I'm sorry man, but while there are several vehicles in this video that are truly doozies, the majority of these cars are actually dripping with 80s style awesomeness, and always have been. Many of them are even quite sought-after now by enthusiasts.
@@80sand90sonly idk man, that's exactly what people said about these back in the day. and then come back with nostalgia or recency bias to complain about the future of cars.
The Lincoln Mark VII is a beautiful car. I owned a 1985 LSC and loved it. The “chrome overhangs” are called “bumpers”. They actually prevented the bodywork from being damaged in low speed collisions unlike todays plastic bumper covers which fall off when hit and cost $1500 and up to replace.
The 80s and especially the mid 80s is when all the bumper changes started happening on cars. Kind of sad to see the actual bumpers gone. Thank you for watching and sharing your memory of the Lincoln.
I don’t consider these cars 🚗 ugly, but certainly may be one ☝️ of a kind. Most of these cars 🚗 are now vintage. WAY better than what we have today. Your friend, Jeff.
I had one in 1990 , I loved it and sold it to my brother who had it until last year ... I loved the looks and the practicality of it , although I didn't take the back off very often , I did a few times and carried stuff in it that most cars couldn't handle ...
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, I guess. My first car was a Mercury Topaz. I paid $1,500 for it ,drove it 5 years,and got $500 out of it towards a trade after that. I loved that car,many memories,and could fill it up for $10 and drive on it all week. I miss those days and the simplicity of life. I'd like to have that car back,no crazy technology to deal with,just my good old cassette player. ♥️
You say ugly, I say awesome. The Kammback in particular is a long time favorite of mine. I'll take any one of these over the overly safe bubble cars that all look the exact same we drive today. My first car was a '71 Mercury Montego. It was massive and green and intensely ugly. I called it The Hulk. And I LOVED it. Wish I still had it. Still, to me, nothing will ever beat the sleek lines of the classic Datsun Z Cars, especially the '83 280ZX.
Hey now, I had a 1988 Nissan pulsar NX with a sportback. Had it painted black and its nickname was the baby hearse. I drove it 286,000 miles. It was a fun car to drive.
My friend had one. Well, everything was wearing out by 35,000 miles . It was so bad , they took it to the bank [ through which it was financed], and handed them the keys. LATER Yugos we’re not as bad, as they he’d worked out a lot of the glitches, and brought up quality control. It wasn’t long after that the factory was bombed, and completely destroyed as Yugoslavia ripped itself apart. 😐🚗
I saw one of those Nissan Pulsars in person last year in DC. It was parallel parked just like it’s regular daily driving commuters. I took SOOOO many pictures of it, because while it wasn’t the best looking thing out of the 80s, I admired it for being different. I ended up researching later what it was and became even more impressed at its utility. A car, a truck, a wagon, it could do it all.
Most of the cars here are plain but not what I'd call ugly though a few definitely deserve the word. I was one of those who really liked the Seville redesign
I guess I had a good Ford Tempo, put 150K miles on the thing and I wasn't easy on it, just maintenance and a couple CV joints. Oh well, that was the last brand new car I ever bought, let others take the initial depreciation.
I'm not a fan of that one either. I don't like the fact that they are calling it a mustang. We couldn't come up with something new? Thank you for watching!
I agree 100 percent. That "Mustang" is a crime against humanity. I've seen maybe 5 since they came out and I live near our state capital. Ford designers must have been on something when they dreamed up that travesty.
The Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe was literally the 2nd coolest car behind the Buick GNX. It absolutely does not belong on this list. Especially since Dale Earnhardt dominated NASCAR with this car.
My second car was a 1987 Nissan Pulsar NX! With T-tops, pop-up up-and-down headlights, 5-speed manual, CD player, and racing red paint it was one of the coolest cars in my high school parking lot! I absolutely loved that car! I still wish I had it today. What a legend!
The Cimarron is ok. I like the GM aerocoupes. They were used in the last great era of NASCAR before the spec era of the 90s. 80hp in the eighties? That's awful.
I loved the Monte Carlo and I think it is one of the better cars that GM has ever made. Generally the styling is really good but that aerocoupe was the only one that looked a little off to me. Thank you for watching TheInkPitOx!
The Fiat Panda 'surprisingly' sold for as long as it did .... and is STILL in production..... with the paramount efforts NOT to change the looks, kooks, the efficiency, the affordability and ultimately to RETAIN the very essence of the car. It sold in the multi millions and won European Car of the year in each version. Hammock seats WERE actually comfortable (obviously not for long distances.... it wasn't ever conceived to meet that remit)..... the wheels were pushed as far to each corner like the Issigonis Mini to maximise on interior space and allow room for a small but nippy engine with space to access easily for maintenance by the owner. It was designed to be very affordable and the mechanicals were reliable (although Italian cars weren't famous for being as reliable for their electrics). The grille was directly channelled to serve it's purpose and feed directly for breathing and cooling.... no need for a massive grille for a tiny engine and less engineering to cut and primp panels in the factory. The slabs were simple and required less pressing and forming or tooling. But it's magic was it's ability. The Sisley (an Itialian fashion brand) 4x4 version was popular with European farmers (just like the Jimney was) and earned it's moniker as 'the little mountain goat' it's off road ability was astonishingly high calibre. But even the moat standard version managed snowy icey roads and was a confident performer. Almost perfect weight distribution and small wheels meant it was a good city car and good rural car in the euro terrains...... it's not surprising, then, at all..... how can 10s of millions of sales be wrong ! Fantastic car that was designed for function over it's appearance and THAT made it attractive. People forgave the box and loved it for it's virtues. Perhaps Danny De Vito and Steve Buscemi aren't strikingly beautiful handsome professionals, but they're the amongst the best of their profession and at the top of their game.
I actually had a Chevy Citation Hot Wheels car. The fact that they were making toys out of those things shows how popular they were initially but man they ended up having a lot of recalls. My Mom was actually driving a Chevy Chevette at the time. Again, a lot of recalls.
