it looks ok to me
but then ive got a zafira
i must admit getting changed under the tailgate is an added bonus id never considered before i had on-, then im in a car park wanting to disrobe after a muddy ride in the rain, and its extra awesome
my mate insists on driving us to races in his audi, its a ballache mounting teh bikes on the rack, getting the seats covered in sheets etc etc
zafira- slide back the seats, chuck in the bikes and away we go!
Those Ssangyongs... ...did the designer just start with an existing silhouette and add random bits?
Multiplas are boggin' as well.
I like that Tourneo actually, looks good for what it is.
Now this, this is ugly:
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Puts me in mind of this guy:
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Don't care what it's kitted out with, it's an abomination. How I've managed to see more of these kicking about than Avantimes I'll never know...
You think you hate it now... wait till you drive it!
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Thing is OP a Tourneo isn't really a car, it's a Van adapted to be a really big car. Surely it's what you buy when a Galaxy is too small and your vehicular needs are way more functional than aesthetic...
Buy a tool to do a job, who cares what it looks like 💡
Met blue one running around town looks v-good 🙂
Fellow ex Touran owner(still the best car I've owned)
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Looks practical more than ugly. The colour warmly reminds me of cough syrup my mum used to give me. I bought a CRV as a second practical car, it's quite ugly but very practical.
Mrs_oab is putting foot down, no Tourneo Connect or VW Maxi Life or Doblo on the grounds of being ugly. 🙁
Equivalent full size people carriers are just silly money newer than we have.
So, Verso and Zafira Tourer are being looked at 🙁
hire one for a weekend.
mrs TR was the same till she actually got one and realised how practical they were.
Skoda ugly? coming from someone who had a FRONTERA! 😆
Should be called an Affrontera
I don't think I could live with one of these.
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I bought a FUGLY car. TBH it was great
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although my third Subaru is a very capable car I utterly miss the Xsara Picasso. Some people complain its uncomfy on long drives (err I drove it to Germany and back), utterly practical, cheap as chips (I paid £1600 for a 07!) and I never had breakdown cover on it. I know I didn't need it.
meh , you paid good money for your skoda ...... i got the frontera in a trade for a ****ed non runner golf.
free cars are best regardless of how ugly - note i also said all vauxhalls ....i was aware it was ugly - lets face it the defenders no looker either.
Nothing ugly about a Frontera. Compare it to any other 4x4 suv from it's time.
I have one of these beauties:
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But with added scrapes down both sides. I love it - best car I've ever owned. I drove a fairly new Audi A4 on holiday and I would genuinely rather have the Berlingo. The A4 felt really cramped in comparison.
Re the OP I think it looks quite nice for a practical car.
Yup, I bought a Kia Soul, for running costs, service costs and warranty. It's ugly, it's average and it's acceptable.... but I am happy with my decision 🙂
GF is on her second C3 Picasso, i hate it. Babba to drive (like being in a high chair with a glass bubble on your head), but compact, very practical & a surprisingly capacious rear end, much like the person that drives it.
No. Not again. I've got one, it makes me wince every time I see it. 20 months left on the lease.
I didn't think I'd care that much, turns out I do (even though I pretend I don't).
GF is on her second C3 Picasso
Some rate those but I test drove one and hated it - the Roomster I then tried felt so much better that I was sold - plus exactly what I wanted. Decided not buying it for how it looked was a bit silly though I think they look a lot better than many other similar (shortish with good space) cars.
Hopefully her next one will be a Roomster Black Edition.
Although i can't say much as i'm going from a Golf GTD to a T5.
How did Nemesis get into this thread.
Send for Torquemada!
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And Deaths Head.
any Mini that's not a normal Mini fits the bill.
Its like they don't want to sell anymore of them but people keep buying them any way.
Mini Production Guy: We can't keep up with demand we need to do something to slow down sales, can you make the car less attractive
Designer: How about this
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Production Guy: Nope not ugly enough
Designer: Okay, this then
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Production Guy: Top marks for effort, that really does look ridiculous but people are still buying them.
