Ugliest Car of The Past 50 Years

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Considering how many new cars are rolled out every year, it's no surprise that a few might be just plain homely.

There's a chance that certain styles might become fashionable with a dash of retro hip. (Well, maybe not from the 1970s.) But for the most part, the following cars will never be anything but design duds.

	1. Chevrolet El Camino Introduced: 1959 The front end of a car and the back end of a pickup—convenient but unsightly. The El Camino went through several redesigns, each worse than the one before. This 1982 model seemed to be wearing dental braces, and the chrome accents over its wheel housing only draw the eye to mystifying hub caps.
	2. Citroën Ami Introduced: 1961 Design: Flaminio Bertoni This car has fenders that drop below the tire line and a top that extends from the back like a porch roof. Add some oddly shaped windows and dot-sized brake lights for a uniquely strange-looking vehicle.
	3. Lightburn Zeta Introduced: 1963 This Australian car was designed by a maker of cement mixers and washing machines, but that might be obvious. There are two grilles, both in a fence-like pattern, with protruding headlights on either side.
	4. Wartburg 353 Introduced: 1965 Can you find one thing you like about this East German car?
	5. Volkswagen Thing Introduced: 1969 This is the design philosophy of the Thing: Take the basics of the Beetle—an engine, powertrain, and seats—and plop them in an unfinished metal box. There's no front grille, the bumper is an afterthought, and nobody bothered to round the fenders.