My friend Mike had a Yugo, and it was so small that he would park it on the sidewalk. It had such a small fuel tank and had its mechanical challenges. Thank you for your video presentation. Take care.
A woman died in the 80s when her Yugo went out of control and over the guard rail while crossing the Mackinac Bridge. Maybe if it weighed more and handled better it wouldn't have.
I agree the cars now are plain looking the lights in the back of the cars now are almost on top of the roof of the car s the cars now look like they are from outer space I would take the ugliest 8OS CAR OVER anything they got out today most cars today are made out of fiberglass and aluminum cans and they are more expensive to work on
In college, I dated a girl that drove the Subaru XT and one night, the entire dashboard started blinking on and off. Luckily, the headlights stayed on. And the Nissan Pulsar NX was not only ugly, but also very unreliable, as were most of the cars on this list.....especially, especially the Yugo. Also in college, my roommate had his car stolen, and he used the insurance money to buy a Yugo, thinking if he bought a new car it would get him through the rest of college without needing repairs, and the Yugo was the only new car he could afford. The damn thing literally fell apart in the first year.
Hahaha!! Rhett, your commentary on these ugly cars is hilarious!! 😂Looking back this may have been the reason why I either walked everywhere or bummed rides from people with much cooler cars, LOL!! My son has an Alfa Romeo, but it's much more sportier than what the 80s tried to offer. Thanks, Rhett. I had a good belly laugh with this one. 😂😂
Thank you for watching Vicki and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the humor in this one. Sometimes bumming rides is not a bad thing if people are willing to help out as needed.
Which of these cars qualifies as ugly? alright, there's a few outliers, but most are utterly generic European or North American vehicles of their time. Is the Panda really that worse than the R5? Don't they all look the same today?
@@rbsmith3365 Back then, the Cavalier was the "basic transportation" you got from a rental car company. If you didn't ask for something upscale, the Cavalier was invariably what they stuck you wish.
@@RhettyforHistory You're most welcome. They were fun to recall. I also remembered later the Fox body Mustang they tended to last mechanically, but were ugly and self recycled
I knew a guy who had a LeCar. It was in the shop more than it was on the road. When did the Geo Metro come out? I always thought of it as a futuristic Yugo.
That Nissan Pulsar, I would have driven the hell out of that if I was old enough back then. The same with that Subaru. Im still driving a 1987 Vanagon. Hell, if I could find one of those FIATs you mentioned, I would drive it just for how funky it looks.
There is a young guy who attends various car shows with a dented Yugo. It’s honestly the only time I have ever seen one in real life. He is almost the star of the show every time he’s there because the car is so different, and a survivor.
You must be young because they were everywhere in the 80's, though if you blinked you'd miss them because it was never long before they were in the scrap heap 😂. A friend of mine up the street had an older sister that had one in that ugly tan scheme shown in the video.
My friend's mom had one, complete with the faux side panels, for her big paper route! It was the perfect height to get the paper into the mailboxes. We called it the monster - all wheel drive, could get through snow like anything.
Oh, part two for sure! My former roommate had a Pontiac Fiero that was so low to the ground I felt like I had to lie down on the sidewalk just to get in! Haha! Although the Subaru Brat started out in 1977 it managed to last until the early 90s!
There were a lot of those Fieros on the road but they certainly weren't the most reliable. I thought they looked nice though. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories.
My sisters first brand new car was a red Fiero. That car was so great! Stereo speakers in the head rest area of the seats! So cool for the day. Sun roof too! She let me drive it once in awhile.
Little tidbit. The Zimmer Quicksilver mentioned in this video is a rebodied Fiero. So yeah that long front end didn't have a impressive powerplant under it. It didn't have any powerplant. That was in the back...
My friend in high school had a Fiero. It was super fun to drive, but it was a lemon. Every electronic thing in that car failed, including the pop up headlights that we had to put pieces of wood under to prop up. It's swan song was a road trip to Toronto and the engine started smoking on the highway on the way back. We were 19, fresh new fake IDs in our wallets, and stoned out out of our gourds and just wanted to get past the border check and home so we kept driving. The engine was totally cooked after that and the car was junked 😂
Genetic disorder 🤣 love it !! Been meaning to tell you I went & talked to the owner of the store about that meter gas pump. He said it's just decor BUT it does still work !! He does have those rotary number gas pumps though, whatever you call them !! Thanks as always man 👍
I had a 1986 Chevy Nova hatchback. I'm in my 50s and this car still remains today the biggest piece of crap I've ever owned. It represented a joint venture between Toyota and Chevy, but I guess after Toyota saw the design they dumped the good luck aspect of their name and reverted back to the name Toyoda. The engine was made by Toyoda while the body was made by Chevy. Both components were unreliable trash. Every piece of that car was so badly designed that I literally had the brake hoses tear completely in two once while driving. And yes, you read that right. Hoses. That's what they stuck between brakeline and caliper, freaking rubber fiber hoses. The engine finally threw a rod and I scrapped the entire car for $50. Considered myself lucky for getting even that much out of it.
A friend of mine's dad had one of them with 4-wheel steering, it was a pretty sweet ride. After that he had an SVX which was a very unique and cool vehicle. Old Subarus had that quirky charm to them.
Another EXCELLENT video!!♥️😁👍 My first car was a forest green Chevy Citation!!😂 It had a.c. and I skipped a LOT of school. Stay cool and outta school!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the great memories and laughs!
Respect for the Fiat Panda. It was designed by Giorgio Giugiaro, one of the masters of automotive design. Everything in this little car had its specific function. It was a huge success precisely for this reason. And I won't tell you the reason why the engine ventilation grill was only on one side (right or left depending on the engine) because you don't deserve it.
I don't actually know, but my educated guess would be that the radiator was mounted on the side with the grille vents. Of course it could be for a completely different reason but that would make the most sense.
