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We've already shown you our list of the ten ugliest cars currently sold in the United States. Although epic, it meant exclusion of some fantastically ugly cars sold only on the international marketplace. Until now. After scouring the globe from Australia to Russia, these are the ten top cars that make us want to run from the computer and hurl ourselves out the nearest open window. Vote for your favorite foreign fugly-mobile in the poll at the bottom or chime in via the comments if you think we've missed one.
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The Ten Ugliest Cars Sold Outside The United States
We've already shown you our list of the ten ugliest cars currently sold in the United States. Although epic, it meant exclusion of some fantastically ugly cars sold only on the international marketplace. Until now. After scouring the globe from Australia to Russia, these are the ten top cars that make us want to run from the computer and hurl ourselves out the nearest open window. Vote for your favorite foreign fugly-mobile in the poll at the bottom or chime in via the comments if you think we've missed one.
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12:00 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Matt Hardigree
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Latest by N/A: @acidic: (re 1st comment) I know a few Russians who would take offense at your comment and beat you down more »
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Weber Sportscar Faster One Makes Eyes Bleed
As an engineer, you are taught to maximize efficiency, provide function over form, and do it with the most cost effective and elegantly simple solution possible. That may have been the target with the Weber Sportscar Faster One, but no amount 900 HP, twin[GTSpirit]
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Weber-o-Rama at Laguna Seca
We'll have some Engine Porn for y'all later on, courtesy of the historic racers at Laguna Seca this weekend, but first we though you might enjoy looking at some highly pleasing Weber carburetor installations from back in The Day. We got us a pair-o-Ferraris, a Lotus 11, and a Corvette, each huffing Weber-style.
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Hunchbacked Contender: The Weber SportsCar
The Bugatti Veyron made us question just how far we could go in the pursuit of pure speed, just how much we'd sacrifice in terms of looks, style, and low speed fun for a car that would outrun a cruise missile. As it turned out, the bar went pretty high. But Weber Engineering might have pushed things beyond the rational boundary with its new $1 million super sports car. Now they're hoping for more than 248 mph from their seven-liter bruiser and it is just bristling with technology, unsurprising as they're building it to showcase their engineering skills. There's intelligent four-wheel-drive, a monumentally modified seven-liter engine that looks nothing like the tractor that originally rolled off GM's line and aerodynamics so advanced they have done away with door handles to make it slip unnoticed through the air. More »
12:00 PM on Wed Jun 27 2007
By Mike Spinelli
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Latest by N/A: I want it! It's different, it's fast, it'll turn heads. If it can deliver what it promises... more »
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Uh... Um... Oh, Whatever: 2007 Weber SportsCar
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who think Chris Bangle should be lined up and shot, and those who think the BMW 7-Series is a bold design coup that advances the art of the automobile by at least a decade. I happen to fall into the latter camp, yet even I am having a bit of a struggle not wincing at Weber's new SportsCar. Why? Well, from the front it looks like a stage that a vampire goes through when exposed to light. Commenter Steve N. explains that he hates it, "because it looks like a Tonka Truck vomited on a BMW Z4." Which, you know, really isn't all that inaccurate. Still, the visually, uh, challenging (or is that challenged?) Weber features a gas tank in each corner to better distribute the weight, 900 hp, a 0 to 60 time under three seconds and a Veyron chasing 250+ mph top speed. You know what we've all told ourselves many times: Everyone looks the same in the dark. Thanks to seriouswheels.com for the pics. More »
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Supercar Neutrality: The Weber Sportscars Supercar
While all of us plebes are getting ready for the Geneva show, some Swiss types are focused on the Top Marques show in Monaco. Weber Sportscars, for example, is working up a one-off supercar it says will be unveiled in Monte Carlo. The company best known for motors and other such materiel says it's concocted a super-rigid aluminum chassis that weighs only 143 pounds. It's also taken nine months to get the body suitably slippery. A mid-mounted 7.2-liter V8 of the company's own construction will provide motivation, along with a six-speed sequential semi-auto transmission. Stated performance numbers are suitably batshit for capturing the attention for bloggers trying not to watch yet another episode of "Arrested Development" on TiVo: Zero-to-62 in 2.7 seconds and a top speed of close to 250 mph. More »
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