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Studebaker Avanti
http://www.theavanti.com/

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Ew ... sorry, ranks right up there with this one for me:
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The Aston Martin Lagonda - an overpriced squashed version of an early 80's Lincoln Town Car.

Ironically enough, I was at the library yesterday and happened across a book about the 100 ugliest cars ever made ... the Avanti and the Lagonda are both in there. But guess what's not? :biggrin:

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The Avanti R2 (Supercharged) used to be the fastest sedan on the planet. Which is weird coming from studebaker. Good R2's can hit 35k at auction. R1's (NA) about half that.
Really amazing car actually... first american production fiberglass car, broke a ton of speed records, and was ALMOST enough to get studebaker out of the crapper. Love it or hate it body design though. Looks odd from the front with no grill and recessed headlights. But from the back its 330GT-like trunk leads to a very pleasing design. Side view is kinda awkward too with the reversed C-Pillar slant.
It's like it can't decide to be curvy or boxy.

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scotty-2-forty wrote: Ironically enough, I was at the library yesterday and happened across a book about the 100 ugliest cars ever made ... the Avanti and the Lagonda are both in there. But guess what's not? :biggrin:
A vert'd 240?? I dont know I give up. Also what was top 10??

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alms24sebring wrote:
scotty-2-forty wrote: Ironically enough, I was at the library yesterday and happened across a book about the 100 ugliest cars ever made ... the Avanti and the Lagonda are both in there. But guess what's not? :biggrin:
A vert'd 240?? I dont know I give up. Also what was top 10??
:chuckle: ... Well, no 240's made it :yesnod ... I don't recall the top 10, but the #1 was some Amphibicar.

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scotty-2-forty wrote:
Amphibicar.
A Bi-sexual Amphicar?

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scotty-2-forty wrote:the #1 was some Amphibicar.
Was it a VW or that thing you see in Africa specials on TV?


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