Designer: Okay, I really went to town on this one, I took the original mini and just hit enlarge on the photocopier then drew the ugliest grill I could think of.
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Production guy: Uggh, I just swallowed a little bit of sick. I mean even calling it a Mini, that just daft no one will buy that. Oh wait, fat mothers absolutely love them.
Designer: Right I drew this one night after going a bit mad on the Special K
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Ha ha, thats a joke right, surely no one would buy that!
I did a little s*x wee when I saw that Cortina Lotus
I did a little s*x wee when I saw that Cortina Lotus
good to know its not just me that thinks that cortina has no place in an ugly car thread 😉
richmtb - nice
In answer to the original question, no. Will not buy a butt ugly car at the moment, can't face thinking about a people carrier or anything similar. Vans are cool, and I'd like one as my next car
(I should highlight that I ran a Vauxhall Signum for the best part of a year and that probably counts. It was the 3 litre V6 diesel one in the best spec though)
Most of these cars all look the same to me. Modern safety-blobs.
Yep, I bought one of these.
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There are uglier cars (I think) but it's obviously that it's had the wrong front hacked onto the body, the back's not much better.
But it drives well, it's well made and it was stupid cheap for what it is / does.
I still can't get over that Kia (R)Odious, there are no good angles to view it unless it's a moonless night. It even out-uglies a Multipla.
And Jaguars of late too...they seem clumsily styled and devoid of the grace of Jags of old, which is odd considering they're styled by the same bloke to does Aston Martins. Maybe he's not very good at doing more than two doors? I've seen renderings of the new 4 door Aston and it's awful, so I reckon that's it.
I remember Peugeots used to look svelte and taut when Pinninfarina did them, now they look bloated and dumpy...And Audis, once upon a time they were nicely understated and the profile did all the talking (original A4 and A8), but something went wrong along the way and they've become fussy. The obsession with ridiculously bright bluish lights hasn't helped either.
Ugly?
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Cheap as chips. Revs to 10k. Goes like it is late for the afterlife.
Really damn ugly, and also made of tin foil and milk bottles.
Another ugly car. Exceptable fro mthe front but from behind.....
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richmtb - I dunno, I can see those Mini's appealing to some stw'ers 🙂
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Name one standard/boggo car that is utterly beautiful all round? All have some sort foible.
Apart from certain Alfa's I struggle with the aesthetics on cars.
I like the new Fiat 500's, even boggo. Cute.
and as you say, Alfa. The MITO is lovely.
I like our Audi A1. Shame they started doing the stupid roof colours.
That roof-tent thing up there is ace! Is it real?
ryan91 - Member
I like how I'm the third Doblo owner to congregate on the thread about ugly cars. My Doblo has an honest charm, it is what it is and makes no attempt to be anything it isn't.
I've got a Doblo cargo (and a pre-facelift one at that). I don't really care what it looks like - it's probably the most useful vehicle that I've owned in a long time. Work tools, trail building tools, firewood, bikes (upright with wheels on) stuff to the tip. I've even added a roof rack, just to make it even uglier, but I can carry ladders, lengths of timber, sheets of ply and plasterboard.
You'll have gathered that I like it.....
Saying that. The Forester can be described as but-ugly. Chrisdiesel on here calls it the postman pat van, sis in law refers to mine as 'the hearse'..
I think its ****ing gorgeous
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Mine isn't pretty... I mean, it's a middle aged estate, they're all workmanlike but when they made the execu-barge model, they replaced the bumpers the designer drew with random POWAR BUMPERS which make the entire thing look fat, not to mention too low to the ground to get onto the ramps without mangling them. Not that it's actually lowered, it's just wearing a plastic dress.
Agreed hora , something about forresters of that age... It was the only good model before they went all tall suv like.
Yep- I keep thinking what Subbie would be next? The 'bigger' newer Forester just looks like a Kia/Hyundia etc vehicle. The newer Legacy too angular.
The more stylish or good looking usually means more money.
More money comes from more work.
No way I want to work more just for a prettier bit of metal.
So yep, ugly cars as long as they're practical are fine for me!