OT what is the Ugliest 4x4

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Derek

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I was watching that item with Richard Hamster of TopGear when he said the
Porche Cayenne Turbo was in his opinion the ugliest 4x4 ever and then as I
watched him hurtling about like a nutter I thought no! that SSangyong
Korando is worse http://www.4wdonline.com/Ssangyong/Korando.html or may be
the quaintly named UMM http://www.4wdonline.com/UMM/UMM.html of course there
may be something designed after a liquid lunch on a friday I've missed maybe
something french ?
Derek


 
Derek <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> I was watching that item with Richard Hamster of TopGear when he said
> the Porche Cayenne Turbo was in his opinion the ugliest 4x4 ever and
> then as I watched him hurtling about like a nutter I thought no! that
> SSangyong Korando is worse
> http://www.4wdonline.com/Ssangyong/Korando.html or may be the
> quaintly named UMM http://www.4wdonline.com/UMM/UMM.html of course
> there may be something designed after a liquid lunch on a friday I've
> missed maybe something french ? Derek

What about that crap jeep lookalike think that has FWH's and cheap as chips
for exactly that reason... Ricoster or something similar.

Lee D



 
Derek wrote:
> I was watching that item with Richard Hamster of TopGear when he said the
> Porche Cayenne Turbo was in his opinion the ugliest 4x4 ever and then as I
> watched him hurtling about like a nutter I thought no! that SSangyong
> Korando is worse http://www.4wdonline.com/Ssangyong/Korando.html or may be
> the quaintly named UMM http://www.4wdonline.com/UMM/UMM.html of course there
> may be something designed after a liquid lunch on a friday I've missed maybe
> something french ?
> Derek
>
>
Nah, the French don't do a 4x4. Their equivalent to the original
Land-Rover (a go-anywhere vehicle for farmers) was the Citroen 2CV,
designed to traverse a ploughed field at 50 km/h (30 mph) without
breaking a tray of eggs on the back seat. Probably why Land-Rover never
took off over here.

Stuart
 
On 2006-07-03, Srtgray <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nah, the French don't do a 4x4.

They've done several, mostly military, was just reading about one this
morning although it was based on the G-Wagen which is Austrian by
design.

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> What about that crap jeep lookalike think that has FWH's and cheap as chips
> for exactly that reason... Ricoster or something similar.

I know the ones you mean - Someone I did some contract work for had one
of those, he took me out to one of his clients in it, hell was it
awful!!

I think that French thing looks rather fun - in an ugly as hell, but
kinda quirky sort of way.

Matt
 

"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
: Derek <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
: about:
: > I was watching that item with Richard Hamster of TopGear when he said
: > the Porche Cayenne Turbo was in his opinion the ugliest 4x4 ever and
: > then as I watched him hurtling about like a nutter I thought no! that
: > SSangyong Korando is worse
: > http://www.4wdonline.com/Ssangyong/Korando.html or may be the
: > quaintly named UMM http://www.4wdonline.com/UMM/UMM.html of course
: > there may be something designed after a liquid lunch on a friday I've
: > missed maybe something french ? Derek
:
: What about that crap jeep lookalike think that has FWH's and cheap as
chips
: for exactly that reason... Ricoster or something similar.
:
: Lee D

Ah, you mean the Mahindra Rocsta

I'll get my coat

Si


 
On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:44:03 +0100, Matthew Maddock
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>> What about that crap jeep lookalike think that has FWH's and cheap as chips
>> for exactly that reason... Ricoster or something similar.
>
>I know the ones you mean - Someone I did some contract work for had one
>of those, he took me out to one of his clients in it, hell was it
>awful!!

Asia Rocsta. dire.

but for sheer ugliness, you have to look to the sssangggyonggg, (now daewoo)
IMHO. Although the Lexus things are no beauties and the BMW X3 is a bit
dire, too.



