Ugly cars, any updates?

While looking at windsurfing vans in the forum, I stumbled across this from 2016.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Ugly-Cars-Which-is-the-Ugliest-you-have-seen?page=1

Are there any new winners?

For me, this had to be the all time winner. Why design a wagon when you can just wack a bit onto the sedan or hatch.

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Shifu said..
Commodores

Yeah, can't say I am a fan either. I think I would prefer a car that looked less like a Mazda.

Its a shame they didn't spend enough money making a version that catered more for the local market, but I guess the way it works now is globalisation.

for an afterthought, I am surprised how many of those ugly SsangYong thingies are on the road!

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Shifu said..
Commodores

I hope GM have some sort of compensation or buyout plan for their dealer network, as I'm predicting they'll all be broke in under 5 years.

Gm have done a lot of damage to their brand over the years with poor quality imports.
Lots of rebadged Daewoo's , ie;
Barina, 1 star safety death trap.
Epica, complete fail.
Captiva, my neighbor had a diesel one that the valve train fell apart on at 100k. Serviced by Holden but they didn't want to know about it.
Astra, 100k timing belt interval, snapping at 60!

People loved commodores because they were big,powerful, comfortable, reliable cars which few of their imports have even come close to.

*edit. Just looked up Holden's sales figures and it seems the public are voting with their wallets. They are down in 10th place which is the worst since 1948.

If they do survive it will be with a much smaller dealer network and I'm sure many of them are working on an exit plan.

customers not buying new cars / getting better cash for selling via gumtree and the like.

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FormulaNova said..
While looking at windsurfing vans in the forum, I stumbled across this from 2016.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Ugly-Cars-Which-is-the-Ugliest-you-have-seen?page=1

Are there any new winners?

For me, this had to be the all time winner. Why design a wagon when you can just wack a bit onto the sedan or hatch.

Fricken hell......
Splash a little orange paint on that thing.........and call it the DALE
.......DAMN!!!

It it had an inferiority complex you could call it the Milsy.

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FormulaNova said..

hurryholly said..

FormulaNova said..
While looking at windsurfing vans in the forum, I stumbled across this from 2016.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Ugly-Cars-Which-is-the-Ugliest-you-have-seen?page=1

Are there any new winners?

For me, this had to be the all time winner. Why design a wagon when you can just wack a bit onto the sedan or hatch.

Fricken hell......
Splash a little orange paint on that thing.........and call it the DALE
.......DAMN!!!

It it had an inferiority complex you could call it the Milsy.

I'm assuming this monstrousity comes with a massive exhaust pipe ...........one of those compensating situations

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Pugwash said..

dmitri said..
Tesla model X

Precursor to the new and amazing (it sure will be another nail in the coffin) Commodore?

Not exactly...Precursor to Tesla X was ssangyong stavic. Musky just took off that "wagon" bit...
There:

I'm not knocking it I want one cheep to run Just ugly

It's a "Kei" car. Here (in Japan) there are different tax brackets for different "classes" of vehicles. Kei is up to 660cc and within a certain weight, height and width, so they tend to be boxy to the max to make up for the lack of internal space. They're very, very common due to the cost and other legal advantages ie. you need to have a carpark (checked by the police) if you get a "regular" car.

Our first car here was based on that chassis (they just bolt on different bodies) and was called, I kid you not, a Mitsubishi Minica Toppo BJ. It was tall enough that I could stand up inside it without stooping. 3-cylinder 660cc EFI DOHC intercooler turbo, 3-speed auto. Speedo stopped at 140kph but on the highway it just kept going past that :D

As cool as it was, I always wanted a Suzuki Every Joypop Turbo Max, just for the name... But yeah, there are hordes of 'kin ugly cars here that never get exported.

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stoff said..
Gm have done a lot of damage to their brand over the years with poor quality imports.
Lots of rebadged Daewoo's , ie;
Barina, 1 star safety death trap.
Epica, complete fail.
Captiva, my neighbor had a diesel one that the valve train fell apart on at 100k. Serviced by Holden but they didn't want to know about it.
Astra, 100k timing belt interval, snapping at 60!

People loved commodores because they were big,powerful, comfortable, reliable cars which few of their imports have even come close to.

*edit. Just looked up Holden's sales figures and it seems the public are voting with their wallets. They are down in 10th place which is the worst since 1948.

If they do survive it will be with a much smaller dealer network and I'm sure many of them are working on an exit plan.

That's the result of short term, pig headed, innovation-free thinking for ya.....