The world of modifying cars is a massive, grand, wild, amazing, wonderful, weird, and scary one. There's an endless variety of aftermarket modifications that you can get for almost every single car in existence. And there are modifications of all crazy kinds of different styles, from low-riders to high-rollers, from off-roaders to drifters. Add to that the wonderfully strange and comical genre of modifications that we'll call "home-grown," mods that people make in their backyard and slap onto their cars, usually made of wood, cardboard, or whatever you can possibly get your hands on.

The best part is that if there isn't already a mod for your car, or there's something you want that's very specific and hasn't been made yet, there are shops and garages, companies that can make the mod you desire. They'll make mods for any car. When it comes to modding cars, it's a subject that's probably safe to say you either love or you hate. This article is about car mods, but a very specific and special kind of car mod. One of the more weird and rewarding kinds out there, actually. We're going to look at the top 20 sedans that people have modified into none other than pickup trucks. Oh yes, it's a thing. In fact there's a few notable companies that will turn any car into a pickup. But most tend to fabricate these builds themselves, with legitimately surprising results. So, here we go, twenty sedans that people have modded into pickup trucks.

20 Jetta Gone Rogue

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Let's get things rolling with a classic example of a sedan gone rogue. This Volkswagen Jetta has been turned into a genuine pickup truck. Well, I don't think what was done to this poor sedan can qualify as genuine. But in any case we've got a bed, so we'll call it a truck.

Of course, a pickup without things like hauling capacity, ride height, or power a truck would need to be, well, an adequate truck.

Looks like this sedan-truck hybrid thing is all just for looks. Of course, to each his own, but in my opinion, the looks aren't that great either.

19 Dodge Charger Charging The Wrong Direction

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I have to say, this may just be one of the most visually offensive things that I have seen in quite a long time. Not only is the body of the first gen Dodge Charger one of the ugliest body designs of American cars yet, it only gets worse as your gaze starts at the front end and works its way back to that hideous, mismatched paint color, matte finish, outrageous truck bed slapped on the back.

I'm surprised to see that the back wheel even matches the front one. Overall, though, a fairly clean build executed decently. But come on, the thing is hideous. Go get a new paint job!

18 Waste Of A V8 Engine

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A sports car should always remain as it was intended: a sports car. The thing about a sports car is that it's designed to go fast.

A lot of engineers and people spent a lot of time determining and calculating exactly what the car needed to go faster.

They made them well balanced, tuned, with proper weight ratios and aerodynamics. . . all of that is erased by this pickup modification. The drag on that tailgate set up combined with I'm sure ruined suspension and ride makes for a car that at first glance I would call "totaled".

17 Estate Car: Reimagined

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I suppose there are arguments for both sides of everything. The fact that it's fairly straightforward and easy to turn a car into a pickup makes it a likely candidate for that kind of mod. To me, an estate car, like this former Volvo wagon, is a prime candidate for a truck makeover, and I don't think it's entirely a bad idea.

The back is already bigger for more storage space, functionality, etc, so why not make it a full-blown pickup? I guess there's a lot of reasons, but we'll ignore them because at some level this kind of thing makes sense. I guess?

16 A Beamer Beaming A Bad Idea

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If this particular BMW mod didn't include the pickup on the back, I'd probably still think it's pretty hideous. That aftermarket green color is repulsive, the rims look cheap and clashy, and the body kit is bulky and cumbersome.

Add to that the fact that they modified the body to have a pickup bed in the back instead of seats and a trunk, it makes this BMW next level ruined.

To top it all off, to add insult to injury, for some reason the designer of this pickup sedan added a useless spoiler onto the tailgate. The tailgate.

15 A Shame To The Golf Name

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Okay, so we've got a hot hatchback here, one of the very greatest hot hatchbacks, in fact, the hottest hatchback, the pioneer of hot hatchbacks as we know them, and we've removed the hatchback element entirely. So what does that make this? A hot bed-back? or hot back-pick hatch?

In any case, this modded Volkswagen is a sight to see, in blazing cherry red, mean, covered up headlights, chunky body kit, and big wheels. It all meshes together really well. Alas, the end result is still an adulterated golf that otherwise could be a sick, speedy, modded golf. Instead, we get a Vauxhall-esque nightmare.

14 Not A Pretty Sight

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This sedan pickup truck Audi mod is one of the most homely ones on the list. Not outrageous or shocking, just the most boring kind of ugly imaginable. All matte gray and completely stock in every way. Except for the truck bed on the back.

This Audi simultaneously stands out as being almost as ugly as the Subaru Baja, yet at the same time remains completely unremarkable.

What's nice about this model of Audi is that it is extraordinarily practical, with lots of room, accessories, good gas mileage, and reliability, while still remaining sporty, fast, and good fun to drive. I don't think any of those things still apply to this Audi specifically.

13 Not A Ferrari...

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I don't care how nice the wood is that you use in the truck bed. I don't care how well done it is, how classy you think it is. I don't care who did it, when they did it, or why they did it.

There's no way anything you could say will convince me that this is an okay thing to do. This is very not okay. It's a Ferrari. Arguably the finest car company in the world. Every one of their cars is a finely tuned work of art. It's insane to even think about messing with any part of a Ferrari to modify it. It's sacrilege in the greatest degree. Shame on you,

12 Beetle Turned Boxy

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Why is the back fender so wide and long? It makes the back look way too boxy and cumbersome. There's a lot of VW Beetle car mods in the world currently, and so you can't really say this is sacrilegious per se, but that doesn't mean it isn't terrible.

The car is so tiny that the bed of the "truck" has to also be tiny.

