22nd ugliest car??
22nd ugliest car??
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!
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as James May would say, WHAT A LOAD OF COCK.
because cars are designed for a variety of uses looks have to follow that use to a certain extent .
the 300 series was designed to be an efficient 4/5 seater mid sized family car with a decent sized boot and does its job perfectly
The corsair is still beautiful from every angle , and if you squint a bit it looks like a four door plymouth roadrunner
the maxi was the first proper hatchback , years ahead of its time .
the ssanyong musso is one of the most able four wheel drive cars I have driven
beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose so whoever wroye that twaddle should have gone to specsavers
because cars are designed for a variety of uses looks have to follow that use to a certain extent .
the 300 series was designed to be an efficient 4/5 seater mid sized family car with a decent sized boot and does its job perfectly
The corsair is still beautiful from every angle , and if you squint a bit it looks like a four door plymouth roadrunner
the maxi was the first proper hatchback , years ahead of its time .
the ssanyong musso is one of the most able four wheel drive cars I have driven
beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose so whoever wroye that twaddle should have gone to specsavers
Ah, it all makes sense now, "as chosen by readers of The Daily Telegraph".
That explains the high proportion of SUV's and American cars in the top 20. Can you believe they had the audacity to call the current Range Rover the 20th ugliest car! It's beautiful!
This is the kind of reader that would vote that way (copied from the comments section on that website). "I don't think that you can make an SUV pretty. They are by their nature ugly things, and driven by people of a temprament to match. The Range Rover is driven at excessive speed down motorways, its driver clearly oblivious to the fact that there's a speed limit, wealthy enough to brush off the speeding fine, and arrogant enough to consider the law as below him. Everything nasty about the vulgar rich."
That explains the high proportion of SUV's and American cars in the top 20. Can you believe they had the audacity to call the current Range Rover the 20th ugliest car! It's beautiful!
This is the kind of reader that would vote that way (copied from the comments section on that website). "I don't think that you can make an SUV pretty. They are by their nature ugly things, and driven by people of a temprament to match. The Range Rover is driven at excessive speed down motorways, its driver clearly oblivious to the fact that there's a speed limit, wealthy enough to brush off the speeding fine, and arrogant enough to consider the law as below him. Everything nasty about the vulgar rich."
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of course you can make an suv look good although there is one car that in my humble opinion is much better looking than the range rover has the two extra seats I need and an example of which will hopefully be on my drive by next year.
Well if I am going to have to pay £400 a year tax for my trajet I might as well get a nicer car .
in fact theres a good example on ebay at the moment
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=002
Well if I am going to have to pay £400 a year tax for my trajet I might as well get a nicer car .
in fact theres a good example on ebay at the moment
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=002
That list is made by someone aged 18 at most, Beetle is slow and noisy? What one could except car from WWII era? All cars back then were noisy and slow, well except Rolls, it was only slow
And that 120Y needs just wheels changed, it is very nice looking car
Can't find reason why Anglia should be on that list either, maybe writer can't remember times when cars actually did look something instead being tasteless, odourless melted plastic pieces with wheels.
And that 120Y needs just wheels changed, it is very nice looking car
Can't find reason why Anglia should be on that list either, maybe writer can't remember times when cars actually did look something instead being tasteless, odourless melted plastic pieces with wheels.
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A load of bollocks through & through..... I have at least 6 of this top 100! Most of the BL stuff was there purely for the fact they were BL - the Princess, Maxi, Marina, Metro - not ugly cars. They're just trotting out the old cliches
B mk2 1.4GL 3-door57K xSTOLEN PRESUMED CRUSHEDx
E 360GLT Injection 4-Door Red 45K MINT
E 1.4GL 'Special Edition' 5-Door Met.Blue 72K
F 1.7GLE Ltd Edition 4-door Met.Grey 56K
F 360GLT Injection 5-Door Black 106K
G 1990 1.4 5-Door Dark Grey 108K RESTORED
E 360GLT Injection 4-Door Red 45K MINT
E 1.4GL 'Special Edition' 5-Door Met.Blue 72K
F 1.7GLE Ltd Edition 4-door Met.Grey 56K
F 360GLT Injection 5-Door Black 106K
G 1990 1.4 5-Door Dark Grey 108K RESTORED
120Y?!?! I would happily follow a lot of the rest (but then, I adore the underdog...) but the 120Y Awesomely sexy car!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
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'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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It's like groundhog day, every few months some motoring journalist comes up with that old chestnut again, "the worst cars of the eighties", "the ugliest cars in the world" etc etc.
Admittedly, there are prettier 300s than a low-spec MkIII saloon. Not that I don't like 'em, mind.
Tom
Admittedly, there are prettier 300s than a low-spec MkIII saloon. Not that I don't like 'em, mind.
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
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I like the way the accidentally managed to find a picture of (probably ) the only morris marina coupe convertable in existence .
ford in those days did at least try to add some flair to the cars they made , the notch back window on the anglia and classic, the shark look of the corsair ,
I actually think they looked better than the previous jelly mould anglia / prefect / popular range with the bigger consul and zephyr.
One of my all time favourites , the mk2 cortina was far more boring than any of the cars they listed in the looks department.
ford in those days did at least try to add some flair to the cars they made , the notch back window on the anglia and classic, the shark look of the corsair ,
I actually think they looked better than the previous jelly mould anglia / prefect / popular range with the bigger consul and zephyr.
One of my all time favourites , the mk2 cortina was far more boring than any of the cars they listed in the looks department.