87 Replies to “Two Of Them I’ve Owned”

  1. Ferrari Enzo???
    Windshield is over kill?? Great forward view for a super car. Try peeking out of a Lambo!
    The whole car is over kill, I still want it, badly.

  2. Hey,hey, heyyyy, they have my PT Cruiser up there, I love my cruiser In fact its a 2000 with 267,000 on it and still goin.

  3. I loved my Thing! (I used to pretend I was Rommel’s driver.) I also had a Pacer catch fire driving on the highway. Only the front seat passenger could see the flames in the vent. A lively debate ensued, untill smoke came into the passenger compartment. We then pulled over and watched it burn out. Fun times!

  4. Lamborghini LM002
    Beautiful in an industrial way, plus V-12 power, absolutely does not belong on the list, the reviewer is no motorhead.
    Done.

  9. Guilty…Chevette…..was broke …….brother borrowed and demolished it……thank goodness

  11. I’ve had some ugly cars but none on the list. If they took all the automotive junk out of the Sparrow you could make an amazing planter out of it.

  12. What on earth is the Enzo doing on the list? I suspect the writer Damian Joseph has never even seen one in real life, let alone had a ride in one.

  13. Either I have no taste – a real possibility! – or I don’t get the criteria for that list. There are every few genuinely ugly cars there and even they had much to recommend them if you needed them. (Chevettes were plain, not ugly.)
    That particular year was not good for El Camino, but the reviewer seemed to hate the whole idea and some of them were beautiful.
    And the Lambo? Sweet jesus, it’s not supposed to be cute or understated or tasteful or chic or whatever else this loon would prefer.

  14. Call me “square” but I like the look of the Cube, Element and Volvo 240. I also am severely practical and these vehicles leave room for cargo yet are small.

  15. Ive only owned one of them (chevette), but there are a few that I would like to own, a Hummer, or an escalade. Whats wrong with looking rich while you burn gasoline. The VW Thing is basically the WW2 German army jeep. What could be a more practical, cooler vehicle than that? If I could get one and had room in my drive I would get one in a heartbeat.

  16. What? no Aztec?, no early 2000’s Tiburon? no ’95 Corvette?
    Haha, just watching my neighbor park his Taurus.

  17. Heh, that was fun looking over those pics. I recall my parents buying a Mercury Sable back in the 80s when I was just a wee lad. Not really ugly, mind you. Just dull.
    Surprised the Honda Insight didn’t make the list. Ugly little 2-seater pug, Honda’s first foray into hybrid vehicles.

  19. Nooo, these are almost all gorgeous! They escape the universal dullness and clone-like similarity of the majority of cars.

  20. El Camino? No way, I love that car.
    The Aztec and Cube definitely belong.

  21. The Delorean is not ugly! That is one of the best designs I have ever seen. Horse shit! Too bad they were powered by a glorified French lawn mower engine.

  22. The Aztec is on there. Looks aside-and I don’t find it all that ugly-mine has been one of the better cars I’ve had. 154,000 miles so far with few problems and none significant. It pulls my camper, carries 5 adults and luggage easily, has a slide-out cargo floor for trips to Costco, and gets 24-26 mpg highway. Have even slept in it several times with its included “tent” and air matress in comfort. At least 8-10 of the ones listed shouldn’t be on this list, IMO.

  23. I’d give my left nut for a Prowler! I know they were weak in the performance end, but they still look awesome.

  25. The lambo and the Ferrari shouldn’t be there.
    Obviously the author has never seen any chryslers of the early sixties designed by a near insane Virgil exner the almost bankrupted the company. At least six of them should be on this list. That the Aztec isn’t there is even more inexcusable.

  26. “Nooo, these are almost all gorgeous! They escape the universal dullness and clone-like similarity of the majority of cars.”
    Except for the Ford Taurus, of course, which was the prototype for current dullness and clone-like similarity.

