# 2020's Ugliest Car **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** toyota, yaris\ **Created:** [January 3, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800 "2020-01-03T15:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/1 "2020-01-03T15:47:00Z")
I was just browsing Toyota’s website, and when I looked at the Yaris, I was struck by the sheer ugliness of the shape of its front end. Seriously, the “Sporty gloss-black mesh-pattern grille” looks like the mouth of a catfish. I honestly can’t imagine an uglier shape for a front-end grill. ![Capture1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/f/ef5c4c54a074645094ded843dbfe31df26ce7cae.png) What’s _your_ pick for 2020’s ugliest car? This one gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/2 "2020-01-03T15:58:41Z")
Many cars have some version of that mouth. I agree it’s off-putting. I haven’t looked at them all, but this one certainly deserves at least Honorable Mention! ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/3 "2020-01-03T16:09:28Z")
If you live in a state that still requires a front license plate, it is even uglier! There is no stylish place to even mount a front plate on that car. But look at Infinity cars… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/8/08722196ae9c5b74ce59f26a2e64725b4bd70228.jpeg) Or Audi cars; ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/0/b08f3538f8b24e7b9ba147df14c222efd85069e3.jpeg) Or Lexus; ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/b/abdf8603ac327f2d3fc30d294cc7f601f698e10f.jpeg) I see an ugly trend… ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/4 "2020-01-03T16:18:18Z")
Or Genesis: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/7/4796827958db3d33a454977eab0f4047421edeb0.jpeg) Some writers love the new Sonata, I think it looks like a squashed catfish: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/a/5aa2d103861f7023b4d41a1173b967eb2d26b6ae.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/5 "2020-01-03T16:22:53Z")
> [@shanonia](#): > > Many cars have some version of that mouth. I like the ones that are shaped like a smile. Maybe if Toyota flipped this one upside down, it would look sporty. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/6 "2020-01-03T16:25:07Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > I see an ugly trend… I’ve seen a number of cars with this type of grill, and some of them have shapes that are downright sporty. I wish I knew which models they are. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/7 "2020-01-03T16:45:36Z")
All of those vehicles are better looking then the AMC Pacer and Gremlin. And lets not forget that Pontiac Aztek. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/8 "2020-01-03T16:48:44Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > All of those vehicles are better looking then the AMC Pacer and Gremlin. And lets not forget that Pontiac Aztek. I had no idea any of those cars were still in production. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/9 "2020-01-03T16:50:54Z")
I wonder if the trend towards the big axx grill coincides with the trend towards turbocharged engines? That big grill would be ideal (functionally) for getting air through an intercooler, I’d think. Or maybe some designer just liked the look… ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/10 "2020-01-03T16:52:10Z")
That Sonata looks sad…literally. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/11 "2020-01-03T16:55:37Z")
> [@Scrapyard\_John](#): > > I wonder if the trend towards the big axx grill coincides with the trend towards turbocharged engines? That big grill would be ideal (functionally) for getting air through an intercooler, I’d think. I don’t think so. On many of these cars, much of what looks like a grill is actually blanked off, with no air moving through it: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/9/f9302a4200d6c30b7f69671e876364b5439188c1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/12 "2020-01-03T16:58:48Z")
Well that’s even worse. A loser in both form and function… Although I don’t hate the look of that Audi. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/13 "2020-01-03T17:02:09Z")
> [@Whitey](#): > > I had no idea any of those cars were still in production. Who said they? Why does it matter? They were ugly cars and hundreds of thousands of people bought them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I know several people who think the Gremlin is the best looking car ever made. So what? What does it matter? As long as the manufacturer is selling them - that’s all that matters. Your opinion or my opinion doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/14 "2020-01-03T17:02:50Z")
="MikeInNH, All of those vehicles are better looking then the AMC Pacer and Gremlin. And lets not forget that Pontiac Axtek We just thought that those car’s reached the peak of ugly little did we know. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/15 "2020-01-03T17:05:04Z")
Some of those older cars mentioned…the grills looked better! It’s just that everything behind it was far worse. Maybe someone can photoshop an AMC grill on a new Lexus and send it over to the designers. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/16 "2020-01-03T17:06:07Z")
I have never minded ugly in a car, you can’t see it from the drivers seat. the thing I hated about the Aztec was that they removed usable room by slanting the back to make it ugly. I didn’t find the Pacer all that vbad looking and it gave you 6 passenger space in a short car. Something you can’t get today. ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/17 "2020-01-03T17:06:34Z")
ugh… looks like you’ve got a winner! upon looking on other candidates, it is really a tight race with new Sonata 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/18 "2020-01-03T17:15:47Z")
I don’t know about the rest of y’all but all car’s look mostly the same to me if I was in a situation where I had to report say a drunk driver to the police & they asked me to desciibe the car all I would be able to tell them was the color & direction of travel. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/19 "2020-01-03T17:19:25Z")
The Buick Rendezvous was a much better execution than the Aztek. For me, Toyota/Lexus are definitely the Queens of the Prom with their hourglass grill. Nothing comes close, thank goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800/20 "2020-01-03T17:33:25Z")
> [@Scrapyard\_John](#): > > Or maybe some designer just liked the look… I think that is it! And designer see and another designer copy [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2020s-ugliest-car/155800.md?page=2)