OT what is the Ugliest 4x4

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Disagree there overpowered to do no more at the end of the day (and somewhat
less given the size of thpe thing) than a Landie where does that big engine
get you eventually, nowhere and slower too, might have more ground clearance
but thats all I reckon an old routemaster probably can drive comfortably at
45 degrees than that heap of junk can for all its low profile, amazing
things routemasters.

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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:16:06 +0100, "Larry"
<[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> I dunno, the proper hummer H1 is good at what it does, and built like
tank -
> take a look at the size of the springs and suspension bits at the front.
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On 2006-07-04, Derek <[email protected]> wrote:

> Actually thinking Hummer reminds me what about the Lambo Cheetah if
> Carlsberg made 4x4s they would look nowt like that its nasty in so
> many differnet ways

I reckon the Cheetah's not bad, the link you posted had only one poor
shot of the Cheetah, the rest were the much uglier Lambo LM series of
off-roaders. The Cheetah was never put into production, only one was
known to have been made. It was given to the military for testing,
and they promptly wrecked it.

Some better shots of the Cheetah on the following link.

http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/Cheetah/index.html

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On or around Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:59:18 GMT, "Derek"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:33:30 GMT, "Derek"
>> <[email protected]> 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'd like to nominate this, not because of it's looks, but solely due
>> to it's name.
>>
>> http://www.honker.cz/engl/historie.php
>>
>> The name "Honker" actually means "strong horse" in Polish.
>> Unfortunatly the word doesn't travel well....
>>
>> Alex
>
>Lol inspired model name hey look Austin they do a Honker Minibus :)
>http://www.intrall.pl/index.shtml?lang=eng
>Derek
>

coo, a not-unimog:

http://www.intrall.pl/page.shtml?step=models&bind1=177&lang=eng&
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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.
>
> Lee D
>
Ooops I will put my hand up to owning an asia rocsta at one point....
not a landrover by any means but the wife and kids loved it as summer
runabout as it had a removeable roof.
the problem was that the mazda based diesel engine had an alloy head which
gave lots of problems and the kia dealers were of no help

completely diffrent from the mahindra

I agree with that the UMM Alta was one ugly 4x4

Eddie

citroen made a "moke" look alike with corregated sides, 2cv based i think
(always seen next to small vinyards when i saw them in france) anyone know
what that was called?


 
Eddie Morgan wrote:

|| citroen made a "moke" look alike with corregated sides, 2cv based i
|| think (always seen next to small vinyards when i saw them in france)
|| anyone know what that was called?

Mehari. Want one.

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On or around Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:05:01 +0100, "Eddie Morgan"
<[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.
>>
>> Lee D
>>
>Ooops I will put my hand up to owning an asia rocsta at one point....
> not a landrover by any means but the wife and kids loved it as summer
>runabout as it had a removeable roof.
>the problem was that the mazda based diesel engine had an alloy head which
>gave lots of problems and the kia dealers were of no help
>
>completely diffrent from the mahindra

The mahindra is a basic jeep from about 1950...

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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:05:01 +0100, "Eddie Morgan"
> <[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.
>>>
>>> Lee D
>>>
>>Ooops I will put my hand up to owning an asia rocsta at one point....
>> not a landrover by any means but the wife and kids loved it as summer
>>runabout as it had a removeable roof.
>>the problem was that the mazda based diesel engine had an alloy head which
>>gave lots of problems and the kia dealers were of no help
>>
>>completely diffrent from the mahindra
>
> The mahindra is a basic jeep from about 1950...
>
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> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young / In a world
> of magnets and miracles / Our thoughts strayed constantly and without
> boundary / The ringing of the Division bell had begun. Pink Floyd (1994)

the mahindra came out about the same time as the rocsta, i remember it being
tested in 4x4 magazine. I saw one at my local off road course, i think they
had a peugeot diesel engine, the one at the off road course used, sj410
tactics and bounced over every thing! looked great fun as long as you were
in the front

Eddie


 
I vote for the UMM. Made in Portugal, powered by Peugot diesel. Looks even
uglier in the flesh than in photos. Google for UMM if you've never seen on.
Still at least no one would nick it!

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On 2006-07-09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> I vote for the UMM. Made in Portugal, powered by Peugot diesel. Looks even
> uglier in the flesh than in photos. Google for UMM if you've never seen on.
> Still at least no one would nick it!

It won't appeal to the lifestyle brigade but it actually looks rather
functional, at least the ones I've seen photos of (not sure if they're
current models).

http://www.flickr.com/groups/13675725@N00/

The drooping bonnet drops off to the front and sides, good for
visibility, and it's more flat-sided than a defender.

There's even a minibus version on the link above, perfect for Austin ;-)


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On or around Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:10:35 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2006-07-09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I vote for the UMM. Made in Portugal, powered by Peugot diesel. Looks even
>> uglier in the flesh than in photos. Google for UMM if you've never seen on.
>> Still at least no one would nick it!
>
>It won't appeal to the lifestyle brigade but it actually looks rather
>functional, at least the ones I've seen photos of (not sure if they're
>current models).
>
>http://www.flickr.com/groups/13675725@N00/
>
>The drooping bonnet drops off to the front and sides, good for
>visibility, and it's more flat-sided than a defender.
>
>There's even a minibus version on the link above, perfect for Austin ;-)

heh. There's a defunct UMM down the road from here a bit.

didn't it start off as a Portaro Pampas?

ah, I see it didn't:

http://www.ajovalo.net/Historia/Ei-Suomi4.htm

and what an ecelctic collection of vehicles. Opel Diplomat is rather nice
in its way.
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Ian Rawlings wrote:

|| On 2006-07-09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||| I vote for the UMM. Made in Portugal, powered by Peugot diesel.
||| Looks even uglier in the flesh than in photos. Google for UMM if
||| you've never seen on. Still at least no one would nick it!
||
|| It won't appeal to the lifestyle brigade but it actually looks rather
|| functional, at least the ones I've seen photos of (not sure if
|| they're current models).
||
|| http://www.flickr.com/groups/13675725@N00/
||
|| The drooping bonnet drops off to the front and sides, good for
|| visibility, and it's more flat-sided than a defender.
||
|| There's even a minibus version on the link above, perfect for Austin
|| ;-)
||
||
|| --
|| Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

One parks near to where I work, and I had a good look at it one day. The
kind of looks only a mother could love, but I reckon it looked honest at
least. That puts it miles ahead of any Mitsuyotayyongg I've ever seen.

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On 2006-07-10, Richard Brookman <[email protected]> wrote:

> One parks near to where I work, and I had a good look at it one day. The
> kind of looks only a mother could love, but I reckon it looked honest at
> least. That puts it miles ahead of any Mitsuyotayyongg I've ever seen.

That's what I thought about it, the Defender after all has form
defined by function too, nowt wrong with that at all IMHO.

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