Seems for about half of them they are confusing ugly looks with just bad car. I have never found the Chevette, Yugo, or Pinto to be ugly. Horrible cars maybe (even that's debatable for the Pinto) but not especially ugly.

I thought when I first clicked on over that the list would be really bad, but scrolling through, each car that Jim presented, I got angrier and angrier. RRRAAAAAWWWRRRRR.
Business week has no business determining the handsomeness or ugliness of anything. Ever. So fuck them, anyhow.

It would have been a better use of Bloomberg/Businessweek’s resources to give us a list of the 50 ugliest cars in business terms. Ro80 that killed NSU? Beta that destroyed Lancia? I have never seen such an article and think it would be interesting. And then there is the opposite side of the coin–the most beautiful in business terms. What would be on that list?

The New Beetle? I loathe new beetles, but they aren't actually bad looking. That's a pretty flattering shot, as well.
There's quite a few that I think are quite good looking, and even more that I wouldn't say are ugly, but I'll just single out the Prius. The first and third generations are horrible, why did the author pick the second? I really like the design, if it were shorter and wider I think it'd be a great looking car.

It's one of those days where my sarcasm meter is not working.

Wow, some of you take the term 'ugly' pretty personally when it comes to your favorite rides.
When I call a car ugly it is usually more of a compliment. "Hot damn that thing is ugly!.. It for sale?"

This Damion guy must have myopia somewhere in the two digit range. (the first digit higher than 2)

They forgot to add the 2008 STi. Or, in more general terms, the 2008 Impreza hatchback.
As a passionate (for lack of a better word) Impreza fan, I pretty much cried when Subaru unleashed this abomination.

The LM002 was hideous, but it was awesomely hideous. I'm mostly offended by the 240 and S-Cargo, I believe. Admittedly, the coffinhood/quad-square-lights combination of the early '80s models left something to be desired, though I'd have nominated the 740 sedan for its rear roofline alone (along with, perhaps, the Mercury Cougar from at least 1980 onward, and particularly the Dodge Dynasty, for the same reason) if that's the sort of anti-box standard being applied. The S-Cargo is just hug-it-and-squeeze-it adorable. Oh, and if I may say so politely, fuck 'em for including the New Beetle – impractical, maybe, but well-styled until the 2006 facelift.
Honestly, I disagree with half the list – and I suspect the average remotely-car-aware individual would agree on at least some of my points. My idea of ugly is either total ugliness excused as functionality or overstyling by committee. On the former point, an old Volvo, a mid-'90s Camry or Accord, a Prius, or an old pickup truck can easily be excused because of how well they perform their intended tasks without offending the eye, while a Hummer H2 is offensive gingerbread on a Tahoe. On the latter, the new Camry. Nobody who buys a Camry would be offended if it looked nearly identical to a scaled-up 2001 model, so why do its flanks and nose bulge awkwardly? SImilarly, I'd imagine most Sonata and Fusion buyers aren't attracted by enormous chromey smiles, but by the underlying competence and vague whiff of sportiness compared to the above Camry. Then there's the Crosstour…

This is a great collection! I've got a page based on the 5 ugliest cars you can buy today if anyone is interested 🙂
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