As you know we've asked many of our guests about the "mythical 3 car garage" or "cars they had as posters on their wall as a kid" or "sexiest car of all time" - but we thought this time... let's turn the conversation around, and see what's the ugliest car we could recommend for someone else? ... and can't wait to see what our panel came up with.
In keeping with the tradition of What Should I Buy? - we have to set some ground rules, in this case we have to define: ugly. Our usual suspects are always the Aztek, Pacer, Edsel, Bricklin and even the HHR. But if you suspend disbelief for a...
As you know we've asked many of our guests about the "mythical 3 car garage" or "cars they had as posters on their wall as a kid" or "sexiest car of all time" - but we thought this time... let's turn the conversation around, and see what's the ugliest car we could recommend for someone else? ... and can't wait to see what our panel came up with.
In keeping with the tradition of What Should I Buy? - we have to set some ground rules, in this case we have to define: ugly. Our usual suspects are always the Aztek, Pacer, Edsel, Bricklin and even the HHR. But if you suspend disbelief for a moment, you could argue that there ARE ways to make those cars cool. But tonight we’re talking about an entire new caliber of UGLY, the designs where no amount of mods could make them better, cars with looks that only a momma could love.
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00:00 Introduction and Panel Setup; Defining Ugly Cars
01:17 Ugliest Cars Discussion Begins
03:17 PowerPoint Presentation on Ugly Cars
04:57 Debate on Specific Ugly Models
10:41 Ferrari Mondial T and Other Italian Disasters
26:21 Soviet Block Cars and Their Design
28:49 French Cars: The Epitome of Ugly
31:44 Matt's Departure and Citroen SM Discussion
32:07 Dr. Seuss and the Citroen DS
33:01 French Cars and Arrogance
33:48 Fish-like Cars and the Stutz Bearcat
36:51 The Ugly Truth About the MR2 TTE
41:10 Fiat Multipla and Other Design Disasters
46:21 Volvo Safety Car and Pedestrian Safety
54:39 The Ugliest Car Ever: 1957 Aurora Safety Car
59:36 Final Thoughts and Outro
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