People bought what was affordable and what was available alot of people really didn't think they were ugly there friends got one so they got one some of these cars were quite popular despite what anyone thinks
The AMC Pacer was like driving in a glass bowl...very odd. I remember in high school a friend of mine "borrowing" his mom's car which was a Pacer. He picked me up to go somewhere (can't recall. the 80's were awhile ago...lol...). I do clearly remember how weird riding in it was....
They were extremely heavy cars because of all the tempered glass in them, and they had a very anemic 4-cylinder engine that was known to blow gaskets because it was too underpowered to move all that weight efficiently.
There were some really cool cars on this list imo. Fun fact: The old Yugo dealership is now an Asian market lol. I'm from and live in Ann Arbor Michigan and am very familiar with that location. Wish we had a $4000 car option these days lol.
That is interesting to hear about the old Yugo dealership there but at least it is getting used. There would be a lot of those cars sold for that price today. Thank you for watching!
I hated those yugos, I remember lots of military ppl bought them cuz they were cheap😅 My mother owned a AMC pacer and those were ugly ppl would call it a bubble car. When I got my driver's license at 16 it was the only my parents would allow to drive. I was so embarrassed to drive that thing. 😅
@@Mick_Ts_Chick yea I used to know an extremely heavy set girl driving one around town my younger brother waxed the car in heavy sunshine because he didn't want to drive it either 😂😂
Those were pretty bad. Those Yugos would be great to have at some duty station where you didn't plan on bringing it home. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us.
My Uncle had a friend that had one of those Monte Carlo like the one in your video. He loved that car had some loud exhaust on it that sounded good. He used to brag about how rare it was. And I have never seen another one in person myself.
There used to be more of them around than you see now. I'm sure many of them are stored away in garages. I loved the Monte Carlo and it seemed almost all of the years were good looking for their time. But those extra glass ones were just a little too much extra. Thank you for watching my friend!
Mitsubishi L300 Delica Van ( Sold as Cosmos here in Sweden ) would be my choice, it was terrible, as was the Toyota Van ( Space cruiser in the Uk , Model F here in Sweden ) ugliest vans of the 80:s. The Alfa Romeo Milano ( 75 ) had a V6 engine from the gods, the sound of that Busso V6 was heaven like ❤
My dad loved the Cadillac Seville. We owned 3 during my childhood. Two were late-70s Elegantes....one grey, one orange. We did a lot of road trips in those cars! Then we got a burgundy 1980 bustleback model that ended up being a total lemon. We didn't keep that one very long because it was so problematic, and that was the end of the Seville era for our family.
I had a 1980 Ford pinto wagon that was as ugly as anything on here. So few were made, most people wouldn't recognize one. It was a repo from a credit union my dad managed, so I got it real cheap.
Nissan was just following trends at that time. The Pulsar was quirky looking, I mean true the optional hatch looking thing was bad. But remember Subaru, Toyota, Pontiac were all going with the pop up headlamp look.
I realize all the ugly cars could not fit into a 10 minute video, but how the heck do you leave out the ugliest.........THE AMC PACER!!!!!!! It was like driving an upside down bathtub!!! just horrible!!
The car designs were one of the few things I did not like growing up in the 80’s. The 70’s and 90’s cars were better looking as a whole. I don’t know what happened in the 80’s.
My mother had a Yugo back in the mid eighties. All four of us drove in it from the San Francisco bay area down to Disneyland. It BARELY made it up the grapevine. Diesel trucks were passing us on the incline.
Nailed it! The Monte Carlo's were a great looking car until they did that thing with the rear window. The 80s also had some great looking cars. I had a '82 Toyota Supra and an '82 Mazda RX-7 and I still love the looks of both.
I really loved those Monte Carlo's but I was not a fan of the extra glass. I didn't understand why they ever thought that was good. I loved those 80s Supras and RX-7s. Thank you for watching Eric!
I had a Yugo, I heard all the jokes. Yugo, but you don't come back, windows where made from plastic wrap, cigarette butts become speed bumps. Everybody had a Yugo joke. lol Oh yeah, I almost forgot the biggest one, they where rubber band powered, all you had to do was wind them up.
Those are all good jokes! It had to be the most ridiculed car of all time. Thank you for watching and sharing that you had one. How long did you have it?
@@RhettyforHistory I had it for almost a year, and true story. It was given to me by a friend who owned a tow yard, and my truck had broken down, so it was quick and cheap. But it was a 5sp. and I live in Ohio, and that winter the transmission froze and wouldn't shift. So I passed it on for scrap. Every time the temps where below 20 it froze. lol
My in-laws let me borrow their Cadillac Seville with the chopped off trunk. It was a nixe car. First car i ever drove thst had a gas mileage meter. I was surprised to get 25 mpg out of it. I never opened the trunk lid. I saw my FIL open it once and it was crammed full of "junk". It was a nice car, but i preferred a small car (still do) because they drive like a go cart. I got a Chevette after this and that was my favorite car ever. It was a junker but it was so fun to drive.
Those Cadillacs were really nice back then. At least the larger ones. They had some futuristic type technology in them like you mentioned. I had a friend that had a Chevette. He turned the corner once and the horn went off and it never quit until he pulled the wires to it. Another time we were driving up to a drive thru and he rolled down the window and it fell down in the door and broke. I think it was only a few years old and his parents had it before him.
Hey! The AMC Eagle may have been one of the ugliest things ever built, but the drove pretty good in the snow……as long as you didn’t need to get somewhere fast.
Not gonna lie, I always liked the quicksilver. It was just a cool looking car to me. The Yugo and Le Car was abominations. And I absolutely love the Monte Carlos. They are one of my dream cars. Next to a Buick GNX
Le Car is another bad one. I do love Monte Carlo and the Buick qnd Pontiac versions as well but I was never a fan of the extra glass. Thank you for watching!
