These Cars Have The Weirdest Wing Mirrors

I am a huge fan of weird and wacky designs that slipped past OEM's finance departments and made it to production in all of their unusual glory, and wing mirrors are no exception. A very logical addition to cars that allows drivers to glance over and know what's going on behind them, side-view mirrors often are another boring element that manufacturers will slap onto a car, but sometimes designers get to have a little fun and shake things up.

I've been enjoying writing stories about how features like car keys and other seemingly normal car parts can sometimes be points of innovation, and whenever I check the comments on those stories I see countless incredibly considerate and gently delivered suggestions from the audience about cars that I missed. So I gave our audience the chance to share their favorite weird side-view mirrors, and I must say I was surprised by some of the niche answers that came in.

Here are 15 of the weirdest wing mirrors that the Jalopnik audience suggested.

Despite their function, I always found high-mounted mirrors weird.

Submitted By: Stephen

Asymmetric mirrors on the W124, for what were likely immensely logical reasons, but something that never caught on.

Submitted By: Maymar 

How about a Lamborghini Murcielago's mirrors? Given how their height is lacking, can a driver actually see anything back there when using them? How the mirrors have to jut out to clear the ass end of the Lambo doesn't help the car's aesthetics either.

Submitted By: the1969DodgeChargerFan

Also reminding us that most 'wing mirrors' are door mirrors. Being mounted on the wings, or 'fenders' if you're a colonial, isn't as fashionable as it once was.

Submitted By: BonaContention

1958 Buick. Look at this jet age cowling

Submitted By: Garland

Weird back in the day, but common now, I believe the Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr were the first American cars where the wing mirrors were mounted in the side window opening rather than bolted to the exterior of the door.

Submitted By: Earthbound Misfit I

Lexus LFA mirror is designed specifically to direct air to the intake.

Submitted By: Echo5Niner

The Isdera Commendatore 112i's top mirror, complete with wee little sunroof to look at it through is very weird.

Submitted By: dokydoky 

2000-ish Pontiac Grand Am with the twin stalked side-view mirrors. So fragile that a lot of automatic car washes have banned the Grand Am due to liability issues.

Submitted By: Earthbound Misfit I

Toyota WRC mirrors...they are in portrait mode and tiny too. Plus they are mounted to literal wings.

Submitted By: bmw325_num99

Easy answers, I nominate two: First being Pagani's on the Huayra

Submitted By: CrashedLambo

And second is the LaFerrari. Not as bad in pics but in person these things a are like a foot and a half long at a weird angle. And to add to the weirdness only the coupe has them at an angle while the Aperta does not

Submitted By: CrashedLambo

The latest Ford GT and it's asymmetrical mirrors are pretty weird.

Submitted By: OriginalMP3

I immediately thought of the new Silverado HD. I get that this design is all function over form, but I can't get over how weird these mirrors look. It's not a good weird.

Submitted By: HakosukaDreaming

Autech Zagato Stelvio AZ1, for when you want fender mirrors but don't want anyone to know.

Submitted By: Pliskin