>
>I think that French thing looks rather fun - in an ugly as hell, but
>kinda quirky sort of way.
>
>Matt
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On or around Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:06:37 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2006-07-03, Srtgray <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nah, the French don't do a 4x4.
>
>They've done several, mostly military, was just reading about one this
>morning although it was based on the G-Wagen which is Austrian by
>design.

and of course they sis a twin-engine 4x4 version of the 2CV.
--
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"Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25
 

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:44:03 +0100, Matthew Maddock
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >> What about that crap jeep lookalike think that has FWH's and cheap as
chips
> >> for exactly that reason... Ricoster or something similar.
> >
> >I know the ones you mean - Someone I did some contract work for had one
> >of those, he took me out to one of his clients in it, hell was it
> >awful!!
>
> Asia Rocsta. dire.
>
> but for sheer ugliness, you have to look to the sssangggyonggg, (now
daewoo)
> IMHO. Although the Lexus things are no beauties and the BMW X3 is a bit
> dire, too.

Hyundai santa fe. UGGGGGGGGGGLY!
Badger.


 
Badger wrote:

> Hyundai santa fe. UGGGGGGGGGGLY!

My business partner's wife has one - the car matches the owner in the
looks stakes.


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EMB
 

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:06:37 +0100, Ian Rawlings
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On 2006-07-03, Srtgray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Nah, the French don't do a 4x4.
>>
>>They've done several, mostly military, was just reading about one this
>>morning although it was based on the G-Wagen which is Austrian by
>>design.
>
> and of course they sis a twin-engine 4x4 version of the 2CV.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25

the worst has got to be the H2 especially in black or banana yellow......


 
chris wrote:
> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>On or around Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:06:37 +0100, Ian Rawlings
>><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>
>>>On 2006-07-03, Srtgray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Nah, the French don't do a 4x4.
>>>
>>>They've done several, mostly military, was just reading about one this
>>>morning although it was based on the G-Wagen which is Austrian by
>>>design.
>>
>>and of course they sis a twin-engine 4x4 version of the 2CV.
>>--
>>Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
>>"Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25
>
>
> the worst has got to be the H2 especially in black or banana yellow......
>
>
What about that "land-ROver defender" huh, f***ing splitters

Stuart
 
On 2006-07-03, chris <[email protected]> wrote:

> the worst has got to be the H2 especially in black or banana yellow......

I used to regularly drive past one on the way into Frome, it's a lot
smaller than I expected, but I was in the you-know-what at the time.
It was banana yellow and really did look absolutely stupid. Probably
one of the dumbest looking vehicles ever.

Mind you some of the Renault 4x4s made around the 2CV era looked a bit
odd, for example;

http://www.4wdonline.com/Renault/2087.html

Mind you this is quite groovy;

http://www.4wdonline.com/Latil/Latil.html

There's a company called "Dangel" I think that takes Peugeot cars and
vans, then whacks a 4x4 drivetrain on, although they don't look too
odd. I'm not aware of any Peugeot factory 4x4s but ISTR they're
planning one.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 

Derek wrote:
> I was watching that item with Richard Hamster of TopGear when he said the
> Porche Cayenne Turbo was in his opinion the ugliest 4x4 ever and then as I
> watched him hurtling about like a nutter I thought no! that SSangyong
> Korando is worse http://www.4wdonline.com/Ssangyong/Korando.html or may be
> the quaintly named UMM http://www.4wdonline.com/UMM/UMM.html of course there
> may be something designed after a liquid lunch on a friday I've missed maybe
> something french ?
> Derek

I still reckon the new Freelander has em beaten, horrid. Mind you, I
used to think that about the Discovery 3 and thats really growing on me
now.........

Dave

 
Srtgray wrote:

> Nah, the French don't do a 4x4. Their equivalent to the original
> Land-Rover (a go-anywhere vehicle for farmers) was the Citroen 2CV,
> designed to traverse a ploughed field at 50 km/h (30 mph) without
> breaking a tray of eggs on the back seat. Probably why Land-Rover
> never took off over here.

Spent two days at a refinery in Normandy last week and I saw more
Solihull products in a few hours driving than we saw in a whole week in
Ireland/Eire. The Irish seemed to go for blingy far eastern 4x4s which
were much less common in France.

Lizzy
 
In message <[email protected]>
"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Derek wrote:
> > I was watching that item with Richard Hamster of TopGear when he said the
> > Porche Cayenne Turbo was in his opinion the ugliest 4x4 ever and then as I
> > watched him hurtling about like a nutter I thought no! that SSangyong
> > Korando is worse http://www.4wdonline.com/Ssangyong/Korando.html or may be
> > the quaintly named UMM http://www.4wdonline.com/UMM/UMM.html of course there
> > may be something designed after a liquid lunch on a friday I've missed maybe
> > something french ?
> > Derek
>
> I still reckon the new Freelander has em beaten, horrid. Mind you, I
> used to think that about the Discovery 3 and thats really growing on me
> now.........
>
> Dave
>

My vote would be for the RB-44 - it even looks like something that
was made up from bits lying around a scrapyard - nothing quite
fits..... But then the UMM looks like a LR that's had a nasty
accident.

Richard
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On 2006-07-03, beamendsltd <[email protected]> wrote:

> My vote would be for the RB-44 - it even looks like something that
> was made up from bits lying around a scrapyard - nothing quite
> fits..... But then the UMM looks like a LR that's had a nasty
> accident.

And a Buffalo looks like a... suggestions on a postcard please;

http://www.forceprotection.net/models/buffalo/

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On or around Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:02:24 +0100, "Badger"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:44:03 +0100, Matthew Maddock
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>> >> What about that crap jeep lookalike think that has FWH's and cheap as
>chips
>> >> for exactly that reason... Ricoster or something similar.
>> >
>> >I know the ones you mean - Someone I did some contract work for had one
>> >of those, he took me out to one of his clients in it, hell was it
>> >awful!!
>>
>> Asia Rocsta. dire.
>>
>> but for sheer ugliness, you have to look to the sssangggyonggg, (now
>daewoo)
>> IMHO. Although the Lexus things are no beauties and the BMW X3 is a bit
>> dire, too.
>
>Hyundai santa fe. UGGGGGGGGGGLY!
>Badger.
>

that's the other bugger I was trying to remember.
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Confidence: Before important work meetings, boost your confidence by
reading a few pages from "The Tibetan Book of the Dead"
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:53:36 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On or around Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:06:37 +0100, Ian Rawlings
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On 2006-07-03, Srtgray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Nah, the French don't do a 4x4.
>>
>>They've done several, mostly military, was just reading about one this
>>morning although it was based on the G-Wagen which is Austrian by
>>design.
>
>and of course they sis a twin-engine 4x4 version of the 2CV.

sis? did, I meant.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Confidence: Before important work meetings, boost your confidence by
reading a few pages from "The Tibetan Book of the Dead"
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:14:44 +0100, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>>
>
>My vote would be for the RB-44 - it even looks like something that
>was made up from bits lying around a scrapyard - nothing quite
>fits..... But then the UMM looks like a LR that's had a nasty
>accident.

RB44 was made up from bits, uses the cab from the dodge-renault thing. I
suspect it's quite a sound vehicle, but it's not exactly pretty. But then
neither are a lot of the more "utility" things - the 101 Ambi for example is
not exactly pretty, and if I'd been doing it I'd have modified the design to
make the cab look the same size as the body - wouldn't have been all that
hard. But then again, a pure working vehicle is designed primarily to
function not to look good. The RB44 could have had a bespoke cab which
fitted it better, for example, but it wouldn't have worked any better.


The ones that have the least excuse are the "car-type" 4x4s, which are
supposedly made with an eye to styling...
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"Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio" (it is when I struggle to be
brief that I become obscure) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Ars Poetica, 25
 
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