It doesn’t have to be a real production car, it can also be a concept.

For me, it has to be the 1997 Dodge Copperhead. This ugly chungus just speaks to me and I don’t know why. It is hideous, Pontiac Aztek levels of ugly, but I kinda wish Dodge actually sold it. It wasn’t going to be gutless, sharing much with the Viper, but it also wasn’t going to have the same price of the Viper (Viper at the time was ~$75k, this baby would have been ~$30k). For the price, a little ugly isn’t that big of a deal for a similar powertrain. Surely a facelift kit could help it out some.

Just thought a discussion like this could be fun. What cars are the same for you?

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    I always liked the AMC Gremlin, my friend had one in high school and it was fun-ugly. 2444

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    Look, fuck Nazis and Elon but I repeat myself. And there is a lot wrong with the vehicle overall. But I really don’t hate the cybertruck’s aesthetic.

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    i actually really like the look of the original ford ka with the plasnic bumpers. especially the cabriolet version:

    the fiat multipla is of course the classic contender:

    and then there’s the REVAi, better known as the G-Wiz:

    it looks like a real-life choro-Q car!

    and a personal favourite, which i don’t think is even a bit ugly, it’s just a marvel of design: the europe-only version of the 2006 honda civic.

    literally no bad angles.

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    Subaru XT (Alcyone or Vortex in some markets).

    I owned one of these. The aerodynamics were great for a 1980s car. It even had purely mechanical flush door handles, which modern car designers could learn from.

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    Objectively ugly is almost an oxymoron, but, the multipla comes as close as it gets by violating damn near every design principle I ever learned lol.

    And I like it because it defies conventional design paradigms in favor of practicality and ended up being iconic in its own way. If they were to be available here in the states, as a hybrid or electric, and didn’t engage in the fuckery with transmitting everything you do, I’d actually prefer one over many prettier options.

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      41 minutes ago

      The looks aren’t as bad as the fact that it’s a dodge.

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      42 minutes ago

      it has so many cool design features that it’s amazing how shitty it looks when you see one irl.

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      42 minutes ago

      lol I had a coworker that drove one of these for years.

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      1 hour ago

      Walk me through this one. Why do you secretly like it? Does it have good features or price? Or does it just speaks to you on an unknowable level?

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        No, it’s an absolute piece of junk. There’s just something about that intensely 80s design. Looks like a vacuum cleaner. If I needed a minivan and something just like that… But hopefully good quality… Came out, I would absolutely buy that today (new)

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          It’s like pile of rotting shit. Every month something breaks, and replacement parts costed a fortune (in Europe)

          My dad got one he got for cheap, and found out why it’s so cheap very quickly. Very cool looking and feeling car otherwise

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    I’ve never even heard of the Dodge Copperhead, but I’m with you.

    It is hideous, Pontiac Aztek levels of ugly

    It’s definitely something of a “butter face” for sure.

    Much better! 😆

    I do think the Aztek is ugly as sin but I did think they looked kind of cool/cyberpunk.

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      Yeah, that back looks much closer to the Pontiac Solstice, which I always thought was a good looking car. I knew a retired guy with one who’d lied about his age during WWII and wound up ferrying aircraft. He was a firecracker when you’d get to talking with him and it seemed like a fun car.

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      I drove a rented Aztek on vacation once, and it was just fine. Rear visibility sucked, but it was a perfectly cromulent vehicle.

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    never bought one but I always liked the Plymouth pt cruiser’s look.

    also Chevy HHR got a lot of hate but I thought it was neato.

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      I was tempted to get an HHR back in the day, but they didn’t offer manual transmission.

      Ended up getting a similarly divisive Subaru Baja.

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      My niece had to drive a Homo Hot Rod for a long time. They were the unneeded answer from Chevy to Chrysler’s PT Cruiser.

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    I’ve heard people call the Farrari F50 ugly but it’s my favourite car from Need for Speed 2 and I’ve always liked the looks of it