Saab 900, Saab 9000

VI009DZ - Do you like those odd VW pickups? Those are pretty neat (and ugly) in my opinion.

 

not really. it just doesn't look like it has the "hotrodable" appeal to it. The only one that looks like you could rod it pretty well is the ford. The chevy is one of those fan-cooled rear engine jobs, as is the VW. The Ford has a nice little compartment between the seats where the motor is, and it appears that you could fairly easily slap a small block in.

 

Probably either the Studebaker Avanti:

or the BRAT:

 

I have too long a list.

 

Me too.

My EXP. Ugly and quite slow.

The BG Protegé that we're currently swapping:

Maybe they aren't ugly so much as they're just unoffensive to the point of being boring.

 

Alcyone!

Subaru SVX. I can has STi motor swap?

 

I have a long list.

The most obvious is the Crossfire:

SVX:

Dodge Spirit R/T

Omni GLHS. I can also add other Turbo Dodges like the minivan

GNX/GN:

 

I would argue that the last few on your list there Jameson aren't ugly, just merely milquetoast (or 80's). That being said I would totally rock just about everything mentioned so far (and I would go out of my way to buy an Omni GLHS if I found a good one....total GTi slayer).

 

I picked one up by necessity, and once it was done I sold it because I had no place to put it, but I've become rather fond of the classic Suburban:

 

I've always had a thing for crown vics. While not a production car, in particular this one from the movie TAXi with Jimmy Falon and Queen Latifah.

Tboy

 

For the record there hasn't been a car displayed here I didn't like for one reason or another.

Basically my list is LONG!

Also, I REALLY love all the cars Jameson has listed.

PS. My friend has 1 of 120 Dodge Spirit R/T's made w/ ABS.

 

Above plus ovlov 240's.

 

My old car:

1997 Taurus SHO. Revvy V8, torque steer, and the check engine light was basically always on.

the guts:

also, the first/second generations had a better engine, with the same hideous taurus looks!

i'd never own one again, but when i was driving it, i sure didn't mind...

 

I was going to put the 2nd gen on my list. The V8 is auto only, heavier, and slower than the V6 5spd and the 2nd gen looks pretty good.

 

i'll agree. i always like the 2nd generation the best. my dad had a red one for a company car.
the V8 was pretty sluggish, the tranny wasn't too good (managed to blow the seals and lose the fluid and damage the torque converter...).

also had the cams welded before it sold...

 

I LOVE the Merkur XR4Ti and the Ford Cossie version.

 

Totally different cars bro....the Merkur and Cossie were based of the RWD Sierra/Escort platform of mid- 80's UK fame. ( 2.3 turbo four or Koln V6 engines, RWD or AWD)

The Taurus was a totally different platform, FWD, and the SHO had Yamaha built engines, 1st and 2nd gen were V6's, and the 3rd gen was a V8.

A dude at the last autocross of the season here in VT has a 1st gen SHO with a 5 speed and no mufflers....just headers on it....he glued some cones on the roof, welded bars on the steelies and turned it into an enduro racer....he did a few laps with it at the autocross til the property owner came down and told him to stop driving it as everyone was going deaf.

It was badass.

 

I think he was just talking about liking those cars, not implying they had anything to do with Tauruses (or Taurii?)

 

Yes! How could I forget how ugly my SHO was...?

I miss it. Would own another one with a Quaife and lots of interior and suspension modification... to make it less Fordlike.

 

I don't think the Taurus, especially the 2nd generation, counts as an "ugly car" guilty pleasure. It was pretty decent looking.

A Karmann Ghia, though, that might qualify.

 

Beetle RSI:

 

Karmann Ghia

 

I think the Ghia is a pretty nice looking car overall...

I'm pretty partial to the old, weird looking Lotii:
Lotus Cortina:

and Lotus Europa Twin Cam:

 

Of the many these three I would really want if the cancer hasn't killed them yet.

Escort Mk II

Celica Supra Mk II

and 1970's Celica's

 

I have to say, I think Azteks are cool..

I mean, I would never buy one, but I have to admire people who care so little about what other people think that they do.

 

haha ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to want one before i got my license.

 

i would LOVE a galant vr4

 

A BMW Issetta (sp) Is so ugly it's cool also a Volvo P1800

 

Both are uglier than hell, but I would almost give my left nut for either

 

Amphicar

 

Eagle Premier (Designed by the same guy that did the 9000)

 

I still see those on a daily basis, that or the dodge monaco variant. I think NEPA must have been THE place those things were bought cause they are no where else anymore.

and on a size note they have the same shitty ZF trans as the 9000, though mounted in the same manner as it is in the Delorean... also, the Eagle premier not only shared the same engine & trans with the delorean as well as drive-line lay out (though reversed), it was also a Italdesign car, as was the Saab 9000 as well as the DMC DeLorean.

So the Saab 9000 actually has some indirect relation with the DeLorean, due to the Eagle premier if you want to get technical! :lol: