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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 18 NOVEMBER 2018 MOTORING M8 Fiat Multipla The Fiat Multipla is really an over- dose of ugly. Even if the goal was to design the ugliest car ever, no one would manage to create such an atroc- ity. The car was really terrible when it was first built but it got a little better towards the final production years. The model's hideous reign started in 1998. In 2010, the Italian car maker decided that people's eye had been assaulted enough and shut the line down. Today, remnants of the car still haunt the streets. Citroën Ami When you think of France, fine taste in wine, perfume, and fashion come to mind. Unfortunately, one of their cars happens to be on the list, and it really is ugly. It was in 1961 when the world first saw the oversized headlamps and a strange new body shape called the notchback. It is the reverse of a hatch- back and that gave it a really unattrac- tive appearance and crappy aerody- namics. Panoz Abruzzi 'Spirit of Le Mans' The Panoz Abruzzi 'Spirit of Le Mans' is a grand tourer that takes ug- ly to a whole new level, an expensive level. That's right – the Panoz Abru- zzi "Spirit of Le Mans came with a £330,000 price tag. Only 81 units were planned to be produced (thank God). Fortunately, the car never saw the light of day. It died a natural death right at the prototype stage. Weber Sportscars aka 'Faster One' The Weber Sportscars was nick- named the Faster One. But an even more apt name would have been 'the ugly one' because it really was hideous. This was Switzerland's attempt to de- throne the Veyron as the fastest street legal car in 2008. The result? A fast as- sault to the eye! What makes this car unforgivable is that unlike some en- tries on the list, this blunder was made in 2008 when there was so much auto- motive enlightenment. The Nissan Cube The Nissan Cube could care less about aerodynamics, and it most definitely does not give a damn about beauty. It is not clear what exactly the Japanese car maker was trying to achieve but one thing we can all agree on is that this car was an aesthetic crime. The car was first produced in 1998 and to this day, it is still being thrown onto the streets. 2010 Veritas RS III Vermot AG had not been active in the automotive industry for 60 years by 2010. That same year, they de- cided to make a comeback, a hide- ous comeback. The 2010 Veritas RS III is not only ugly, it actually looks like something you would see in a nightmare. It seems they pressed the wrong button and pulled a monster from hell. Reliant Robin The reliant Robin looks like a cross between a car, a boat, and a motorcy- cle. That doesn't sound right on any front. The Robin was one of the most popular fibreglass cars in history and today, it has rightly earned a place on Top Car Magazine's list of the ugliest cars in the world. It was first manufac- tured in 1973 to take the place of the Reliant Regal. Brubaker Box The makers of the Brubaker Box de- serve an A plus for accurate represen- tation. That's right – the name is as ugly as the car. It really does look like a rig from hell and it is devoid of any character at all. It is just an ugly box on wheels. It does, however, look like something that would be useful in case of nuclear world war. PT Cruiser Chrysler is a decent car maker. Un- fortunately, they failed quite lamenta- bly with the Chrysler PT Cruiser. We cannot say much about the car's per- formance but we will unapologetically say this is quite an ugly car. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. But there are some things that are objectively ugly, that not even 50 bottles of beer can beautify. This little concept holds true even in the world of cars. Over the years, the roads have seen some cars that only the designers alone could call pretty. In honour of all those monsters, this is Top Car Magazine's 10 ugliest cars ever created 10 ugliest cars ever made The Aurora One fine day in 1957, a priest woke up and after reflecting upon the death toll result- ing from car accidents, he decided to save the world. He had a brilliant idea. He was going to build the world's safest car. He did, and the re- sult was the Aurora. We are not sure how safe it was but it was astonish- ingly ugly. 1 2 3 5 7 10 9 8 6 4