In my mind, the Aston Martin DB9 is the most beautiful car of all time. It’s elegant, sophisticated and stunning, without being too garish or obnoxious. It’s pure *chefs kiss*.
But not every car can score as highly in the looks department, and not even supercars are exempt from their design critics. So, to find out what the ugliest supercar ever made was, we turned to you.
And thankfully, you did not disappoint when it came time to bash some million dollar motors.
“The B-Engineering Edonis. It just sort of looks like it’s at a bad dinner party and is trying to be polite even though the food is bad and the conversation worse.”
This early 2000s Italian supercar had all the hallmarks of success, it was designed by ex-Ferrari and Bugatti pensmith Nicola Materazzi and packed in a Bugatti-sourced 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged V12. But just look at it? Would you put a picture of that on your wall?
Suggested by: citricola
“Gumpert Apollo. But it’s so ugly that I love it. Same goes for the Consulier GTP. Ugly, but it works for what it needs to do and I would love to have one.”
Rumor has it that the Gumpert Apollo creates so much downforce that you can drive it along the roof of a tunnel. But turning this car upside down sadly won’t make it any more appealing to look at.
Suggested by: Calder Smith (Facebook)
“The early Mosler Consulier was pretty bad; like a Ferrari and a K-car had an alcohol-fueled one-night stand.”
This American supercar looks a bit like the result of someone copying a Porsche 935 based solely on descriptions of it via a crackly phone line. It does not look good. The wheels are too small, the hood is too long and its sides are weirdly flat.
Suggested by: JohnnyWasASchoolBoy
“There’s the Youabian Puma, then there’s everything else.”
Apparently the Youabian Puma was “conceptualized for those individuals who dare to be different than the ordinary.” If by “be different than the ordinary,” they meant “drive round in a stupid-ass car,” they were spot on.
Fun fact, the brains behind this weird car tried to sue Jalopnik because Jason Torchinsky also believed it was ugly.
Suggested by: Dan Mitchell (Facebook)
“The first supercar that ever made me have a visceral negative reaction was the Ferrari Enzo. It was terribly out of place from their usual styling and just a chunky mess, building on similar but less grotesque portions of the F50.
“I blame it for normalizing these design trends that were amplified on later uggos.”
Bold, very bold.
This early 2000s, super-limited-edition Ferrari was heralded for its use of Formula 1 tech, such as a carbon-fiber body, automated-shift manual transmission, and carbon ceramic composite disc brakes. Nice.
But, that wasn’t enough to make it pretty in this poster’s eyes.
Suggested by: frankencamry
“I don’t think most cars look bad, but can’t really vibe with the Devel 16.”
Fresh out of the United Arab Emirates is the Devel 16. This crazy looking hypercar concept could be ordered with a street-legal with V16 engine, which is just insane.
Suggested by: @AirheadedAviatR (Twitter)
“I think these should be mainstream supercars. Far too easy to pick out these shed-built cars that nobody cares about.
“I’ll start with a controversial pick: Lamborghini Countach 25th anniversary.
“It was a cool car before they ruined it with all the little bits and bobs to modify it as time went on, and the 25th anniversary is like a Frankenstein car to me.”
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of Lamborghini’s most iconic cars, the Italian firm concocted this monstrous limited edition.
Produced between 1988 and 1997, Lamborghini shipped 667 25th Anniversary models, making it the best-selling Countach variant.
Suggested by: szerlagm
“Mid 2000s Mercedes SLR. Lets make a UGLY car and then put a giant phallic hood bulge in it during the height of the boomer Viagra/Cialis wars
“Even the profile looks like a not-quite erect boomer piece.”
That’s a pretty graphic image.
Suggested by: futuredoc
“Tramontana and Panther solo both look like they crawled out from under a rock and not in a good way.”
This Spanish supercar came as either a single-seater or two-seater where the passenger sat behind the driver. Released in 2007, this €500,000 road racer came with a bonnet badge made from solid white gold.
Suggested by: @theOlliePickard
“The Ferrari F40 with the headlights popped up.
“Sorry to say, but the only vehicle I think I really ever liked with pop-up headlights has to be the NA Miata.
“Without the headlights up, the F40 is absolutely a top 5, if not top 3 of my personal favorite automotive designs, but with the headlights on, it’s literally uglier than a stanced Aztek on 23 inch dubs with a brown and pink 90's street racer styled wrap on it lmao.”
Another Ferrari! Albeit, one with a major caveat.
Do you agree that the F40’s pop-up headlamps ruin an otherwise perfect car? Or, are pop-up headlamps a retro throwback that should be added to every car?
Suggested by: turnworld