Ugliest cars

[Lowbankclaret]

Yea, my mate bought unusual fast cars the fuego being one.
His alfetta was a real shed but stupid fast, went to the chippy at dinner once, the throttle cable had snapped and being operated with mole grips through the dashboard.

[Lowbankclaret]

I have just been researching some of the cars I have talked about, the Silvia Dohc was a limited edition of 50. **** I should have kept that car, be worth a fortune now.

[Shore claret]

Surprised no one has mentioned the lada riva

[NickBFC]

Any 4x4 on the road, where weather and road conditions do not warrant it.

What if you require a 4x4 throughout the year to drive in fields etc?...

[Lowbankclaret]

Surprised no one has mentioned the lada riva

Did you not read the thread???

[IanMcL]

What if you require a 4x4 throughout the year to drive in fields etc?...

I think the statement is clear.

4x4 are ideal for fields. They can be beautiful in fields!

[Morrisminor]

I agree.
My step dad was Minor nut. I had two Minors, once had the front suspension come away and was grinding away on the stub axle until it came to a stop.
The Minor was ok but it was the brakes, they were never just good enough.

If you grease the grease nipples at service intervals then suspension parts will last longer than any modern car. Also if you service your own brakes they are good enough to lock the wheels in agressive braking. There is also the option of fitting a brake servo unit to bring it up to modern day standard LOL

[Lord Beamish]

Speaking of cars now rare, not necessarily ugly, I wonder how many of the ridiculously mental Lotus Carltons there are left on the road.
My bet is that with their stupidly powerful engines, rear wheel drive, and no traction control, most of them ended their days backwards in hedges and dry stone walls.

[NickBFC]

I think the statement is clear.

4x4 are ideal for fields. They can be beautiful in fields!

But you need to drive them on the road come rain or sunshine to get to those fields too I agree though, the pinnacle off-roading for most is mounting the curb on the school run.

[Lowbankclaret]

Speaking of cars now rare, not necessarily ugly, I wonder how many of the ridiculously mental Lotus Carltons there are left on the road.
My bet is that with their stupidly powerful engines, rear wheel drive, and no traction control, most of them ended their days backwards in hedges and dry stone walls.

Was that the car you had to do a track day before you could take ownership of it. New of course, secondhand no one had any control.

There were some mental cars back then.

cosworth powered Mercs and Fords.

Some Jap missiles.

Not forgetting the Audi Quattro which I always wanted.

Oh and the Metro 6r4, saw two on the road, now that was a beast.

[LoveCurryPies]

Fiat Multipla.

Never looked good even at launch. I suspect the person who designed it had buck teeth, thick glasses, a broken nose, bald head and dandruff. It was their revenge on mankind.

[No Ney Never]

NNN!
The Riva was Russia's reincarnation of the Fiat 124 on which it was based. Fiat sold several old cars designs that were then built by other countries.
Due to this the best modification to the Riva was to fit a 2 litre fiat twin cam engine, a seriously scary car that created.

There were other scary cars, I owned a Nissan Silvia 2 litre Dohc homologation car. From a standing start at Manchester/Rossendale road lights it could hit 130 mph going up the hill. The 1.8 turbo version I owned later could manage about 105.

The MG montego Turbo, scary as hell. Torque steer on that baby could put you in a ditch.

Then there were Lancias, you could get turbo boost kits so you had a dial on the dash, one twist a 175 bhp car became a 250 bhp monster

Ah Lancia, that brings back memories of watching the Lancia Delta doing the business back in the 80's in the RAC rally, great car.

[No Ney Never]

Nissan Cube

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Yep, that's the one. As it travels along everybody points and laughs.

[Blackrod]

Fiat Multipla.

Never looked good even at launch. I suspect the person who designed it had buck teeth, thick glasses, a broken nose, bald head and dandruff. It was their revenge on mankind.

I didn't know you could get dandruff in you are bald.

[Blackrod]

I think the statement is clear.

4x4 are ideal for fields. They can be beautiful in fields!

I have one as one of my cars. I live in a hilly area and it drives straight through snow and ice when my other slides around. Can't see the issue. I think you are referring to owners in v flat urban areas doing school runs. Many of these vehicles are not actually 4x4s but 2 wheel drive 4x4 look a likes. If you are putting kids and equipment in the ride height is ideal.

[IanMcL]

Again i just refer to my original post which relates to road and weather conditions.

[paulus the woodgnome]

I didn't know you could get dandruff in you are bald.

It must have been a Friar Tuck job.

[paulus the woodgnome]

Or maybe the dandruff was on a different part of his or her body?

[FactualFrank]

Fiat Multipla.

Never looked good even at launch. I suspect the person who designed it had buck teeth, thick glasses, a broken nose, bald head and dandruff. It was their revenge on mankind.

Good shout. Surprised it's not yet been mentioned.

[LoveCurryPies]

Good shout. Surprised it's not yet been mentioned.

It was like a car designed by a committee of one eyed accountants.

[FactualFrank]

It was like a car designed by a committee of one eyed accountants.

I was kidding - see post #2 you absolute animal

[yorkyclaret]

The original Multipla is a nice looking car, when you work out which way it is going. https://imgur.com/a/Qe9uc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ayrshireclaret83]

Anything French