  27. Ha! I mocked my coworker for his future beloved Enzo making the list and my current Pontiac Product and my future Porsche not making the list. Seriously, some of those cars had to be developed by designers who were high on something, they’re just SO ugly.
    I wouldnt mind having the Avalanche or the Aztec though, something about them seems… strange bordering on fun.

  28. From the time I first saw one, I thought the Aztec had all the class and elan of a miniature garbage truck.

  29. I don’t see the 1950 Nash Airflyte on the list.
    My father bought one as the family car in 1950.
    Four unmarried sons and one daughter at home.
    I don’t think the motor cooled out the three years we owned it.
    The boys particularly liked the split-back front bench seat, both halves of which could be reclined to form a double bed.
    Twenty some-odd years later my daughter bought a Russian built “LADA’
    Now that is an Ugly Car!!

  30. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder……I still fondly remember my ’75 Peugeot…a drivers car….even though the brakes seemed to be biodegradable.
    The VW “thing” was commercial success…..and reliable as a stone hammer….just a reproduction WW2 “kubelvagen”. It was popular with the Whermacht—-tough, easy on fuel and although lacking 4WD had remarkable cross-country mobility due to it’s feather weight and independent rear suspension.
    It competed successfully with that canvas top Citroen….as student transport in Europe.
    The Aztec was not a beauty but I suspect the criteria was function and roomyness. Most owners referred to it as a truck….they sold so poorly GM flogged them cheap.

  31. The first car that came to mind when I saw the list was, “Aztec”. What lame-brained idiot dreamed up that thing, and who could be so ridiculously gullible as to believe that that emperor was wearing any clothes?
    But the Ferrari Enzo ????!!!! Are you kidding me? It’s a super car in league with the Zonda. It’s art. I don’t care if some envious peasant can’t appreciate it. I want one! I want one! It’s the reason I check the mail every day — just to see when I’ll get my invitation to buy one. Nothing so far, but hey, I figure it’s something to do with Canada Post, right? I absolutely must be on that list. . . mustn’t I? Huh?

  32. The Lambo LM002 with its’ mighty V12 was actually the inspiration for the original Hummer.
    A friend had a Gremlin with the high end Levi’s Jean interior, as it aged it became more comfortable, like an old pair of jeans would.
    The Aston Martin Lagonda was typical of the wedge school of design from England at the time- the Triumph TR7 & TR8 door stops or cheese wedges, the Lotus Elite and Elan.
    And I am shocked the tall foreheads at Bloomberg didn’t get the Nissan S-Cargo. It was originally just a show vehicle that was so well received in Japan it went into production. S-Cargo is a play on escargot, the car looks like a giant snail in profile view! There are 2 of them running around Winnipeg, and they bring a smile to my face everytime I see them, because they are the ultimate automotive naming joke.
    And my wtf moment, where is the Edsel? Whose central front grill opening was supposed to be jet fighter like, but was likened to be more like a toilet seat or a certain female body part. (trying hard to censor myself there.)
    My guess for Kate cars are El Camino and Chevette.

  34. Hear about the pretty young blond who got suckered into painting the bigwig’s porch for half price?
    When she picks up her pay she sez “by the way it’s not a porch its a lexus.”

  35. Left my Pinto in the Hudson’s Bay Parkade in D.T. Vancouver with a blown rear end and the oil running down the spiral out exit. Fortunately I was never rear-ended as they were said to be susceptible to bursting into fire when done so.

  36. Not sure how I missed the Aztec, maybe bad page loading or too much similarity in the mix.
    The Avalanche I have always referred to as the “sex changers remorse” of vehicles. It’s neither a mans or a womens vehicle. It just can’t find a place to fit in.
    I agree Champ, the DeLorean has somewhat of a timeless look. My only alteration would be converting the side windows into single solid windows.

  37. my old dad drove his standard 8 cylinder pacer ’til it packed it in 87 or 89, guy came to the door and offered him more than he paid(used) in 1981.
    the doors had sagged and it had body cancer but I guess it was restorable, then again maybe he wanted to make sure that, what had to be one of the last,was truely dead.

