Just looking at the Fuggly Cars thread, and it reminded me that there are some cars that are, in fact, ugly, but still at the same time, achingly beautiful.
Or ones that you think ‘Ohh that’s nasty’ but you still NEED one, WANT one for some bizzare reason….

You know what I mean?

Anyway, my top 2:

Top of my dream car list always has been the Alfa SZ. Pig ugly really, but also jaw droppingly beautiful at the same time. The first time I saw one I nearly crashed whilst gazing at it!

Fiat 131 Supermirafiori. 99.999% are now rusty brown spots in scrapyards at best. Boxy. Cheap. But they were rare when new, THAT engine is an absolute peach of raspy rorty fun… And somehow to me they just look ‘right’. The wheels, the lights, the stance….. the rear wheel drive….. I’ve been very, VERY close to buying one in the past, and I think now it’s too late 🙁

Over to you….
🙂

I was just thinking about posting the Afla SZ to the other Fugly thread. It’s one of those cars you just can’t decide whether it’s a great looker or not. The Citroen SM is the same for me.

One guy I used to road race against had a SZ. It had amazingly badly fitted panels when you got up close, but I still want one too.

Too many to list:

Any Skoda coupe.

I also love the shape of these, but don’t tell anyone, ok?

Anything by Tatra:

No the SZ is just ugly.

Aston Martin V8’s? Kinda like a Yank muscle car, blue collar supercars and all that. But it’s British and luxurary.

My uncle Eric (RIP) had a Supermirafiori – and it was ace. I think it fell to bits in the style of a clown car though.

That 2.0litre TC engine sounded the bollocks.

Alfa SZ along with Lancia delta HF integrale and the original Audi quattro are my favourite cars of all time. love the shapes. functional turns me on.

M3 Batwing. Fugly but awesome.

Proper Swedish Brick Volvos too.

That 2.0litre TC engine sounded the bollocks

It does. It dominated any car it was put into, and it’s genes gave birth to the Delta Integrale engine. To my ear it’s the finest sounding inline 4 cylinder engine ever built. Especially when they added a supercharger in the Fiat and Lancia VolumeX models.

Nice one Derek! Tickford Capri!!

Renault Fuego.

Lancia Montecarlo

El Camino

cross-eyed Morgan Aero 8

Retro, one of my neighbours has just got a rather nice Aeromax. Fugly but I want it!

They aren’t pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but by God do I want one.

SAAB 900 turbo’s.

Painfully pretty.

A bit like the Tina Turner of cars isn’t it

Always had a soft spot for the Skoda Esselle.

Puke inducing…

Wrong car Rusty, there’s one of these in the background of your pic!
Lovely.

I don’t think I need to contribute to any car threads ever again on here – Rusty Spanner just says exactly what I’d say every time.

Does this count? It’s not pretty but it is just perfect

early skoda’s rock

always liked these as a kid…..dont know why

And I know its cars but can I have this:

Flying Ox. Is that a Caterham, or a Westfield Seight…or something else

nearly done now

and last one

Right I think I’ve done now

Obviously the RZ / SZ deserve a place here. Nice spot on the Tatra too, quite a unique piece of engineering.

My favorite though is this:

That Citroen SM is lovely, I have a matchbox one somewhere in bright bronze.

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I don’t think I need to contribute to any car threads ever again on here – Rusty Spanner just says exactly what I’d say every time.

Us eccentrics need to stick together 😀

Great thread, btw.

I’m going to have to add this, I’m afraid:

Scammell Explorer.

Rangerbill, where the hell did you find that stretch CX?

Lancia Hyena ,based on the Intergrale.

Nissan Cube, I like it ,Wife hates it ,Definite headturner when you see one.

Unimog ,always wanted one when I was a kid,would love one now especially to piss the neighbours off.

The SM is beautiful – except from directly behind when it looks ungainly.

The CX I think is called a Loadruuner and they were used to distribute newspapers. Looks like that one could do with some TLC!

I love the Cube. I’d have one.

VW T3 “Squareback”

BMW 2002

Nova GTE 😳

Loads of good choices I would have picked.

nothing wrong with the Alfa SZ. But I do have a thing for Alfas

there are some cars that are, in fact, ugly, but still at the same time, achingly beautiful.

I can’t get my head around this. This thread still has some lovely cars and some pig ugly ones. I can’t see beauty in ugly. 🙁

Even Alfa said the SZ (Il mostro) was ugly. And it is. But also rather wonderful.

I’ve had one of these:

and one of these:

and I’m tempted to get one of these:

but I think I may be on the wrong thread…