A Good Year for the Outlaw

A few weeks back, I saw my first 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 up close and personal. Yesterday, I saw my first “everyday” 2009 Challenger SE and 2009 Challenger R/T vehicles up close and personal.
The next thing I’ll see is me behind the wheel of one. May not be this week, may not be this [...]

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After looking at the atrocities below, I thought I’d better post some pictures of actual GOOD looking vehicles to cure the nausea of seeing Toyotas:
 

There.  I feel better now.

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No company in the world brings forth so many ugly vehicles as Toyota. No car company in the world is as overrated as Toyota. I despise Toyota more than you can imagine. Toyota has been bringing us ugly…no, FUGly cars for a long time, and as you’ll see, they won’t stop in the future. Let’s go back [...]

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A few months back, I posted over a period of time the 10 Ugliest Vehicles, in my estimation, on the road today.
Toyota, the most overrated company of any kind anywhere on the planet, was featured prominently on the list. If a Toyota is not boring, it’s ugly. They have those two categories sewed up.
So tonight [...]

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Here in Kewanee, we’ve just lost our “Murphy USA” gas station, located, like all Murphy stores, on Wal Mart property. At first, I thought it may have been a failure for Wal Mart, which would bring great joy to most of the world. But it turns out that Murphy, starting in May, has begun purchasing the [...]

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For years, I have claimed that Chevrolet has ridden on the coattails of Pontiac when it comes to design. Pontiac designers come up with beautiful cars…Chevy whines to the powers that be inside GM…and all of a sudden Pontiac’s designs become Chevrolet vehicles.
It all started in 1964, when Pontiac’s design team came up with this:

Look [...]

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I saw a show on Speed tonight that showed several NASCAR drivers participating in the Japanese “sport” of drifting, where drivers throw a car into a smoky power slide and hold it there while being judged on style, control, and other factors.
When I heard the announcer call it “The ’sport’ of drifting”, I became agitated. [...]

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10. Pontiac G6
Yes, I’m a Pontiac man. I’ve had 13 of them in a row. But my next car will most likely NOT be a Pontiac. Why? Several reasons. First, the disappointing 2004-2005 GTO. While Dodge was building muscular, retro machines like the Charger and Magnum, and Ford had a hit with the new/old Mustang, Pontiac [...]

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9. Toyota Yaris
Toyota strikes again. Heck, I should have just done a list of “10 Ugliest Toyotas” and it wouldn’t be far off from the actual list.  This is just godawful. Why do people buy these things? Seriously, supposed quality (which isn’t really as good as they claim) aside, why would you let yourself be [...]

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8. Toyota Echo
Ugh.
These Toyota jerks have got to be the weirdest guys in the world. How can one company make so many undesireable-to-look-at vehicles? And then people actually BUY them!  Note to young people: this vehicle does NOT make you cool. Period.

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7. Fiat Multipla
This atrocity would have ended up much higher on the list, but fortunately for us, they don’t sell this thing (to the best of my knowledge) on our side of the pond, so we don’t have to look at it. But it is SO ugly, that it’s lack of attractiveness can physically be [...]

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#6. Dodge Nitro
Much like the so-called Chevy at #5, this…thing…comes from the guys who brought you the ‘68 Charger, the ‘70 Challenger, and more recently the ‘92 Viper, the gorgeous new Charger, and the “I can’t wait” new Challenger.
I don’t know who this new Nitro will appeal to, but I’m guessing the “I drove a Willys [...]

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#5. Chevrolet Aveo
This is from the same marque that brought you the ‘57 Bel Air, the ‘62 Impala SS, the ‘67 Camaro, the ‘69 Chevelle, and Corvettes for over 50 years. Seeing something like this come out of that “design studio” has left me with a 3-word question:
What the hell?

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#3. Toyota Prius (top) and #4. Honda Insight
I will only say one thing about the gawd-awful ugliness of these two…these two…two…pathetic eyesores:
I will consider buying a hybrid car when they stop looking like this!

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2. Toyota Scion xb
Not to be outdone by rival Honda, and in an amazing coincidence, a Toyota exec found another drawing by the four-year old Mr. Issagawa (see Element, below) and reproduced it for his company.
Seriously, what is up with Japan’s automakers if this is what is coming off their drawing boards? Anyone who reads Motor Trend, [...]

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As a longtime Pontiac guy, I used to get very angry when every car magazine decided the Pontiac Aztek was the ugliest vehicle ever. First of all, as has now been proven since the Aztek’s arrival, it was ahead of it’s time. Secondly, while admittedly not attractive, the Aztek was NEVER the “ugliest” thing on [...]

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