What’s awesome is that the majority of these cars are still better looking than a cyber truck 😂😂😂😂. Tesla saw this video and said “hold my beer, let me introduce you to the cyber truck” 😂😂😂😂
The downfall of British car manufacturing was down to the Labour government deciding it wanted to nationalise car manufacturing. So it amalgamated this list of British car makers. Austin, Daimler, Jaguar, Leyland, Land Rover, Morris, MG, Riley, Rover, Vanden Plas & Wolseley. All came under the banner of BL. British Leyland. before this nationalisation, the UK had car makers who were building pretty decent cars. But they were separate companies and they all wanted to better the other companies who were their main competition. But once they were merged together, the competition went out the window because they're not competing against each other anymore and the result was quality fell through the floor. So a lot of the BL cars in this video were not that bad because of looks. They were bad because they were built with zero care or competition to make a good built car. And, ironically, this also lead to the complete downfall of the DMC DeLorean which lasted for just over a year. Interesting looks and exterior build, let down with items taken from the British leyland parts bin. So it was always going to fail.
Blame Tony Benn for telling successful Leyland truck company to join forces with BMC in 1967. Yes, it saved some historic car companies for a few years. But if this hadn't happened, we might still have either Rover/Triumph still making cars, and a commercial vehicle industry to be proud off instead of asset stripping, foreign companies. I am thinking of you BMW…
My aunt had an Allegro as a company car. Build quality was so bad that she needed to keep the boot (trunk) closed with string. From new. No wonder the company went bust.
It was built when Austin were under the nationalised name of British Leyland. You can thank Labour for destroying the British Car makers of the 1970's who in the 1960's and earlier, were making pretty good cars. Read my comment, if you wish, that's somewhere in this list of comments for more details on BL ;-))...
I had two of the GFT fast back versions of the Subaru coupe (The GL was known as the GSR in the NZ market) back in the 90s - they weren't pretty but cool by being unusual The proportions were out because of the flat four FWD layout meant the front wheels were further back than usual. Loved them.
I used to know every brand by their unique design.Now, here in Australia there are almost 200 near identical SUVs(an oxymoron) types of vehicle that are so bland,I have no idea.
Honestly, I loved the Princess. Dad had one when I was a wee boy, and I remember it being so comfortable that I'd be sleeping within 5 minutes of any journey.
Always an AMC product, Reliant Robin and now BL's Princess, which I think was underrated, before it's time. Saw one in a BL dealer in north London in 1975 and thought it was an attractive car. Also the Austin Allegro, used to own one from 1989 till I sold it in 1992 when I replaced it with a 1963 Humber Hawk. Still miss it, it was one of my most reliable cars. It has aged much better than the Ford Escort Mk2 of 1975 and the Vauxhall Viva HC too!
OK, second comment here. The Bricklin SV-1 was an iconic car, the main problem, as you mention, was build quality. He decided to build in Nova Scotia (I think? An eastern province anyway) and hired employees that were unfamiliar with how to build a car. The result was unfortunately a disaster for the company.
Great video, and I appreciate that you acknowledge that the 914 has it's charm. I've always loved the body style, although I know it is quirky and garners a lot of hate, particularly from Porsche afficionados.
Though the Ford Escort mk2 saloon was a nice looking car the Escort mk2 estate was a hideous yoke as it was an Escort mk1 estate with mk2 front end. One would consider that the mk2 saloon with a rear like an Opel Kadett B/ Vauxhall Chevette would have been nice.
The Mustang II was the right car at the right time and sold very well, I don't know why it gets a bad rap! My sister bought a new Mustang II Ghia with a V8 and it was a great car and never let her down.
The entire Allegro range was a disaster. They looked fat and frumpy from any angle. Rather like a teapot with no handle and no spout. No hatchback, poor quality mediocre performance etc. Not just the Vanden Plus
And they look far better than the Ford Escort Mk2. Driven both cars, the Allegro, when I was asked to drive one up to Hitchin from north London in 1986 was a revelation, it was quite a good car, and we ended up owning it, wish I still owned it.
Some of this commenterry is rubbish. British car manufacturers had been indulging in badge engineering since the the '50s/'60s. It isn't suprising that Americans don't understand the Reliant Robin, it WAS a cheap and affordable car for people who couldn't afford the cost of ownership of a car from one of the more conventional manufacturers. Even the Princess was not as bad as depicted. My father owned one and I drove it, a comfortable drive and with the 6 cylinder engine fairly spirited. It did cry out for a rear hatch which it got in its Ambassador incarnation in 1982. The worst aspects of both the Princess and Ambassador was the tacky velour interior trim and poor build quality. But these problems were fairly unniversal in mid-range US, UK, European models at the time.
I *like* the design of the Gremlin except it was too big. I don't know how well their interpretation of it was but the truncated rear end was actually aerodynamics inspired. Also like the Porsche and the Bricklin. The problem with the mustang was that it was boring and didn't look like a mustang. Oh yeah, where's that diseased looking one?
Vanden Plas 1500 Was LOVELY!! 😮 - Apart From Having BL Build Quality. 914 Was NOT Really a Porsche - It Was a VW Special And Was Badged as a " VW-Porsche" (At Least in the UK!!)
Mustang II deserves its topspot of hideous. I have a 78 hatchback. worst car I ever had, and kept failing. Never see them anymore..for a reason. Also had a Gremlin, but that did slightly better.
That Was my number one too, but almost every car Ford made in the ‘70’s was ugly in my opinion. The mustang II had to be the ugliest mustang that was ever made in the cars history.