You are totally wrong with the Fiat Panda (🐼). In reality this first model was an extremely good little car, simple and very basic but also practical in many details. For example, the front grill was on the left or the right side because one engine (2 cyl.) was air-cooled, the other (4 cyl ) water cooled. In Italy was really a big success. And, last but not least, the designer... Giorgetto Giugiaro.
I'm sorry man, but while there are several vehicles in this video that are truly doozies, the majority of these cars are actually dripping with 80s style awesomeness, and always have been. Many of them are even quite sought-after now by enthusiasts.
man EVERY machine on this video...HITTIN to me now!
he just saying this was ugly THEN
pure AWESOMENESS now!
Ya. Lots of these cars look fine to me. I liked the pulsar.
only ugly cars I know of are the ones I see when I step outside everyday, pure horse crap from 21st century
@@80sand90sonly idk man, that's exactly what people said about these back in the day. and then come back with nostalgia or recency bias to complain about the future of cars.
Totally agree
The Lincoln Mark VII is a beautiful car. I owned a 1985 LSC and loved it. The “chrome overhangs” are called “bumpers”. They actually prevented the bodywork from being damaged in low speed collisions unlike todays plastic bumper covers which fall off when hit and cost $1500 and up to replace.
The 80s and especially the mid 80s is when all the bumper changes started happening on cars. Kind of sad to see the actual bumpers gone. Thank you for watching and sharing your memory of the Lincoln.
i also loved the Lincoln Continental Mark IV
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Modern cars have eschewed bumper overhangs like that in favor of aerodynamics and efficiency.
@@RhettyforHistory pinto they were ugly
I don’t consider these cars 🚗 ugly, but certainly may be one ☝️ of a kind. Most of these cars 🚗 are now vintage. WAY better than what we have today. Your friend, Jeff.
I would spend way more than I should if a clean and all original Nissan Pulsar showed up for sale. I've always been a fan of its quirky 80s style.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it John!
I agree with you John.
I had one in 1990 , I loved it and sold it to my brother who had it until last year ... I loved the looks and the practicality of it , although I didn't take the back off very often , I did a few times and carried stuff in it that most cars couldn't handle ...
I had a pulsar nx and loved that car. 1987.
Loved the Pulsar. I think Nissans mistake was not building enough with automatic transmissions. Most of the ones I saw had manuals.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, I guess. My first car was a Mercury Topaz. I paid $1,500 for it ,drove it 5 years,and got $500 out of it towards a trade after that. I loved that car,many memories,and could fill it up for $10 and drive on it all week. I miss those days and the simplicity of life. I'd like to have that car back,no crazy technology to deal with,just my good old cassette player. ♥️
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had. I do think they were pretty reliable cars as I remember seeing them on the road for years.
@@RhettyforHistory I love your videos. Keep doing what you do. I enjoy the walk down memory lane
Cassette player lover here
My First Car was an 1970 VW Käfer ( Beetle). 😉
What a way to spend my sunday, with a new Rhetty for History video! I never laughed so hard during this video, please make a Part 2!
There are definitely enough of them out there to make a part two. I'm glad you enjoyed the humor in this one and I appreciate you watching!
You say ugly, I say awesome. The Kammback in particular is a long time favorite of mine. I'll take any one of these over the overly safe bubble cars that all look the exact same we drive today. My first car was a '71 Mercury Montego. It was massive and green and intensely ugly. I called it The Hulk. And I LOVED it. Wish I still had it. Still, to me, nothing will ever beat the sleek lines of the classic Datsun Z Cars, especially the '83 280ZX.
My brother dated a girl who had one.
I love the Z cars. This rich guy I went to high school with had one, a Jeep, and a classic Corvette before he ever turned 16.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had. I loved those old Z Cars
My first car was used 73 Montego that I bought in 76. Dark green (metal flake paint?) With a white vinyl roof if memory serves me correctly.
Do NOT slander the Panda. Those were awesome little carts, and surprisingly tough.
Hey now, I had a 1988 Nissan pulsar NX with a sportback. Had it painted black and its nickname was the baby hearse. I drove it 286,000 miles. It was a fun car to drive.
Thank you for watching and sharing your experience with that one James. It was certainly a different one but at least it sounds like it was reliable.
Mine was a 87, I think. Man, I loved that car!
Say what you want about the Yugo. I bought a used one for $425. I put over 35k miles on it. Not the worst car I have ever owned.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had MrPr3shaff!
have yuo seen Jeff Dunham's video about his Yugo. his recommendation for a slogan is, "it's not that bad."
My friend had one.
Well, everything was wearing out by 35,000 miles . It was so bad , they took it to the bank [ through which it was financed], and handed them the keys.
LATER Yugos we’re not as bad, as they he’d worked out a lot of the glitches, and brought up quality control.
It wasn’t long after that the factory was bombed, and completely destroyed as Yugoslavia ripped itself apart.
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The Cadillac Cimarron was just a rebadged Chevy Cavalier, with some added features. Because GM thought that could work.
You're right about that Lauren. Thank you for watching!
I saw one of those Nissan Pulsars in person last year in DC. It was parallel parked just like it’s regular daily driving commuters. I took SOOOO many pictures of it, because while it wasn’t the best looking thing out of the 80s, I admired it for being different. I ended up researching later what it was and became even more impressed at its utility. A car, a truck, a wagon, it could do it all.
The Pulsar is a real beauty, a baby 180ZX.
@@niklasgroning5792with the T Tops off!
Most of the cars here are plain but not what I'd call ugly though a few definitely deserve the word. I was one of those who really liked the Seville redesign
I had one. It is my favorite car I've ever had.
The first two cars that instantly came to mind were the Yugo and Ford Tempo. Sure enough, they made the list here. 😂
Those were big ones to list. Thank you for watching RetroDaze!
Definitely disagree with you on the citation.
I owned a Ford Temporary. It temporarily ran and definitely wasn't worth it's cost.
The 80's taurus was a pos too.
I guess I had a good Ford Tempo, put 150K miles on the thing and I wasn't easy on it, just maintenance and a couple CV joints. Oh well, that was the last brand new car I ever bought, let others take the initial depreciation.
Rhetty, your comedic skills shined on this one! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Love, love, love your content!
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the humor Pamela!
I know a modern day ugly car: the Mustang SUV. But am I jealous of how cheap cars were back then!
I'm not a fan of that one either. I don't like the fact that they are calling it a mustang. We couldn't come up with something new? Thank you for watching!
I agree 100 percent. That "Mustang" is a crime against humanity. I've seen maybe 5 since they came out and I live near our state capital. Ford designers must have been on something when they dreamed up that travesty.
The Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe was literally the 2nd coolest car behind the Buick GNX. It absolutely does not belong on this list. Especially since Dale Earnhardt dominated NASCAR with this car.
The AMC Eagle was an early crossover ahead of its time- Basically what most subarus are today. The Zimmer Quicksilver is soooo ugly! Nice vid!
You're right about that car being a little ahead of it's time. Thank you for watching radsk8rbigollies594!
My dad owned 2 Eagles. I don't remember much about them except the plain looking seat fabric...but my dad loved them
AMC eagle sedans are rare & sought after
My second car was a 1987 Nissan Pulsar NX! With T-tops, pop-up up-and-down headlights, 5-speed manual, CD player, and racing red paint it was one of the coolest cars in my high school parking lot! I absolutely loved that car! I still wish I had it today. What a legend!
Mine was blue. My favorite of all time
The Cimarron is ok.
I like the GM aerocoupes. They were used in the last great era of NASCAR before the spec era of the 90s.
80hp in the eighties? That's awful.
I loved the Monte Carlo and I think it is one of the better cars that GM has ever made. Generally the styling is really good but that aerocoupe was the only one that looked a little off to me. Thank you for watching TheInkPitOx!
Wasn't the GNX a part of that generation?@@RhettyforHistory
The Fiat Panda 'surprisingly' sold for as long as it did .... and is STILL in production..... with the paramount efforts NOT to change the looks, kooks, the efficiency, the affordability and ultimately to RETAIN the very essence of the car. It sold in the multi millions and won European Car of the year in each version. Hammock seats WERE actually comfortable (obviously not for long distances.... it wasn't ever conceived to meet that remit)..... the wheels were pushed as far to each corner like the Issigonis Mini to maximise on interior space and allow room for a small but nippy engine with space to access easily for maintenance by the owner. It was designed to be very affordable and the mechanicals were reliable (although Italian cars weren't famous for being as reliable for their electrics). The grille was directly channelled to serve it's purpose and feed directly for breathing and cooling.... no need for a massive grille for a tiny engine and less engineering to cut and primp panels in the factory. The slabs were simple and required less pressing and forming or tooling. But it's magic was it's ability. The Sisley (an Itialian fashion brand) 4x4 version was popular with European farmers (just like the Jimney was) and earned it's moniker as 'the little mountain goat' it's off road ability was astonishingly high calibre. But even the moat standard version managed snowy icey roads and was a confident performer. Almost perfect weight distribution and small wheels meant it was a good city car and good rural car in the euro terrains...... it's not surprising, then, at all..... how can 10s of millions of sales be wrong ! Fantastic car that was designed for function over it's appearance and THAT made it attractive. People forgave the box and loved it for it's virtues.
Perhaps Danny De Vito and Steve Buscemi aren't strikingly beautiful handsome professionals, but they're the amongst the best of their profession and at the top of their game.
I passed my driving test in a 1980 Chevy Citation. Fortunately they didn't give me a citation LOL!
Haha! Thank you for watching William!
I actually had a Chevy Citation Hot Wheels car. The fact that they were making toys out of those things shows how popular they were initially but man they ended up having a lot of recalls. My Mom was actually driving a Chevy Chevette at the time. Again, a lot of recalls.
If you have any of those in good condition, and drove it around now, people of all ages would think it’s cool.
It's hard to say. Anyone who was older and around when these were out would sure stare at them, Thank you for watching!
My friend Mike had a Yugo, and it was so small that he would park it on the sidewalk. It had such a small fuel tank and had its mechanical challenges. Thank you for your video presentation. Take care.
Almost seems crazy to be able to park on the sidewalk but they were tiny. Thank you for watching John!
A woman died in the 80s when her Yugo went out of control and over the guard rail while crossing the Mackinac Bridge. Maybe if it weighed more and handled better it wouldn't have.
Mike Downie?
It was said that the rear defroster was to keep the hands warm of those pushing it when it broke down.
I don't know why the Lincoln Mark Vll is on this list , it's much better looking than the Yugo and the other cars on this list .
Funny! Ugly yes, but I would give anything to again have those big comfy plush car seats that were in the bigger/nicer cars back then!
And the big windows too!
I do think that seats in these older cars were a lot more comfortable back then. At least some of them anyways. Thank you for watching!
I'll take an "ugly" 80s car over the crap they call "stylish" today.
I agree the cars now are plain looking the lights in the back of the cars now are almost on top of the roof of the car s the cars now look like they are from outer space I would take the ugliest 8OS CAR OVER anything they got out today most cars today are made out of fiberglass and aluminum cans and they are more expensive to work on
In college, I dated a girl that drove the Subaru XT and one night, the entire dashboard started blinking on and off. Luckily, the headlights stayed on. And the Nissan Pulsar NX was not only ugly, but also very unreliable, as were most of the cars on this list.....especially, especially the Yugo. Also in college, my roommate had his car stolen, and he used the insurance money to buy a Yugo, thinking if he bought a new car it would get him through the rest of college without needing repairs, and the Yugo was the only new car he could afford. The damn thing literally fell apart in the first year.
The Lincoln Mark VII should definitely not be in this list
I choked on my coffee... high performance donkey cart. Hilarious.
Thank you for watching Sally and I'm glad you got a chuckle out that!
The Lincoln Mark 7 is the only one that doesnt belong on the list. It had nice proportions all around and a 5.0 Engine 8:21
Ugly? More like quirky.
