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John_Mc

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Normally, I agree with the Top Gear guys, but this crossed the line!

Top Gear video

Warning: painful to watch! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cry.gif
 
Well it is funny. But the ugliest cars? Hardly. I had a Renault R8 in college. Now that car was ugly.
 
Crazy video.
 
I still say AMC had the market on ugly cars.
The Concord/ Eagle, the Pacer, the gremlin,
Of course Chrysler gave them a good run with the infamous K-cars.
the late 70 and most of the 80s were bad... really bad. Then yot have the electronic-feedback carburetor. Straight from H-E- double hockey sticks.
 
Not to offend, but that piece couldn't be more wrong. There's a couple of current cars that in my book are the "fugliest" things on the road. The Scion and some other "shoebox on wheels."

As far as my TR7, the wife calls it the "cute little car" ans as we all know, wives are NEVER wrong!
 
Banjo said:
I still say AMC had the market on ugly cars.
The Concord/ Eagle, the Pacer, the gremlin,
Of course Chrysler gave them a good run with the infamous K-cars.
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And don't forget the Matador--one of the greatest abominations in design history.
 
This car is generally considered to be the ugliest car in the world. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/pukeface.gif
 
In the mid 60's through the mid 70's I had 2 Triumphs and loved them, but I never went back to a Triumph showroom after these came out. They seemed underpowered and the shape was very different. Most of all, to me they did not seem like a Triumph anymore. Not that the shape was bad but it seemed like a gimmick at a time when Triumph needed something to strengthen it's position. I feel they really hurt Triumph's image and sales. In fact that is when our local dealer closed.

This, however, is a different day and I think something like the TR7 might be better received. Although not by me.

As for those that like them more power to you all. Your choice should be based on your likes and dislikes and not mine or someone else's. I support you.
 
I have always felt that the TR7 got a very bad rap. It's extreme change from tradition, poor quality early on, and the soon demise of the British car industry, etc. has put a very dark cloud over the car.
British Car magazine's poll always ranked it as one of the ugliest cars ever to come out of England. There must be a lot of readers who are bitter or just aren't aware of some of the ugly cars the Brits built.
Ten years after the TR7 was introduced, half of the cars on the road had a similar look. It was, in my mind, "the shape of things to come."
The TR4 carried the bad rap for years because of it's breaking of tradition with wind up windows. Things seem to be coming around for them now if prices are any reflection.
I doubt that the TR7 will be accepted for many years, if ever. There were a ton of them sold, but more to the masses than the fanatics.
I have found that the TR7 owners on average are less aware of the other cars that Triumph built than the owners of TR's built prior to them. This could be because the cars are still pretty unique, fairly rare, and inexpensive for the entry level buyer. This statement is not directed to Forum members since we are people who tend to look a little deeper into our cars than the average guy.
I have never owned a 7, but have driven one. It was a good driving car. A lot of room, good handling and fun. I'm not in the market for one, but will not count it out of the list of cars to someday buy.
 
ObiRichKanobi said:
Not to offend, but that piece couldn't be more wrong. There's a couple of current cars that in my book are the "fugliest" things on the road. The Scion and some other "shoebox on wheels."

The Element. Tom and Ray asked "What element is it, Buttuglium?"
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From the dictionary: Ugly; see also Pontiac Aztec, Subaru Tribeca.

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I'm also getting to like the TR7/8 line a lot more than I ever used to. I suspect they'll finally catch on the way the TR4 did...sometime after most of them rotted away and/or were parted out, leaving the remaining ones to become rather valuable. Granted, it'll be some time before we see a $97k TR7 at an auction....
 
I have to agree with some of the earlier observations about the Wedge. I think they got a bad wrap because they were so different from what had come before -- and Triumph probably didn't help much by having an overlap in sales. That plus the aforementioned quality problems with Leyland, and the fact that a roadster wasn't available from the start. I have always said that if the TR7 were released as a new car today, they would sell like hotcakes. It was simply ahead of its time, at a time when people wanted Triumph to keep making cars like the 6.
 
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