20 UGLIEST Cars Of The 1980's

As the largely aesthetics-free 1970s came to a close, it was clear that the 1980s would be a decade of bold design. The '80s did yield some beautiful cars, but also brought forth some horrifically ugly ones. Here are twenty of the worst offenders.
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[@grahammc3189]

You are so wrong about the Panda.

[@joecamp2779]

Did he just say nonsense about the Panda? The Alfa Romeo Milano (Alfa Romeo 75 in the rest of the world) is a legendary car and magnificent for its intended purpose. But it's fun to hear the opinions of mentally challenged people, even if recited by a synthetic voice.

[@marcbaur677]

Even the 4x4 Fiat Panda is a Legend Here in Europe.

[@mickboon9831]

Got to love the panda I've had two 169's and they are just great

[@up0820]

It's still ugly, also the designers must be the Yugoslavians that made the garbage Yugo and since this is a Fiat it's probably as reliable as the junk Yugo.

[@davidrochow9382]

@@up0820 I think they are basically the same car. I think the Russians did to the Panda what they did to the BMW motorcycle and called it the Ural.

[@jcruz4759]

Hmmm...we sure have a difference in opinion about what is ugly.

[@nigelpluck3342]

Whoever produced this seems to lack any form of understanding of European and Japanese cars. To be so negative about the Panda shows how much they’ve completely missed the point of the car

[@henriquecardosoferreira8994]

That model was very popular in portugal. it was cheap, and easy to drive and maintain. The 4x4 model was legendary.

[@petervennix1906]

Oh well....Americans. what did you expect

[@henriquecardosoferreira8994]

@@petervennix1906 Indeed. And if its not the size of 3 pandas its not even considered a car in america, and so on.

[@ront769]

@@petervennix1906 The Best! What else?

[@iamvindell]

You're on drugs. The Licoln Mark VII was freaking gorgeous.

[@blackholeentry3489]

They might have well been gorgeous, but as a mechcanic of the era, were a real pain in the A** to work on. Once tried to do a ring and valve job on the local chiropractor's....should have been a basic easy job, but I had to remove the engine in order to do so....NEVER again!....but, of course, if looks is your primary concern, and NOT maintenance......

[@iamvindell]

@@blackholeentry3489 ok, fair enough...lol

[@marviosantos]

Dude, are we looking at the same cars? A lot of them look super cool to me. The few that don't straight look cool, even really good, or at least interesting are just Meh... Not bad looking, not good looking, just a car....

[@stefbarone]

The Panda is a legend in Italy, and was much appreciated in Europe too. I think one of the UK Top Gear presenters had one, and it was praised in the show

[@dudovich13]

Isn't a Panda just a dolled-up 124?

[@stefbarone]

@@dudovich13 No, it had parts and engines derived from 127 and 126, but it was a new model and platform on its own (the 124 was on the upper D-segment and rear wheel drive, and had already been succeeded by the 131 Mirafiori long before the Panda came about)

[@JeanAlexandreScaglia]

Sorry but the Panda was a fantastic cheap car! You are wrong!

[@davidsingleton9864]

Cheap but too angular no offence cheap but lame

[@stevielease7952]

Panda was just what it was , a cheap economy shit- box. You got what you paid for.

[@astronomicadelsurastronomi1526]

The design of the 1980 Cadillac Seville is fabulous...

[@curtmagee]

That Seville was a nice car🤷🏾‍♂️ Never understood the purpose of that Caddy Cimmaron.

[@MrDamien1963]

Not Cimmaron, more like Cimmarunt. For people who want a Cadillac and couldn't afford one. Or for people who wanted to go all out on a fully loaded Chevrolet Cavalier but couldn't find one on Chevy lots because Chevy didn't offer highly optioned boat anchors.

[@Irontree85]

Panda was made for narrow European city roads. I lived in Greece for 16 years, in the Athens there was so many of SEAT Panda and Marbella, FIAT Cinquecento. "American Legends" you really don't know where and how these little cars are used in everyday life.

[@andreamassara590]

0:50 - You missed the mark with the Panda. Yes, it might not be that nice from an "American legend" point of view, but it was conceived ground up rationally and 4.5 million units sold confirm that it was not that ugly and that people loved it (and many of them regret they don't build it like that anymore). 2:36 - That's not a Brooks Stevens' Studebaker SS: it's an original 1936/39 SS Jaguar 100, the first one to bear the Jaguar brand name. 5:07 - I agree with you even though I'm Italian: the Mondial was and is an ugly car. 10.07 - The car you show at this point is not the large model you think, it is the "Giulietta" instead, ancestor of the same segment as the Milano (in Europe, model "75"), same wheelbase but a whopping eight inches shorter than the Milano. May I suggest you to focus on American cars, where you show greater expertise?

