That is one ugly car

BigBadMick

BMW reckons this is their Merc killer

http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=4718673

Jesus Christ but that is one majorly fucking ugly car.

What do my fellow spec-chums think?

Skarpo

I like the Dodge Viper (pref. '96) ... yes, I do.

Aside from that I actually do like that BMW ... BUT that's just because the grille and headlights look like they're stolen from the new Dodge Charger.

Is it just me or does this BMW have very Americanised lines/form/etc?

Skarpo
:-)

Vampyre

I like the back of it, but the front looks a bit "Christine" to me.

http://cars.uk.msn.com/Photo_Gallery/Popup_page.aspx?cp-documentid=4718606&dub-gallery-photo-number=4

Ian Hamilton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Smart_car.jpg

Necros rests his case. :)

chaosmongers

What would I know?

I drive a Bambi!

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bedfordrascal.com/img/bambiimage_394.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bedfordrascal.com/bambi.html&h=349&w=394&sz=42&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=uGy51lECS3YYzM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drascal%2B%2Bbambi%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

dm_boozefreek

WASN'T THIS THREAD TITLED FUCK! THAT IS ONE UGLY CAR!

About 6 Hours Ago.

:D

Winston

_ALL_ BMWs are ugly. Actually, I think this one is actually not bad by BMW standards.

Matt_B

aowen wrote: »

Even the M1?

Only if it has the badges removed.

Scottie_uk

That car is as ugly as ....hmm... well as ugly as nothing else, there is nothing uglier.

Yuck it's horrid. The words bulldog, chewing and wasp spring to mind.

Im sure they will sell loads, to flash gits who are ritch but have no taste or style. It's a kind of "look at me I'm ritch type of car" As high end cars go its pretty lame.

Matt_B

Scottie_uk wrote: »

Im sure they will sell loads, to flash gits who are ritch but have no taste or style. It's a kind of "look at me I'm ritch type of car" As high end cars go its pretty lame.

It should do well with the footballer and pop star crowd then?

psj3809

Dont mind some of the latest BMW's, thought that new one looks excellent, no way would i think its ugly as sin !

Ælita

Oh I just got me a dodge stealth. 3 litre V6. It's really a rebadged mitsubishi 3000 GTO. It's good for 221BHP. I love it. Sorry..just thought I'd mention it.

dekh

It looks like it is frowning or scowling. Ford redesigned the grill on the focus coz it was down turned and the Japanese picked up on it and didn't buy it.

I've driven the (2 year) old style Merc S Class LWB saloon and it was fking lovely. The owner has just upgraded to the brand new design - even longer, even wider and he says it is the smoothest drive. He owns a chauffeur company and doesn't rate the Beemers at all. "Chav mobiles" was a term used...

But if someone were to donate one I wouldn't turn it down.

Looking at the pics again, I quite like the scowl.

Scottie_uk

Matt_B wrote: »

It should do well with the footballer and pop star crowd then?

Oh most definately.

usspeccyfan

what's the quote from "The Big Lebowski"?
oh yes... "I Kill You Ugly Car!!!"

Winston

Matt_B wrote: »

It should do well with the footballer and pop star crowd then?

This is why I call BMWs "drug dealer's cars".

BruceNorton

Winston wrote: »

This is why I call BMWs "drug dealer's cars".

And pimp cars

Do you think there is a Car dealership just for drug barons and pimps :lol:

Hedegaard

Winston wrote: »

_ALL_ BMWs are ugly. Actually, I think this one is actually not bad by BMW standards.

Thats exactly what I thought!
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks BMW's need to have their wheels removed, flipped over and used as coffins for their owners ;)

Skarpo

I remember liking the car Derrick used to drive ... honestly don't recall whether it was just a regular Merceds or if he switched over to a BMW ... yeah ... well ... whichever it was, it was a nice car ... German engineering in da house!

dekh

Derrick? Didn't he drive a Reliant Regal?

chaosmongers

aowen wrote: »

I still miss my XF Fairmont Wagon

http://www.geocities.com/falconfacts/falcon/xffalcon.html

Looks a bit like an old MK2 Granada... similar shape..
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://members.tripod.com/~drdesign/bmb718w.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members.tripod.com/~drdesign/mk2page.htm&h=272&w=410&sz=6&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=zMQLeKBzmX39kM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmk2%2Bgranada%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN


I used to have a Talbot Tagora... One of the last 'Chrysler' designs before they left the UK in the late 70's.

http://www.auto-mobil-forum.de/modelle_erfahrungsberichte/index.php?seite=modelle&h=talb&m=4000601201

Heard on the radio a couple of years ago that there were only 3 left in the country... Which I'd kept mine instead of selling it for £50 :*(

Skarpo

dekh wrote: »

Derrick? Didn't he drive a Reliant Regal?

Nah, totally different Derrick ... Ich denke an Oberinspektor Stefan Derrick.

Ja!

Skarpo
:-)

dekh

Not Del Boy then?

Winston

Intersting about the Talbot - I thought it was the Morris Marina which was the rarest car produced in the last thirty years (when it was in production it was the 3rd most popular!)

I saw an old Marina ad on YouTube, and in the ad they were driving the car through the salt spray of the sea shore... I thought I bet that car was a pile of iron oxide by the next day!

Despite them being terrible cars, I didn't like it when Jeremy Clarkson destroyed one, basically because they are getting rather rare now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYn1ozKE78

And I _love_ this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtMqWjwnGDQ

chaosmongers

Winston wrote: »

Intersting about the Talbot - I thought it was the Morris Marina which was the rarest car produced in the last thirty years (when it was in production it was the 3rd most popular!)

I saw an old Marina ad on YouTube, and in the ad they were driving the car through the salt spray of the sea shore... I thought I bet that car was a pile of iron oxide by the next day!

Bizarrely, I had one of those too 4-5 years ago!

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/chaosmongers/photo/294928804007042160/17

Mine was a 1979 "T" reg. 1300cc - pretty bog standard. They're not the nicest car to drive - the handling is terrible. The Allegro (my very first car, 17 years ago) was a much better car! (With an equally dodgy image).

Scottie_uk

That second video was great Winston.

Ælita

This is not an ugly car..its my stealth.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t42/Kaijapska/dodge.jpg

beanz

Laila wrote: »

This is not an ugly car..its my stealth.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t42/Kaijapska/dodge.jpg

Numberplates have been changed to protect the (not so) innocent.

Ælita

Haha, well my partner bought it for me. Trouble is I gotta drive it to california in 3 weeks time. What joy.

dm_boozefreek

Laila wrote: »

Haha, well my partner bought it for me. Trouble is I gotta drive it to california in 3 weeks time. What joy.

OUCH! Took me and the wife 17.5 hours to drive from Indiana to Florida a few weeks ago, From Florida to Cali is even further......good luck on that one :lol:

Ælita

dm_boozefreek wrote: »

OUCH! Took me and the wife 17.5 hours to drive from Indiana to Florida a few weeks ago, From Florida to Cali is even further......good luck on that one :lol:

Yeah lol. We're in no hurry though. 4 to 5 days I think straight driving, but we'll swap drivers and will stop in dallas for a few days. I totally wanted the car anyways. Me want!