# Which looks better: the ugliest classic car vs the ugliest modern car? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432 "2025-05-24T22:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/21 "2025-05-25T15:42:24Z")
The AMC Pacer was also ugly. My mother sold her 1964 Cadillac Series 62 and bought one of these. And I mean just like this one. Yuck. ![IMG_0166](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/b/ab694f28239ad12aa4ceeb6e602d1e549a1bb024.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/22 "2025-05-25T16:04:04Z")
I doubt that any of them made it across the pond, but there was also the Bond 3-wheel minicar of the '50s. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/b/1b374c06402f102c97d36c8f49f99f093a776ba5.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/3/134cce5f159afda4a1bbce46bb58f9b6891503c3.jpeg) **Edited to add** … I just realized that the Bond Minicar featured the “classic long hood/short rear deck” that one of our forum members likes. It’s a classic **and** a beauty! ---
**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:** [May 25, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/23 "2025-05-25T16:22:30Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Citroen 2CV was quite ugly I’d guess the engineers locked the designers out of the building while they were working. That car is all function and no form. But it works and that’s what the French needed after war! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/24 "2025-05-25T16:47:54Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > But it works and that’s what the French needed after war +1 Europe was so impoverished after WW II that the only cars that could be sold in significant quantities were models that were cheap enough for people to afford to buy, and economical enough for them to be able to afford to run them. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/25 "2025-05-25T22:57:01Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > economical enough for them to be able to afford to run them. The bodies were plastic and came with a repair kit: rods of plastic to heat up to melt into the cracks. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/26 "2025-05-25T23:07:07Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Aston-Martin Lagonda sedan I thought they looked pretty cool back in the day. The wedge Lagona did NOT age well! There are cars that were looked attractive only in their day and those that are timeless. A Jag XKE is timeless. An XJS coupe, not so timeless. A Ferrari 60s GTO is timeless, the 80s Testarossa looks dated. ---
**Author:** ![william969](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@william969](https://community.cartalk.com/u/william969)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432/27 "2025-05-30T22:47:03Z")
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. I liked the Stout Scarab. Now, for the new iteration by Fiat, few modern Fiats are attractive. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-looks-better-the-ugliest-classic-car-vs-the-ugliest-modern-car/200432.md?page=1)