  38. Gubmint fleet cars missing in action? Ford Fairmonts, K cars, AMC station wagons? Eagle Premiers?
    The early Toyopets were certainly “an acquired taste” except for the visually adventurous.

  39. “Left my Pinto in the Hudson’s Bay Parkade in D.T. Vancouver with a blown rear end and the oil running down the spiral out exit. Fortunately I was never rear-ended as they were said to be susceptible to bursting into fire when done so”
    As accentuated in the movie ‘Top Secret’.

  40. I owned a Pinto that I sold for $220, $40 more than I paid the previous year, as it sat in my driveway with a flat rear tire and a flat spare. I let the new owner handle the repairs.

  42. Drove one of these in 57, on my way to Calgary through Montana. Had new Buick hubcaps on it and when paying for gas with silver dollars,(Coin of the Day) attendant said ‘WOW’ is that the new Buick! It would do 121.5 MPH allowing for
    global Warming! Not sure right now but I think it had the original first 55 Thunderbird engine in it. God help me, a real chickmobile!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericz_photos/3648375884/

  43. 1955 Studebaker Golden Hawk has to be the best ( and ugliest) car I ever saw. Being 10 years old at the time, I wanted one……Until the famous
    Edsel arrived on the scene.
    1957 Merc was a beauty, though.

  44. My very first car was a pea green Gremlin, back in the day when you could walk out of the licence bureau on your 16th birthday and drive.
    It was certainly ugly, but it met the cash criteria, with a simple engine that even I could repair. An elastic held some cover together and as long as it stayed, I was good. Even took my first away from parents trip, camping from Ottawa to PEI. For a small car you sure could pack it with lots of stuff. Even an extra person on the way back – ah, the things you bring back to meet Mom.
    Thanks for those memories Kate, I hadn’t thought about it in years.

  45. Hey bryanr: I also have a Cruiser. Being a Chevy man most of my life, mopar was a big change but the wife likes the car.
    I have had more than a few of those cars and I think this guy just has penis envy. Although I would have to agree on the Pacer, Pinto and a few others but wondering why a piece of crap like the Eagle Talon didn’t make the grade.
    Liked the El Camino I had.

  46. My 12 yr. old son, when looking in amazement at the Enzo said, “That’s not an ugly car!”
    He has a couple hundred Hot Wheels and he knows his cars.
    ‘Nuff said!

  47. Had a Pinto in college. Basic trans, and nothing but, but I had no problems with the car, and found the hatchback much more practical for moving my waterbed than a regular car.
    Had a Taurus. Agree with other posters, dull but not ugly.
    Had a PT Cruiser (well, actually, it was the nanny’s car, but I liked driving it). When you have two small kids, and have to haul a ton of junk to a picnic, etc., it was a very practical layout. Coulda used a bigger engine than the dinky four, but it was still a fun car.
    Agree with many – how can they call the Enzo and Lambo ugly? They’re ugly like an F-16; naked form.
    And the Delorean – maybe it’s because I saw BTTF at a drive-in in Vermont on 4th of July, with drunken farm boys running around shooting off Roman candles over the windshield, but I always thought it looked magical.
    But of all the cars on the list, I want a Corbin!! And I’d get Kate to do the custom paint job, with a giant toe nail up front, and a big blister on the back!

  48. What happened to Citroen, Fiat and Saab, who made some 1960’s creations with curves in all the wrong places and “streamlining” that looked as if it would cut down wind drag only if the vehicle was traveling sideways?
    This list seems grossly biased against American cars. I don’t disagree with many of the picks being ugly (although I’ll fight the Mustang II, my first car – with the right paint job, it could look pretty darn good!) but I think that there should be more European clunkers included.

  49. OK, I’ll try Black Mamba’s challenge:
    Kate owned an El Camino and a Pacer (she needed the hatchback to carry the dogs’ cages).
    She wants the Ferrari, the Lamborghini, and the Prowler.

  50. They think the El Cameno is ugly?? Sounds like either boomer envy or X-er ignorance.

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