Category: Design

We all have a history with ugly cars. My college buddy Toure told me that, when he was a little kid, he and his friends would run up to a neighbor’s Pinto, smack the bumper with a wiffle-ball bat, then run away, expecting the car to explode.

Also, my first serious girlfriend drove a Chevy Corvaire. I once thought about writing an essay about our relationship entitled, “Unsafe at Any Speed.”

In that spirit, I offer up BW’s slideshow of The Ugliest Cars in the World (read the accompanying story, and the 400+ comments).

(Update: Looks like Time magazine just covered this subject, prompting a 2Blowhards response. Oh, and I’m not sure Elayne’s current car is much safer than that Pinto.)