[@joelgrabie2774]

I loved my Toyota Tercel. Never had an issue with it. They eventually replaced it with the Echo. Now THAT was a disaster.

[@bmoney7936]

I think we all can agree that the Aero coupe Monte Carlo was decent looking lol

[@seanwheeldon9315]

I liked the panda quite groovey

[@davidsingleton9864]

I disagree & think differently too angular too lame

[@dudovich13]

I want a Fiat Multipla just to piss the neighbors off.

[@SmR8008]

There's a few here I rather like but that's irrelevant. I loved the insults on them all ! 😂

[@pennah99]

In the middle of the 90s my best friend had the cheaper version(!) named Marbella from Seat. One friday evening we got bored at the Standard Party in our Favorite "klub" and we drove 300km to the netherlands with real big boombox in the back and on the way back we stopped ATM the Hanomag Rave Halls in Hannover...from there on my back didnt hurt no more🤔😬

[@needfoolthings]

Manuel? That you?!

[@pennah99]

@@needfoolthings No Man...sorry. I'm Holger😎🤘🏼

[@needfoolthings]

@@pennah99 Wäre der Wahnsinn gewesen... die Parallelen...

[@pennah99]

@@needfoolthings Hehe...schon schräg. Komme aus GF.

[@needfoolthings]

@@pennah99 Nördlich von R. Und trotzdem... mit dem Marbella voller Kumpels nach Venlo.

[@monsieurbrochant7528]

8:59 The Quicksilver is gorgeous

[@J.Gainez]

it's the popup headlights that ruined it

[@christophernodurft1868]

1:12 What's a Telsa?

[@trossk]

1980s,,, not 2000s

[@tsr207]

The Fiat Panda was huge success in Europe who appreciated its simple design and ease to maintain - not everyone can afford slab sized tin boxes.....

[@monsieurdubitatif8567]

This IA is totally unhinged!

[@thomaswille7681]

The Tercel may have not been the most asthtically pleasing, but that car got me on a trip from Chicago to Buffalo, NY on a single tank of gas.

[@sonnylatchstring]

The first generation of the Fiat Panda was a great sales success: more than 4 million units were sold in total. If it was ugly then produce ugly car to have a selling hit.

[@jonathanhernandez4304]

Great narrative. Finally found a narrative that I hear in my head when I look at these cars. Perfectly done

[@cesara.borges9698]

😱😱😱 Spoookkkyyy!!!... Thanks for the auto-Nighmares wich possible I Have in these days... Excellent Vídeo👏👏👏!!!

[@neikodemus]

Please stop using the AI voice, it is a good video, but i am so close to not finish watching, because the voice is just so annoying

[@jorgwiesen6391]

Sie haben beim Fiat Panda überhaupt keine Ahnung! Es ging hier um Funktionalität zum kleinsten Preis - der Werbespruch die "tolle Kiste" ist in Europa genau wie das Auto ein Klassiker!

[@leosv0]

Это хорошо только для бедной Европы.

[@peterkleiber]

Didn't all the Big 3 did the same backside is totally ugly?

[@CT37BN]

So wrong about the Fiat Panda, Toyota Tercel, Subaru Alcyone/XT, Nissan Pulsar EXA/NX modular. They were designed with a simple focus and delivered on their intended purposes.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Cadillac was never the standard of the world, Mercedes were the standard of the world

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

What? The FIAT Panda is a classic piece of automotive design.

[@ikuarden8391]

Mondial t in cabrio body - one of my fav Ferraris - looks cool, its so long and low. fiat panda is funny - great little car, especially 4x4, for tiny old village towns in Italy

[@jake90009]

My opinion: Cadillac SeVille: UGLY Fiat Panda: not that bad, not good either Chevrolet Citation: OK Excalibur Series IV: UGLY Glenfrome Facet: UGLY Ferrari Mondial: not that bad Toyota Corola Trecel: OK AMC Eagle Kammback: UGLY Maserati Biturbo: OK Ford Stanza Wagon: OK Ford Tempo: OK Lincoln Mark VII: Nope, I do not think the Washington from GTA is ugly, sorry Zimmer Quicksilver: UGLY Alfa Romeo Milano: UGLY Cadillac DeVille: not that bad Subaru XT: UGLY Ford Monte Carlo Aerocoupe: not that bad Buick Riviera/Cadillac Eldorado/Oldsmobile Toronado: not that bad Nissan Pulsar NX: OK Nissan Escargo: UGLY

[@blackholeentry3489]

At age 83, I drive a Pontiac Fiero....V6 5 speed...have driven Fieros solely since my 1st one in '89, have put over 400K on three of them, and have never even heard of most of these cars! But then, I've always been far more interested in motorcycles than cars! BHE

[@ront769]

The narraration was appropriately harsh with sharp humour and withering ridicule. Delivered flat as a punctured tire and as cold as a seized engine. Nicely done.