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Hahaha!! Rhett, your commentary on these ugly cars is hilarious!! 😂Looking back this may have been the reason why I either walked everywhere or bummed rides from people with much cooler cars, LOL!! My son has an Alfa Romeo, but it's much more sportier than what the 80s tried to offer. Thanks, Rhett. I had a good belly laugh with this one. 😂😂
Thank you for watching Vicki and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the humor in this one. Sometimes bumming rides is not a bad thing if people are willing to help out as needed.
Which of these cars qualifies as ugly? alright, there's a few outliers, but most are utterly generic European or North American vehicles of their time. Is the Panda really that worse than the R5? Don't they all look the same today?
Friends don't let friends drive Yugos...
Exactly! Thank you for watching mwgittinsjr!
My Citation was one of the best cars I ever had for that period of time. 😂 Ran great. 👍
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Chevy Cavalier was one of popular cars including Ford Escort that lasted longer too.
@@rbsmith3365 Back then, the Cavalier was the "basic transportation" you got from a rental car company. If you didn't ask for something upscale, the Cavalier was invariably what they stuck you wish.
Those iron duke 2.5L engines are still in use today in the postal mail trucks.
Citation was car of the year
My first car in 1999 was a 83 Cadillac Cimarron I hated it at first but fell in love with it
I guess that must have been one of the good ones to last that long. Thank you for watching Ashley!
Remember, the Le Car, and the KeBaron?
I had one lol
I had a Le Car. I loved it... for the entire week it ran correctly. 😂
Those are some great ones that you mentioned Kirk. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory You're most welcome. They were fun to recall. I also remembered later the Fox body Mustang they tended to last mechanically, but were ugly and self recycled
I knew a guy who had a LeCar. It was in the shop more than it was on the road.
When did the Geo Metro come out? I always thought of it as a futuristic Yugo.
That Nissan Pulsar, I would have driven the hell out of that if I was old enough back then. The same with that Subaru. Im still driving a 1987 Vanagon. Hell, if I could find one of those FIATs you mentioned, I would drive it just for how funky it looks.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts displacedyankee7819!
I always liked the Nissan Pulsar.
I had a Pulsar. It was a great car
There is a young guy who attends various car shows with a dented Yugo. It’s honestly the only time I have ever seen one in real life. He is almost the star of the show every time he’s there because the car is so different, and a survivor.
You must be young because they were everywhere in the 80's, though if you blinked you'd miss them because it was never long before they were in the scrap heap 😂. A friend of mine up the street had an older sister that had one in that ugly tan scheme shown in the video.
Mom had an AMC Eagle sedan. We jokingly called it the AMC-Gull. It was a good car.
My friend's mom had one, complete with the faux side panels, for her big paper route! It was the perfect height to get the paper into the mailboxes. We called it the monster - all wheel drive, could get through snow like anything.
AMC did have some great vehicles. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
@skivvy- what color was your dad’s sedan? I saw an orange one in Colorado several years ago and it’s been on my mind ever since. I must have one
It was maroon with the light wood-colored panels. Good luck finding one! @@barnacleburrito3728
So basically you don't like the 80s cars. At least designers then had an original idea, unlike today.
Oh, part two for sure! My former roommate had a Pontiac Fiero that was so low to the ground I felt like I had to lie down on the sidewalk just to get in! Haha! Although the Subaru Brat started out in 1977 it managed to last until the early 90s!
There were a lot of those Fieros on the road but they certainly weren't the most reliable. I thought they looked nice though. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories.
My sisters first brand new car was a red Fiero. That car was so great! Stereo speakers in the head rest area of the seats! So cool for the day. Sun roof too! She let me drive it once in awhile.
Little tidbit. The Zimmer Quicksilver mentioned in this video is a rebodied Fiero. So yeah that long front end didn't have a impressive powerplant under it. It didn't have any powerplant. That was in the back...
My friend in high school had a Fiero. It was super fun to drive, but it was a lemon. Every electronic thing in that car failed, including the pop up headlights that we had to put pieces of wood under to prop up. It's swan song was a road trip to Toronto and the engine started smoking on the highway on the way back. We were 19, fresh new fake IDs in our wallets, and stoned out out of our gourds and just wanted to get past the border check and home so we kept driving. The engine was totally cooked after that and the car was junked 😂
I prefer the styling of most of these instead of the boring, similar styling of today.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts Walter!
Genetic disorder 🤣 love it !! Been meaning to tell you I went & talked to the owner of the store about that meter gas pump. He said it's just decor BUT it does still work !! He does have those rotary number gas pumps though, whatever you call them !! Thanks as always man 👍
Thank you for watching and telling us a little more about those old pumps. I love those and you really don't see those much any more.
I had a 1986 Chevy Nova hatchback. I'm in my 50s and this car still remains today the biggest piece of crap I've ever owned. It represented a joint venture between Toyota and Chevy, but I guess after Toyota saw the design they dumped the good luck aspect of their name and reverted back to the name Toyoda. The engine was made by Toyoda while the body was made by Chevy. Both components were unreliable trash. Every piece of that car was so badly designed that I literally had the brake hoses tear completely in two once while driving. And yes, you read that right. Hoses. That's what they stuck between brakeline and caliper, freaking rubber fiber hoses. The engine finally threw a rod and I scrapped the entire car for $50. Considered myself lucky for getting even that much out of it.
Thank God I drove a 68 El Camino. Sold it for $500. Regret it to this day
Sounds like someone got a good deal. Thank you for watching!
fiat panda 4x4 with good tyres is unstoppable ( apart from rust killing them )
The XT's shifter is super fun. You get a jet-fighter feel from it.
Nor would I consider the Subie XT as being ugly either!
A friend of mine's dad had one of them with 4-wheel steering, it was a pretty sweet ride. After that he had an SVX which was a very unique and cool vehicle. Old Subarus had that quirky charm to them.
