This has got to be the damn ugliest thing... is it even a car??

[Speedfreak]

http://www.supercars.net/SDBQ?y=2001&m=Nissan&o=Chappo%20Concept

[hapoo]

2001 Nissan Crappo??

yeah thats why its just a Concept

[benny818]

man but what's weird is that i swear most of the concept cars i've seen and read about kinda look like that too.. damn... oh well..

[ArkiStan]

man speedfreak... whats up with you and that supercars.net website?? Looks like you're spending a lot of itme in there!! :D lot of cool cars though I gotta say. :thumbup:

[Speedfreak]

Originally posted by ucbstan
man speedfreak... whats up with you and that supercars.net website?? Looks like you're spending a lot of itme in there!! :D lot of cool cars though I gotta say. :thumbup:

Well, I am just making use of their shopping cart. :D

[Speedfreak]

Originally posted by benny818
man but what's weird is that i swear most of the concept cars i've seen and read about kinda look like that too.. damn... oh well..


You can't possibly say that. There is no concept that I have seen that looks like this piece of chit.

[eSDee]

http://209.132.49.149/images-large/2001_nissan_chappo-1.jpg

yep, pretty fugly.

[ArkiStan]

looks nice and solid though.

[oblongmelon]

OMG IT'S SO CUTE :)

[johnnymk]

A big shot from Chrysler Corporation retired and is attempting to start up an exotic sports car manufacturing company (GOOD LUCK). Anyway, a magazine recently did an interview with him about the state of the car industry. He said that a lot of the concept cars look like UGLY APPLIANCES. Couldn't agree with him more. Sure, there are a few really nice concept cars, but most of them look like they were designed by a first grader who is just learning how to draw.
With the variety of cars available from throughout the world, there are very few original designs in most of them. If you took a side view of most of the cars, cut out the outline of each one of them and compared them, you wouldn't find much of a difference at all.

[zenbooty]

It looks like that car could double as a salt shaker.

[Jihforce]

You know, it kind of looks like something that belongs in Legoland or something to that nature.

[Ice-9]

Originally posted by johnnymk
A big shot from Chrysler Corporation retired and is attempting to start up an exotic sports car manufacturing company (GOOD LUCK). Anyway, a magazine recently did an interview with him about the state of the car industry. He said that a lot of the concept cars look like UGLY APPLIANCES. Couldn't agree with him more. Sure, there are a few really nice concept cars, but most of them look like they were designed by a first grader who is just learning how to draw.
With the variety of cars available from throughout the world, there are very few original designs in most of them. If you took a side view of most of the cars, cut out the outline of each one of them and compared them, you wouldn't find much of a difference at all.

I'll bet you he was talking about Mosler. Those guys build some of the world's cheapest, fastest, BUTT-UGLIEST cars. Check out the Raptor or the Intrudor. Split windshields? But it looks like they've finally hit a good design with this new MT900 thing. They got some guy off the Corvette design team, and he knows what he's doing, so hopefully I'll actually see a Mosler on the road one of these days.

[IntegraTypeR]

It looks like a cross between legos and a golf cart

[hapoo]

Originally posted by zenbooty
It looks like that car could double as a salt shaker.


roflmao :D

[Markel]

Originally posted by Jihforce
You know, it kind of looks like something that belongs in Legoland or something to that nature.

Exactly the thought that came to my mind.

[johnnymk]

I will see if I can scrape up the article on the ex-Chrysler guy. They had a picture of the prototype and is was very nice. I doubt that he'll succeed. Way too many people have had visions of building an affordable gorgeous sports car and have failed miserably. Either the market was too narrow, the car didn't look right, the project became too expensive, or the car was unreliable.

You are right, the Raptor is an ugly beast, as are most limited production cars. Even most of the Kit Cars are gross. The days of Larry Shinoda and Enzo Ferrari may be over but I hope not. Those guys had a flair for knowing what looked right and what didn't.

By the way, what do you think of the newer Corvette design? I personally think it is drop dead ugly!! It's almost as bad as the 1974-1977 Corvette design.

[Ice-9]

Heheh, well, we may agree on the Raptor, but I really like the new Vette (and the '74-'77 Vettes, too). Sorry, but I guess it's always "to each his own."

Don't think I've ever seen an ugly Ferrari, though...

[Doomer]

YUK :(