[@WhiteS4Project]

Pulsar NX was nice it was Nissans MR2

[@TheFrenchy82]

I like people "judging" cars : Fiat Panda was a cheap , affordable car in.... EUROPE. It was convenient for small journey or a city's car. Of course, Americans with their big cars... Hopefully it costs you a fortune....wait th electric cars : you will cry for moma !!!

[@Prad2007]

Thanks to Tesla, none of these ugly cars are as ugly as they once seemed.

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

Whoever likes the Panda also likes Teslas. The Excalibur was absolutely beautiful. So is the Zimmer.

[@spang9782]

My first new car was a 1980 4-speed Toyota Tercel. And to date, it was the easiest, cheapest car to maintain. The oil filter was right on the side, easily within arm's reach. The spark plugs were right on top of the engine. Lots of room between the radiator and fan belt with a mechanical fan, no electric fan. It was front-wheel drive but the engine was traditionally mounted, not transverse. Unfortunately, after 7 years, my girlfriend was driving it one day and got hit from behind. Totaled!

[@andreacarmassi6854]

Fiat Panda? Ferrari Mondial? Alfaromeo 75? Maserati biturbo s? Are you kidding us?

[@thunderbird66613]

Luv your sense of humor. There were a few cars I would consider interesting ideas but most on the list I would agree

[@PascaLM_]

We can publish : "100 ugly cars of the 2020's"

[@jcckid1]

Funny at times, spot on at times, totally, weirdly wrong at times and it's not helped by getting names like Toronado wrong. That's Toronado, not tornado.

[@tobree1]

Whoever writes these scripts is a comic genius!

[@joellamoureux7914]

Lincoln Mark 7 was not ugly at all. There's no way AI wrote the narration.

[@veygathis]

Ugliest cars in 80s *Chevy citation* That's it. Imma stop watching this

[@maxdagloanemax315]

True that

[@up0820]

The quicksilver wasn't ugly, being not what it should have been performance wise is not what this video was supposed to ge about.

[@OLDS98]

You were right about Lincoln Mark VII. I thought Mark VIII was worlds better than what came before( Mark VII). You were right about the 1985-1990 C and H and E Body GM cars. I could not agree more. Too small and not distinctive at all. I am a GM owner and fan and I am saying that. They did not fix the styling until starting in 1989 model through 1992. How they looked then is how they should have looked in the 1980's.

[@aarongarcia1101]

Honda Civic, Yugo, Opel, Scirocco, Delorean, Trans Am

[@thomashanner4172]

I once had a friend who had a friend of a friend a friend of a friend a friend of a friend... who actually had an AMC Gremlin, it was from what I can gather a total F.U. and P.O.S.

[@MrDamien1963]

At least AMC gave this car a proper name ; Gremlin. Definition: an unexplainable fault or defect. And calling it a P.O.S. is an insult to P.O.S.'

[@MikeSamuelsII-ve8gp]

YOUR AI NARRATOR IS HORRIBLE, AS WELL AS YOUR SCRIPT WRITER AND PROOF READER !

[@monsieurdubitatif8567]

Its an AI operated channel, what do you expect?

[@robertkatzenmeier6]

Please don’t judge european cars. For the rest, nice video, thank you!

[@ЮрийГригорьев-ь8х]

The voice just reads stuff straight from Wikipedia

[@johnsmith6586]

I I had a 1990 Ford Tempo. It looked like a Tarous but smaller. I loved that little car,. ran good until I trashed the motor after the water ran low.

[@Davidgoldenswan]

I love❤️ ugly cars👍 you tell me it's ugly and I'll want one 😁 they are unique just like me 👍

[@briantaylor9220]

I had a citation 2 door ,would love to have it again

[@VDA194]

I'm digging this guy's voice. He reminds me of Joe Frank. Hell, it might be him . Nobody likes to be broke 😂.

[@Shadowman...]

The designers and clay sculptors of these cars must have been drunk. How could they not see how bad the proportions were on many of thee cars????

[@jonathanhindson4580]

The Ferrari was, and still is to my eyes, utterly beautiful. I guess you had to have lived the 80's to appreciate that, like the Aston Martin Lagonda. The panda was utter shit - my mom had one - but ugly?