@@100percentSNAFU ?!? 4 wheel steering? I suppose, you mix it up with the Honda Prelude 4WS.
Another EXCELLENT video!!♥️😁👍 My first car was a forest green Chevy Citation!!😂 It had a.c. and I skipped a LOT of school. Stay cool and outta school!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the great memories and laughs!
You're welcome. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with the citation.
Your sense of humor is always great, but in this video you were on fire! I was laughing out loud way too much! 👍😂
Thank you for watching and I'm happy to know you enjoyed the humor in this one GL4T2024!
@@RhettyforHistory i loved those funny cars back then! A lot more humble and nice and cute than the ones they have now days.
I'm from the UK and the fiat panda was used by UK police for their police cars during the 1980s
i love this channel so much!
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Respect for the Fiat Panda. It was designed by Giorgio Giugiaro, one of the masters of automotive design. Everything in this little car had its specific function. It was a huge success precisely for this reason. And I won't tell you the reason why the engine ventilation grill was only on one side (right or left depending on the engine) because you don't deserve it.
I don't actually know, but my educated guess would be that the radiator was mounted on the side with the grille vents. Of course it could be for a completely different reason but that would make the most sense.
I had a citation. It was so front heavy that the slightest rain caused it to hydroplane. Not good for a front wheel drive vehicle.
That is interesting to know. Thank you for watching and telling us a little more Craig!
What’s the issue withe Pulsar again?
I still do like the 1983 Cadillac. That rear trunk area, that was imitating a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow back.
Seems like a lot of American cars were imitating the European car styles. The Ford Granada and the Mercedes Benz were examples.
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The Lincoln Mark VII?!! No way should that be on the list.
Ford EXP instead
People bought what was affordable and what was available alot of people really didn't think they were ugly there friends got one so they got one some of these cars were quite popular despite what anyone thinks
Back then people were lucky to gave any car and happy to own one !
We bought what was cheap used...
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The Nissan Pulsar was cool... I'd own one in a heart beat
The AMC Pacer was like driving in a glass bowl...very odd. I remember in high school a friend of mine "borrowing" his mom's car which was a Pacer. He picked me up to go somewhere (can't recall. the 80's were awhile ago...lol...). I do clearly remember how weird riding in it was....
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They were extremely heavy cars because of all the tempered glass in them, and they had a very anemic 4-cylinder engine that was known to blow gaskets because it was too underpowered to move all that weight efficiently.
My mom had one when I was little, maybe 5. It caught fire in the driveway. 😂
I personally think all of these cars are infinitely better looking than the 2023 BMW XM.
There were some really cool cars on this list imo. Fun fact: The old Yugo dealership is now an Asian market lol. I'm from and live in Ann Arbor Michigan and am very familiar with that location. Wish we had a $4000 car option these days lol.
That is interesting to hear about the old Yugo dealership there but at least it is getting used. There would be a lot of those cars sold for that price today. Thank you for watching!
Remember when that yugo blew off the mackinac bridge?
Tempo /topaz were good cars, I didn't thing they were ugly. I love that goofy little s cargo van, I would totally drive that
Pontiac Aztec was a very ugly car in the 80s.
I believe that one came out a lot later but it is an ugly one, Thank you for watching glennso47!
this review is just biased
The 80s SUCKED for cars. Believe me I was there. Wimpy little boxes. The Mustang was a Capri. The Monte Carlo SS was pretty cool.
I hated those yugos, I remember lots of military ppl bought them cuz they were cheap😅
My mother owned a AMC pacer and those were ugly ppl would call it a bubble car. When I got my driver's license at 16 it was the only my parents would allow to drive. I was so embarrassed to drive that thing. 😅
I still think the Pacer is the ugliest car ever. Looked like a fish bowl on wheels. 🤣
@@Mick_Ts_Chick yea I used to know an extremely heavy set girl driving one around town my younger brother waxed the car in heavy sunshine because he didn't want to drive it either 😂😂
Those were pretty bad. Those Yugos would be great to have at some duty station where you didn't plan on bringing it home. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us.
Fish Bowl Car🤣🤣🤣
The Pulsar NX in stock hatchback form was cool!!!
My Uncle had a friend that had one of those Monte Carlo like the one in your video. He loved that car had some loud exhaust on it that sounded good. He used to brag about how rare it was. And I have never seen another one in person myself.
There used to be more of them around than you see now. I'm sure many of them are stored away in garages. I loved the Monte Carlo and it seemed almost all of the years were good looking for their time. But those extra glass ones were just a little too much extra. Thank you for watching my friend!
Mitsubishi L300 Delica Van ( Sold as Cosmos here in Sweden ) would be my choice, it was terrible, as was the Toyota Van ( Space cruiser in the Uk , Model F here in Sweden ) ugliest vans of the 80:s.
The Alfa Romeo Milano ( 75 ) had a V6 engine from the gods, the sound of that Busso V6 was heaven like ❤
I couldn't drive til the latter part of the 80's but I learned to drive in a K car. Never thought much of them.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you drove Joe!
"For some reason they kept this litterbox in production for 23 years" will live rent free in my head for life!
My dad loved the Cadillac Seville. We owned 3 during my childhood. Two were late-70s Elegantes....one grey, one orange. We did a lot of road trips in those cars! Then we got a burgundy 1980 bustleback model that ended up being a total lemon. We didn't keep that one very long because it was so problematic, and that was the end of the Seville era for our family.
Thank you for watching and sharing your experience with those Cadillacs.
The Cadillac Seville was not ugly at all.
Monte Carlo Aerocoupes are actually very cool and highly desirable.
I had a 1980 Ford pinto wagon that was as ugly as anything on here. So few were made, most people wouldn't recognize one. It was a repo from a credit union my dad managed, so I got it real cheap.
I do remember those and they were ugly for sure. Thank you for watching casperstiffwood371!
The Geo Metro would have been another one. How about doing a video on the best looking, most iconic cars of all time.
