the "just plain ugly" car thread

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Just more of the trend to not actually square the edges, but do all these angular things on every trim and light piece. WRX is the worse.
 
I saw a Lamborghini Miura SV at the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance yesterday, as it was featured as the Best in Show winner from the Greenwich Concours de Sport. Now, to be fair, the car in general did indeed look amazing, especially with its light green paint. I mean, it's a Miura - to call a Miura ugly would be insane! All of this being said, here's what I found ugly about it: the interior is a deep blue. The two hues looked splendid by themselves, but together, it looked terrible, and my dad agreed. Heck, there was an article about the car after it won the award, and it even mentions that the color combination is "an acquired taste." It's certainly not a spec I would've picked.
 
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I feel like the third generation Mercedes-Benz CLA deserves to be here... Putting the three pointed star all over has made it very gaudy (same goes for other recent MB designs). But the "unibrow" (as I've heard some people call it) really doesn't help.

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Even the shooting brake/estate version doesn't help much. As much as it pains me as a wagon-enthusiast.
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Oof. Looks very early 2010s Hyundai Excel and Elantra design language. Glad you didn't post a coupe. I'm scared it might look like a Tiburon.
 
FPV MIC
It's the Dodge that the R and S Series Valiant's were modelled after back when nearly all of the Aussie cars styling was, um, borrowed.

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Yeah, when I first came here, they were everywhere in Newcastle. Seriously. Different colours so, it wasn't the same one. :lol:
Can't recall last time I saw one cruising around.
 
FPV MIC
It's the Dodge that the R and S Series Valiant's were modelled after back when nearly all of the Aussie cars styling was, um, borrowed.

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The front on this one looks a lot better, especially the lights, but the greenhouse to me looks like it doesn’t belong to this car, reminds a bit of the Russian cars in CCCP times when they were trying to imitate US styling.
 
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The front on this one looks a lot better, especially the lights, but the greenhouse to me looks like it doesn’t belong to this car, reminds a bit of the Russian cars in CCCP times when they were trying to imitate US styling.
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It's not a very flattering angle. The glass area doesn't normally look quite that bad, but in saying that, it could do with an inch off the top.
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Yeah, when I first came here, they were everywhere in Newcastle. Seriously. Different colours so, it wasn't the same one. :lol:
Can't recall last time I saw one cruising around.
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There was only a few around my area. I used to see one all the time because it was my friends mum's car (two tone white with blue top), and another because I was behind (or in front of) another friends car while we were cruising around. I was in a 1969 318 V8 VF two door Valiant (that took it's styling from the 1968 American Dodge Dart)
 

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