[@MrDamien1963]

The Lincoln Mk Vll was not an ugly car and not a Mustang wannabe. It was a Thunderbird wannabe.

[@Hice_T]

I'm surprised the Geo Tracker wasn't on the list.

[@Buddha-of8fk]

The Seville was a fancy Gremlin with shitty engines.

[@JVHShack]

This AI voice is EVERYWHERE!! Stop this crap and get a microphone!

[@StephanSARTERperso]

Panda is a piece of genius !

[@wilrivera2668]

... I still think the pulsar is a nice looking car. The Oldsmobile was a torOnado, not a tornado. I thought it looked nice enough with its rear light stripe.

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

The Seville was a thing of beauty!

[@Taranau]

The Mark VII was The Lincoln Thunderbird. NOT a Mustang... And... Tornado???

[@cameraman655]

1:12...”Tel-Sa”…?😂😂😂

[@ianfleming4397]

"NEEEESARN" ??? W.T.F. ???? SPEAK ENGLISH BOY PROPER ENGLISH !!! ITS A "NISSAN" !!!!

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Gotta disagree re the Panda, it looks exactly as it should. Simple, no frills and in proportion. All the flat glass and panels was to make over seas production (likely under license) in countries without a well developed industrial base. Trunciated and dodgy looking rear ends however, always a fail. And I like the look of the Subaru XT, S-Cargo and Pulsar NX is at least interesting.

[@robnero9196]

Panda 4x4 ,the best!!!

[@rixmale]

This guy cracks me up! The Cadillac was super ugly!!

[@jaadams72]

honestly i like the cars they are complaining about even the gm x body cars

[@RafWu]

Although this is just my opinon, I find that several of those cars were okay at the time; quirky in a nice kind of way; or, like the Subaru, kinda cool.

[@ferdjanklow3566]

Really, REALLY hate the computer voice.

[@peoriavideosltd6822]

Oldsmobile "Tornado"? You managed to spell it right, why not pronounce it correctly also?

[@tobree1]

The AI generated voice over adds to the comic value with its blunt delivery and odd pronunciation 😅

[@marcbaur677]

Love the Zimmer Quicksilver for the look. 😍

[@GameOver-zg7sm]

Nissan S-Cargo the best!

[@nathanramstorf1033]

How do you go on about a Ford Tempo coupe, yet show a sedan repeatedly...?

[@chuckselvage3157]

They should have named the Panda the Spartan.

[@davidcraig8805]

they even did a panda 4x4 version

[@kingbubba2371]

The Pulsar was a great car! On that one, you are wrong.

[@vickpena5265]

I had a 1992 Ghia...its transmission simply exploded one day...gear broke destroying everything inside...

[@Tony_417]

Can’t stand the AI attempt of a slight southern American accent. Will never watch another video from this station

[@jimdattilio1512]

But you gotta admit that the insults are pretty funny.

[@davidjackson2524]

Did the Chevrolet Citation have any cousin cars from Opel/Vauxhall? It reminds me of an early 80s Opel/Vauxhall

[@johneddy908]

The early 1980s X platform was happily confined to North America (to the best of my knowledge).

[@larrywilkerson9987]

You forgot about the 80’s sister to the SS Monte Carlo the Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2AeroBack

[@kscott67]

If you want to gain followers, you NEED to ditch the computer narration.

[@decepticonleader316]

Even the 90s Tercel was ugly

[@michaellinner7772]

Right from the beginning there are blunders. It's Daimler (Dime-ler) not Dame-ler. Judas Priest man, learn how to speak properly. In addition the sentiments about construction, engineering, reliability, etc., have nothing to do with the vehicles' appearance. Lastly, when arguing a certain point of view, it weakens your contention to constantly refer to yourself as "We, Us or Our" especially when it's blatantly obvious it's just your opinion.

[@jonathanhall1825]

I had a Ford Tempo it was good on gas I could fill it in the beginning of the month and did not have to worry about it until the beginning of the next month

[@FelixLaw-vm2si]

"Ugliest cars" lists are always stupid and incorrect.

[@olaniyi570]

The only ones I don't agree with are biturbo and farrari.

[@JamesKelleyJr]

And the biter biturbo isn't ugly :p

[@pyootchnich]

Clever script, use of metaphors.👍

[@TheSiggib]

LOOOVE the AMC Kammback!!! .-)

[@chadblalock5228]

Some of the comments about the different cars are hilarious.

[@alissonhouridovale]

that voice is very is very similar to Ice T voice

[@erikhenricson9471]

Pandas are awesome. Period.

[@NoChance-iw9on]

Fiat pandas rule