As far as ugly cars go, the Fiat Multipla is hard to beat. It looks hideous no matter how you look at it. Maybe the designers at Fiat Centro Stile were on a strike, or they were all blinded when designing the Multipla? We can't be sure, but something went very wrong. The lines are bad, the headlights are worse, the whole front-end of the car looks like that weird alien, Roger, from American Dad! And whoever designed the interior never saw an actual car interior in his/her life.However, by some miracle, designers have actually managed to create uglier cars than the Fiat Multipla. Whereas the Multipla has a saving grace — its practicality — it can seat six passengers very comfortably without the third row of seats, and it's very easy to get in and out of, other manufacturers built hideous and impractical cars, and there's no excuse for that. Prepare your eyes, because these 8 cars are somehow uglier than a Fiat Multipla.
8 Marcos Mantis M70
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Marcos is known for its lightweight sports cars and one other thing; building very ugly cars. They have many ugly cars on their resume, such as the Xylon and the Mantis XP, but in our eyes, the M70 easily takes the cake. The lines are ugly, the front-end goes on for miles, the bumper is awkward, and the headlines look confused. But the bad stuff doesn't end with the design.
All things said and done, the Mantis M70 was a futuristic car. It had a tubular chassis with fiberglass body panels, which were stiff and lightweight. But mechanically it wasn't very sound. It used the 2.5-liter engine from the Triumph TR6, which was not only underpowered at 132 horsepower, but also very unreliable. Only 32 were made and, thankfully, even fewer survived.
7 Consulier GTP
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For the Consulier GTP, ugliness is only skin deep. We would gladly own one even with its less than desirable design because it's just that good. Conceived by Warren Mosler, the same guy who made the Mosler MT900S, it used the age-old formula "simplify then add lightness" to be agile. The car is built to be as aerodynamic as possible. But the proportions and the headlights are just horrid.
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There's nothing wrong with its performance, though. It used a Shelby-tuned engine, but not a screaming V8, just a 2.2-liter turbocharged four-pot from the Dodge Omni GLH that produces 175 horsepower, but it is plenty because the car only weighs 2200 lbs. The later Intruder and Raptor models used much bigger engines, but they sacrificed the lightness.
6 Messerschmitt KR200
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Germans know how to make beautiful cars, they also know how to make fast cars. Sometimes they even make reliable cars. But when it comes to Messerschmitt KR 200, they forgot everything they know and gave us this abomination that only a mother could love, and that's being pretty generous.
The KR200 may look ugly, but it was practical for the time. It was powered by a 10 horsepower engine and could reach a top speed of 40 mph. It is supposed to be a scooter with a roof, and Messerschmitt built just that. But with its three wheels, funny face, and confused headlights, it's just plain ugly.
5 Glenfrome Facet
While a mother may love the KR200, no one loves the Glenfrome Facet. It is just hideous, and it has no saving grace. The idea behind it was to make a shell for the Range Rover to sell the rich Middle Eastern clients. But it created a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, because the regular Range Rover was just fine.
What Glenfrome created was a less capable vehicle because they cut the roof for a Targa top. Who would buy something like that? Just about no one, even the crazy-rich Middle Eastern clients, didn't like it and Glenfrome sold only 50 or so Facets. It was a totally pointless and hideous car.
4 Nissan S-Cargo
We'll have to give some props to Nissan, because although the S-Cargo is really ugly, it is still cute. It has a charm that only a Japanese car could have, and that was the saving grace for the S-Cargo. And it was incredibly practical, even for its small proportions.
In Nissan S-Cargo's case, the ugliness was the result of inspiration. It was inspired by the Citroën 2CV delivery van, and it fit perfectly with the company's Pike Project. It kind of looks like a snail, which explains the name S-Cargo. The car was undeniably adorable, it never fails to bring a smile to your face, but this doesn't change the fact that it is ugly.
3 Youabian Puma
Where should we start with one? Bashing this car's design is so hard to resist, even though someone bashed the front end while designing the car. It looks like someone squished a perfectly reasonable design for fun. Maybe a disgruntled ex-employee changed the design just before it went to production and the company just went with it, but no, this was Dr. K. Youabian's intention.
Powered by GM's LS7, it is a waste of a perfectly good crate engine. And the price? $1.1 Million! Why? Who would buy one? It is bigger than a Bentley Mulsanne, which is one of the largest vehicles you can buy right now. It weighs 6800 lbs and looks like a blowfish.
2 Pontiac Aztek
The Pontiac Aztek was America's answer to the Fiat Multipla in terms of ugliness. While it is not a bad car underneath its ugly skin, the first impression matters a lot. So if you look at the car, you can clearly understand why nobody wanted one. The proportions are off, body panels are looks like it was designed by a ruler and the whole front and back end is ghastly.
Yet, it is still a revolutionary car, but for all the wrong reasons. This car is not just ugly, but it also started the crossover-SUV class. We can live with its weird headlights and the unsightly grille, but we can't forgive Aztek. Piece by piece, it had the potential to be a nice car, but when they assembled everything and combine it with the car's legacy, then you'll understand why we consider the Aztek one of the ugliest cars of all time. This car was the final nail in Pontiac's coffin.
1 Sbarro Autobau
The Sbarro Autobau looks like a Hot Wheels car gone wrong. We thank all things holy for the fact that, luckily, it's just a concept car. It may look like a film prop or a toy car, but the proportions are off, and anyone older than 10 will say the design is just plain ugly.
It was a unique concept when it came out at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. But since then, Lamborghini built something somewhat similar with Venono, and we placed it amongst the ugliest sports cars of all time and the Sbarro Autobau is just worse in every way. Maybe except the engine, because it was a Ferrari V12. But even that engine isn't enough to save the Autobau.