{"id":2127,"date":"2012-08-29T18:07:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T08:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2023-08-18T19:33:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T09:33:02","slug":"ugly-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/ugly-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly is in the eye of the beholder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is ugliness. Some cars rated as being horribly hideous by one reviewer might have a certain quirkiness that endears the vehicle to other people. So it\u2019s always a little bit iffy when people come up with the lists of the ugliest cars.<\/p>\n

The following were ranked as being the ugliest cars of 2012 by Forbes magazine and website. In other words, if your favourite set of wheels is in this list, or if you actually quite like the looks of a particular vehicle, don\u2019t blame me. A few of these had me scratching my head and wondering what on earth these guys were on about. Some I did agree with, of course. But the practical side of me says that there\u2019s more to a car than the way it looks, and if it gets you from A to B comfortably and efficiently, then looks can be irrelevant. And is it really a big deal that you have a car so hideous that it stands out from all the rest of the computer-designed blandness?<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the list of the ugliest cars of 2012, as Forbes magazine and website calls it.
\n\u2022 Acura ZDX: we don\u2019t have this one over here, so don\u2019t go looking for it in our car reviews page<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Ford Transi<\/a>t Connect (actually, it looks better than some fridge-on-wheels vans I\u2019ve seen)<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 GMC Terrain: another one that we don\u2019t have here, so you\u2019ll be spared the variation on squareness the designers played with<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Honda Crosstour (are these reviewers nuts?)<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Lexus CT 200h hybrid (see above \u2013 who\u2019s paying them?)<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Lincoln MKT (again, one we don\u2019t have over in Australia)<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Mercedes Benz R-Class: OK, so it looks like a hearse\u2026 which is a good thing if you actually are an undertaker. But is it really that ugly?<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Mini Coupe: well, it certainly isn\u2019t the classic Mini as we know it.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Mitsubishi i MieV: yes, this one does look a bit weird. The overall silhouette isn\u2019t bad, so maybe the designers will be able to improve on it as the years go by.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Nissan Murano <\/a>Crosscabriolet: not that ugly in my books, as you can expect an interesting crossover vehicle to look different<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Porsche Panamera<\/a>: hey, I think this one looks quite nice!<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Smart Pure Coupe: Another oddball one, but that\u2019s expected with Smart.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Toyota Prius V: I now have a very low opinion of the reviewers of the Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n

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\nOK, that was one list. And it was rather limited in that it only considered cars that came out this year (and 2012 isn\u2019t even over yet, so who knows what\u2019s coming?). Other lists, such as the one put out by the Discovery channel, have older and uglier ones, many of which were unsafe into the bargain\u2026 now that\u2019s ugly.
\nThe list was:
\n10 Ford Edsel<\/p>\n

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\n9 Studebaker Avanti (yes, that\u2019s the front of the car)<\/p>\n

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\n8 Chevrolet Corvair<\/p>\n

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\n7 Fiat <\/a>Yugo<\/p>\n

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\n6 Ford Pinto (and an absolute deathtrap into the bargain)<\/p>\n

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\n5 Chevrolet Vega<\/p>\n

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\n4 AMC Gremlin<\/p>\n

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\n3 Fiat Multipla<\/p>\n

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\n2 Pontiac Aztek<\/p>\n

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\n1 AMC Pacer.<\/p>\n

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\nIt would be fun to develop a list of the ugliest cars in Australia. Personally, that Fiat Multipla ought to be in there. Any other suggestions? http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/mgnovennye-zaimy-na-kartu-bez-otkazov-kredito24.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is ugliness. Some cars rated as being horribly hideous by one reviewer might have a certain quirkiness that endears the vehicle to other people. So it\u2019s always a little bit iffy when people come up with the lists of the ugliest cars. The following were ranked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14856,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/14856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}