As you can tell, they tried to maximize the width as much as possible, sacrificing some style for it. Still not practical enough for it to make any sense. And where the heck did the put the engine?

11 Waste Of A Passat

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I've owned this year and model of Passat before, even the same color. And I can say that it wasn't the most reliable car in the world.

It reached a certain point where too many things started to go wrong with it in too short of a time, and there was a crack in the heater core, kind of the last nail in the coffin. But this Passat looks like it's been long past that point--before they decided to make it into a pickup truck. And they didn't do a good job at it, either. At least take off the hubcap so the wheels match.

10 It's For Sale Everybody!

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Quick, better jump on this deal before it goes away!

This hot, mid-engined chick-magnet is for sale. Here's your chance to own the Mazda Miata of your dreams! It's got everything you need.

A front end bra that desperately needs to be replaced, a marginal service record, aftermarket rims, a soft top to match the bra and a giant pickup bed with a cover that coordinates with the rest of the faded, cracking pleather! What's there to not want with this incredible, one of a kind car? Just look at that extended wheelbase!

9 No Amount Of Bodywork Can Fix This One

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I see a bit of a rust patch filled in there on the side of the car. Primed but not painted yet. To me, that's kind of like patching a bit of broken molding on the Titanic while it's sinking. Kind of pointless. This BMW pickup truck can't decide if it's trying to be Yankee practical or Euro-racing chic.

Those are definitely track-style rim and racing stripes, but that's definitely diamond plate metal lining the inside of the "ahem" truck bed. The most confusing part is I think it's actually at a race track. Which means it's most likely to come in last place.

8 Racing Truck

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This build is pretty legit, there's no denying that fact. I can't say that it's good or logical. Or practical. But it's souped-up, lightened, has a roll cage, racing seats, sports tires, etc. etc. So someone spends time on it, obviously using racing trucks as inspiration, as this is very similar in shape and style to those kinds of racers.

The thing that I don't understand is the mismatched rims. I know, I know, they're coordinated, opposite of each other, but it's silly, loud, and makes the wheels look like different sizes.

Not cool.

7 A Classic Mercedes Made Very Not Classy

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I just don't see the value in taking a perfectly reasonable, beautiful, classy old sedan and deciding it's a good idea to chop off the back of it and turn it into a Frankenstein-mobile with a bucket fabricated onto the back.

This Mercedes Benz was wonderfully practical and useful and everything it was made to be before it was turned into a pickup truck. A pickup truck that doesn't have any of the value or use of a truck made and designed to haul heavy loads and things.

6 What Is It?

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I'm really not sure how I would react if I saw this Volvo in bright red driving on the streets. It has six wheels for the love of all that is car holy. What is the point? I mean, really, what is the point of something like this?

I can't really wrap my head around what its purpose is, and it definitely has one, because it has a lightbar.

That might be what confuses me most, because does that mean it's a police car? Or a firetruck? I wouldn't want to get pulled over by this thing. Although that's exactly what would happen because I would be laughing at whoever is driving it.

5 Another Ruined Volvo

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Again we've got a classic case of trying to mix an electrician's work truck with some kind of racing car.

This thing has big rims, I'm pretty sure it's been lowered, it's got deep tinted windows and painted calipers, and a spoiler over the tailgate.

Which kind of completely negates the purpose of a tailgate. Why does it even have a truck bed at all? The most disturbing part is that in this particular build they decided to stick the rest of the signature tall Volvo taillights on the cab of the truck. Once you notice it, it only gets more unsettling.

4 The Sketchiest One Yet

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I can't even believe that this sedan turned pickup truck is actually a car that someone not only regularly drives on the interstate, but a car that someone actually had the idea to build, and followed through with that idea. Well, the followthrough is rather questionable, to be honest.

I can't tell if it's another car stitched on or how exactly they went about getting their car to become a pickup truck. I think the most feasible and realistic postulation is that they hacked off the back half of the roof and kind of, I don't know, put some fabric over it to make it at least look like it has a truck bed. That trunk is still intact.

3 The Car May Be Smart But What About The Driver. . .

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These six wheel pickup truck mods really just baffle me more than anything else. The only reason that set of back wheels is on there at all is because the person who built the pickup bed mod was too lazy or too inept to successfully extend the wheelbase of the car.

So instead they slapped an axle and a couple wheels on the back end of the car to support the extended length of the mod. Sloppy work if you ask me, and an easy way to make your already dumb idea of a pickup truck smart car even more dumb and obvious.

2 Is This Fast And Furious Or Duck Dynasty?

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Apparently, there's quite the cult following for this style of street car. We've got the rims, the stance, the wide fenders, the big tires, the beefy exhaust, tinted windows, all the works for a solid street car mod. Except for, of course, the heavy dose of pickup truck slathered all over the back of it.

Instead of putting a massive and pointless spoiler on the back of this Nissan, the owner decided, "Hey, you know what? Let's tear off the roof and trunk, and make it into the bed of a truck.

It won't be long enough to hold very many things, but it'll be awesome." Well, it's not awesome.

1 Looks Like A Hot Wheels

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This Golf GTI is an absolute disaster. I mean, why would you do this to a Golf? It has absolutely no practical value. None. Anything you could fit in that tiny truck bed you could have just as easily fit into the open hatchback of the original. It's one thing to make a car that has a truck bed already styled as part of the car design.

I don't even like the way those look, but at least it's what the car is designed to be like. But when you adulterate an already near-perfect car just to be different, or because you like the style? I don't think I'll ever understand the draw of turning your sedan into a pickup.

Sources: autoevolution.com, automobilemag.com