Your right, those were ugly cars
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Nissan was just following trends at that time. The Pulsar was quirky looking, I mean true the optional hatch looking thing was bad. But remember Subaru, Toyota, Pontiac were all going with the pop up headlamp look.
I realize all the ugly cars could not fit into a 10 minute video, but how the heck do you leave out the ugliest.........THE AMC PACER!!!!!!! It was like driving an upside down bathtub!!! just horrible!!
That's really more of a 70s car. Stay tuned for that one. Thank you for watching!
I was waiting for the Pacer!. I thought it would be at the end as the best & ugliest. But then I looked it up and they ended it Dec 1979! LOL
The car designs were one of the few things I did not like growing up in the 80’s. The 70’s and 90’s cars were better looking as a whole. I don’t know what happened in the 80’s.
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They’re all beautiful!…well, except the S-cargo..
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My mother had a Yugo back in the mid eighties. All four of us drove in it from the San Francisco bay area down to Disneyland. It BARELY made it up the grapevine. Diesel trucks were passing us on the incline.
Nailed it! The Monte Carlo's were a great looking car until they did that thing with the rear window. The 80s also had some great looking cars. I had a '82 Toyota Supra and an '82 Mazda RX-7 and I still love the looks of both.
I really loved those Monte Carlo's but I was not a fan of the extra glass. I didn't understand why they ever thought that was good. I loved those 80s Supras and RX-7s. Thank you for watching Eric!
Funny report! The Fiat Panda’s “Disposable Polaroid Camera” analogy had me roll on the floor… Love your humor!!
From France, you missed the Citroën Visa 😅
oooh, I had to look that one up, it was very ugly indeed! I'm from the US - I love seeing pictures of the 1960 Citroens!
That is a great one to mention christophe1579! Thank you for watching!
I've seen them. They're ugly as a mud fence, lol.
Take a look at the 1961 Citroën Ami -- so weird, so ugly!! 😮
I had that exact Ford Thunderbird (7:25) in the late 80's/early 90's. One of the better ones you show but no collectors item.
I thought those and the Cougars of the 80s were pretty good looking. I still see some of those occasionally at auto shows. Thank you for watching!
Will we know any of their interesting quirks and features?
Thank you for watching Nathan!
I agree with this list! One that should be included in the AMC Pacer/wagon.
I was thinking of the Dale car, but that was in the 70s and the car didn't even work.🤣🤣 But hey, I liked that Nissan!
Thank you for watching. Was it the Pulsar you liked?
@@RhettyforHistoryYes the Pulsar NX, my mother had one and I loved it!!!❤
Panda was not a failure in any aspects
I had a Yugo, I heard all the jokes. Yugo, but you don't come back, windows where made from plastic wrap, cigarette butts become speed bumps. Everybody had a Yugo joke. lol Oh yeah, I almost forgot the biggest one, they where rubber band powered, all you had to do was wind them up.
I've heard other former owners saying they had pieces fall off in the road, and practically had to get out and push it up hills.
Those are all good jokes! It had to be the most ridiculed car of all time. Thank you for watching and sharing that you had one. How long did you have it?
@@RhettyforHistory I had it for almost a year, and true story. It was given to me by a friend who owned a tow yard, and my truck had broken down, so it was quick and cheap. But it was a 5sp. and I live in Ohio, and that winter the transmission froze and wouldn't shift. So I passed it on for scrap. Every time the temps where below 20 it froze. lol
My in-laws let me borrow their Cadillac Seville with the chopped off trunk. It was a nixe car. First car i ever drove thst had a gas mileage meter. I was surprised to get 25 mpg out of it.
I never opened the trunk lid. I saw my FIL open it once and it was crammed full of "junk".
It was a nice car, but i preferred a small car (still do) because they drive like a go cart. I got a Chevette after this and that was my favorite car ever. It was a junker but it was so fun to drive.
Those Cadillacs were really nice back then. At least the larger ones. They had some futuristic type technology in them like you mentioned. I had a friend that had a Chevette. He turned the corner once and the horn went off and it never quit until he pulled the wires to it. Another time we were driving up to a drive thru and he rolled down the window and it fell down in the door and broke. I think it was only a few years old and his parents had it before him.
Who said They were ugly ? they were beautiful
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They had "personality" 😂
This guy clearly has no taste.
I went to Junior prom in a Cadillac Seville😂 I couldn’t complain…I didn’t even have a car
Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us nonyabiness4023!
Beats going on a bike, lol.
@@Mick_Ts_Chick It sure did! It was baby blue and silver. Clean and fully loaded! 🩵
I guess I'm in the minority. I think those old Sevilles look pretty cool.
Cars from the 1980s are the GOAT
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Hey! The AMC Eagle may have been one of the ugliest things ever built, but the drove pretty good in the snow……as long as you didn’t need to get somewhere fast.
Minus the optional rear cap, the Nissan Pulsar NX was actually one of the better looking cars to come out of the 80s.
Your humor is underrated. Using words like crap, litter box and donkey cart…I needed this laugh!
Not gonna lie, I always liked the quicksilver. It was just a cool looking car to me. The Yugo and Le Car was abominations.
And I absolutely love the Monte Carlos. They are one of my dream cars. Next to a Buick GNX
Le Car is another bad one. I do love Monte Carlo and the Buick qnd Pontiac versions as well but I was never a fan of the extra glass. Thank you for watching!
Right on! I had an 86’ Monte Carlo with the 305 and quadra-bog carb, I absolutely loved it. My sisters had Oldsmobiles…we loved em, great cars.
You are totally wrong with the Fiat Panda (🐼). In reality this first model was an extremely good little car, simple and very basic but also practical in many details. For example, the front grill was on the left or the right side because one engine (2 cyl.) was air-cooled, the other (4 cyl ) water cooled. In Italy was really a big success. And, last but not least, the designer... Giorgetto Giugiaro.
IMO, the closest that any car manufacturer got to producing a car to replace the original Mini.