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that back looks much closer to the Pontiac Solstice, which I always thought was a good looking car. I knew a retired guy with one who’d lied about his age during WWII and wound up ferrying aircraft. He was a firecracker when you’d get to talking with him and it seemed like a fun car.

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[-] lime@feddit.nu 25 points 3 months ago

i actually really like the look of the original ford ka with the plasnic bumpers. especially the cabriolet version:

the fiat multipla is of course the classic contender:

and then there's the REVAi, better known as the G-Wiz:

it looks like a real-life choro-Q car!

and a personal favourite, which i don't think is even a bit ugly, it's just a marvel of design: the europe-only version of the 2006 honda civic.

literally no bad angles.

[-] qupada@fedia.io 13 points 3 months ago

The Multipla justifiably gets a lot of hate, but it had great visibility, and seats six (three front seats rather than two).

It really is fugly though.

[-] FancyManacles@piefed.world 6 points 3 months ago

The Multipla is the one I immediately pictured but I did not know the name

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[-] Epzillon@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

I love the Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard.

First off, amazing name, who the fuck named this? Secondly, the design is amazing. So so compact. It looks stupidly goofy and I love it. Just like someone took the design of a regular pickup truck, opened it in blender and scaled one axis. Marvellous. I also have no idea what the use case of it would be since its small which makes it even better ❤️

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[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

The looks aren't as bad as the fact that it's a dodge.

[-] TaeKwonDoh@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Some folks think the Subaru Brat is ugly but I kinda dig it

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[-] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 18 points 3 months ago

Daihatsu Midget II.

A Japanese kei-truck. It's ugly but oh-so-functional. I like function over form.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I love that!

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[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 months ago

Range Rover Evoque Convertible. It was so pointless but I still found it fun. Almost got one used but there was another car I wanted for the same price and I couldn’t justify it.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Having worked as a Heavy Line tech for Land Rover on these things, you made a good call.

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[-] scytale@piefed.zip 15 points 3 months ago

I like the box/toaster cars (Kia Soul, Honda Element, etc.). Vertical trunk space is underrated. What’s the point of a deep trunk when the hatch door slants so low.

[-] scops@reddthat.com 8 points 3 months ago

I drove a Kia Soul for a number of years. I'm 6'2 and I was always impressed how comfortable I was in it. I once took three coworkers to lunch, one of whom was 6'7", and while I won't claim everyone had room to spare, it was still a way better experience than much larger cars I've driven. They made fun of me for driving a hamster mobile, but it was always the first choice for lunch because I could park that thing anywhere.

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[-] Zak@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Subaru XT (Alcyone or Vortex in some markets).

I owned one of these. The aerodynamics were great for a 1980s car. It even had purely mechanical flush door handles, which modern car designers could learn from.

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[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

never bought one but I always liked the Plymouth pt cruiser's look.

also Chevy HHR got a lot of hate but I thought it was neato.

Edit.. well I meant the SSR from Chevy, but misremembered as the pt cruiser wannabe HHR, my bad

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[-] ryokimball@infosec.pub 9 points 3 months ago

Look, fuck Nazis and Elon but I repeat myself. And there is a lot wrong with the vehicle overall. But I really don't hate the cybertruck's aesthetic.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 26 points 3 months ago

It's ok to be wrong sometimes

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It definitely is... Unique... I can give it that. Personally I prefer my unpainted stainless vehicles to look a little more DMC than Tesla, but I cannot deny it has a brutalist-esque aesthetic that catches the eye.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Have you ever seen one in person? It's like it was put together by a three year old.

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[-] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

The Plymouth Prowler was stupid, fugly, but kinda awesome.

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago

I always liked the first gen Nissan Juke. The styling was the right kind of odd for me, and I thought it was kinda cool that you could get it with a maunal on the front wheel drive models. They did the split headlight thing better than the Pontiac Aztek imo. (tho that car did have a minifridge in it, which the Juke did not lmao). Idk if they were any good to own long term tho. Apparently there are 3 Juke-R's out there in the wild somewhere, where Nissan crammed the GT-R engine into it lmao

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[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I see a sidewinder in the background too. That was always my favorite of their concepts in that era.

I think the Lamborghini LM002 might be the bad looking darling of my childhood.

Or the Bizzarini BZ-2001 concept. I had a poster on my wall.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

See, I think that the Sidewinder genuinely looked good, for the time. Make it a bit more square and the front end could easily fit into modern designs aesthetics.

The LM-002 has always been my favorite offroad truck. It was designed as a military vehicle, and I feel it looks better in a camo livery than painted for the road. I feel the same about H1 Hummers too.

That Bizzarini is something nasty though. Probably one of their uglier designs, but I think the Bizzarrini Kjara takes the cake for ugliest in their catalog:

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[-] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

Citron Cactus. I have such bad tastes in cars that I now won't own one knowing what I buy with be a dog

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Citron = 🍋

Citroën 🌵:

I don't hate the look of it. I think they took a bold risk with the style, making the car stand out. The point, I think, was to make the door scratch and bump resistant. I think many are turned off by the plastic-y, cheapo look.

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