Prius named one of the Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past Fifty Years

If this is ugly, I don't care about being beautiful.

 

I am totally agree with you. When I first bought the Prius; while I drove the car home; I called my wife and kids on the phone and said "I am bringing the Ugly home". When I brought Ugly home, my 16 years old girl said she like the Prius. May be younger generation is ok with the Prius look. Everyday, I am with the Prius; after three years I think it's ok (no more ugly).

 

October Sales Solid - Prius #10 Selling Car in US | PriusChat

Seems the public is buying ugly. ugly sells. silly car makers...producing attractive cars instead of ugly, efficient, and highly useful.

 

OH PLEASE!

I think Business Week looked at the wrong model of the Prius. I've always thought the first generation Prius was not the most beautiful car, as shown by this picture:



The 2nd generation and current models does look a bit unusual, but then, the vehicle was designed for the lowest aerodynamic drag possible, hence the jellybean-like hatchback design.

 

Near as I can tell, they missed both of my cars prior to the Prius. (Stock Photos)
My previous Toyota


My previous car

 

The first Prius was not exactly ugly but definitely boring. Gen II and III are not boring. They are distinctive, easy to spot.
Went to Tuscon this w/e w/SIL to see his wife/my daughter and we would see them 3=4 at a time then a few scattered here and there. The Prius has entered the mainstream. It is no longer a unique sighting, at least not here in the southwest. It continues to generate controversy though as no other car has done.

 

What about the Leyland P76

from STHARC Vehicles

Or the Ford Ka

From CARS FROM E - H

Or the Nissan Prairie

Nissan Prairie - Wikicars

But we can all say our Prius was on a list based on appearance which also had Ferarri and Lamborgini in it! That can't be bad.

Oh and no mention of BMW's Prius replica

BMW X6 Sports Activity Coupe | AutoClub

 

Maybe it's just the pic, but I like that Ford Ka!

 

It's ugly on the inside too.
1.3 litre all iron, (yep even the head) throttle body injected pushrod engine, blah!

 

The finest 1980's engine technology. I bet its just a screamer. :madgrin::

 

Worthless drivel.

I'll bet none of those 'other' 50 cars made a top ten sales list of any month in any country.

 

I think the 04 - 09 Prius is a pretty good looking car from the front and side. It's needs a little bit of help from the rear, but the 2010 has shaped up nicely there.

 

Surely you jest?
Corolla had a 1.3 litre engine with alloy head in the 1970s. The latest model car I had with an iron head was a 1974 Corona and that was overhead cam!

1970s engine technology.

Hell, my 1968 Crown has alloy head, and overhead cam.

 

1980's technology in the US. That's why our automobile industry is almost extinct. :madgrin:

 

I forgot one, I should be ashamed of myself. The ugliest car in the history of the world, the Ford AU Falcon!!


This car very nearly broke Ford Australia, they almost had to give them away.
This was the dressed up pretty boy of the fleet, the others if you can believe it were even uglier!!

 

None of these 50 cars are ugly. They are instead unusual, which is a good thing.

 

Ok,

Here is the car for them:

SEMA 2009 Worst of Show: This car stinks... — Autoblog

Bob Wilson

 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Who cares what this person from Business Weak thinks. They have to fill pages in the magazine and apparently they are running out of good ideas. :bored:

 

At least their comment about the 'spoiler' helped me understand why we had to have a global financial crisis.

David

 

They missed a couple of Citroens, which I think has the best running record for number of ugly models.