The same cars keep coming up all the time, but each have their merits , amd I wouldn’t mind having one in my garage today …..beats having another boring eurobox !
No estoy de acuerdo con esta categorización. En este listado la mayorìa de los autos no tienen nada de Ugliest, a mi personalmente me parecen diseños muy interesantes. Gracias, saludos.
Saab 99 is the worst car i have ever had. If you the like looks, like. Everything else was shit. Sometimes we europeans are lucky. The company was sold to the chinese. They stopped building it. If you have shit, and the buyer does not know. , sell it.
Well. The cars cant be that ugly since you have to use a crappy AI fantasy car to illustrate it. Thats your bar? I dont watch it, sorry. Those clickbaits just makes me think of your video as crap.
Ok, Number 2, and 3 are really ugly. But iam sorry, the other cars are pretty unique and not ugly. Iam missing the very big cars from the 70th. Or the streched ones.
What’s awesome is that the majority of these cars are still better looking than a cyber truck 😂😂😂😂. Tesla saw this video and said “hold my beer, let me introduce you to the cyber truck” 😂😂😂😂
Ur right!!!!!!
The cybertruck was invented in 2020
@@randomthingsstuff6591 it started to sale in 2023. And I saw the first time this in a meme from 2019
The Datsun 200SX looked a lot like the AMC Rebel.
All of these cars are iconic today.
Best they stay that way.
Gremlin wasn't that bad. The pacer i can understand.
The downfall of British car manufacturing was down to the Labour government deciding it wanted to nationalise car manufacturing. So it amalgamated this list of British car makers.
Austin, Daimler, Jaguar, Leyland, Land Rover, Morris, MG, Riley, Rover, Vanden Plas & Wolseley. All came under the banner of BL. British Leyland.
before this nationalisation, the UK had car makers who were building pretty decent cars. But they were separate companies and they all wanted to better the other companies who were their main competition.
But once they were merged together, the competition went out the window because they're not competing against each other anymore and the result was quality fell through the floor.
So a lot of the BL cars in this video were not that bad because of looks. They were bad because they were built with zero care or competition to make a good built car.
And, ironically, this also lead to the complete downfall of the DMC DeLorean which lasted for just over a year. Interesting looks and exterior build, let down with items taken from the British leyland parts bin. So it was always going to fail.
Blame Tony Benn for telling successful Leyland truck company to join forces with BMC in 1967. Yes, it saved some historic car companies for a few years. But if this hadn't happened, we might still have either Rover/Triumph still making cars, and a commercial vehicle industry to be proud off instead of asset stripping, foreign companies. I am thinking of you BMW…
I think the Princess was an adventurous design sadly spolt by the name and as you say, not being a hatchback with both mistakes being rectified later
My aunt had an Allegro as a company car. Build quality was so bad that she needed to keep the boot (trunk) closed with string. From new. No wonder the company went bust.
It was built when Austin were under the nationalised name of British Leyland. You can thank Labour for destroying the British Car makers of the 1970's who in the 1960's and earlier, were making pretty good cars.
Read my comment, if you wish, that's somewhere in this list of comments for more details on BL ;-))...
Subaru "Shrunk in a malfunctioning car wash" .. Best description of a car I've heard of in a long time 😂😂
I like Princess and Gremlin.
I don't like today's boxy SUVs
At 7:05 the comment is about the Robin's 'single wheel in the back'. That's the problem, people were driving them backwards.
I caught that too. Dude, you post a lot of pictures. Did you not look at any of them?
I had two of the GFT fast back versions of the Subaru coupe (The GL was known as the GSR in the NZ market) back in the 90s - they weren't pretty but cool by being unusual
The proportions were out because of the flat four FWD layout meant the front wheels were further back than usual. Loved them.
I'd take any of these before any EV
Then you'll take #2, the Citicar.
@@FlushGorgon definetly i whould?
You neglected to mention the Gremlin's equally atrocious sister, the AMC Pacer.
I like the gremlin , like someone put a hatch on a muscle car
I used to know every brand by their unique design.Now, here in Australia there are almost 200 near identical SUVs(an oxymoron) types of vehicle that are so bland,I have no idea.
Honestly, I loved the Princess. Dad had one when I was a wee boy, and I remember it being so comfortable that I'd be sleeping within 5 minutes of any journey.
I took my drivers test in a Gremlin because it was the only car of anyone we knew that was an automatic. We all had sticks.
Always an AMC product, Reliant Robin and now BL's Princess, which I think was underrated, before it's time. Saw one in a BL dealer in north London in 1975 and thought it was an attractive car. Also the Austin Allegro, used to own one from 1989 till I sold it in 1992 when I replaced it with a 1963 Humber Hawk. Still miss it, it was one of my most reliable cars. It has aged much better than the Ford Escort Mk2 of 1975 and the Vauxhall Viva HC too!
Just because a car is ugly, doesn't mean it's not cool now
Where’s all the American cars? There were plenty of American cars that were uglier than all of these in the mid to late 1970s
0:30 "Modern" car design is universally SHIT. Cars in the 70s at least *HAD* a design aesthetic. I dunno WTF "designers" are thinking these days!
Plymouth Duster deserves at least an honorable mention.
I hate it when channels clickbait with a thumbnail pic that isn't even in the video....remove this channel from your recommendations
The Datsun 200SX was given away as a prize on Name That Tune in the late 1970s.
I'd buy one it's cool
OK, second comment here. The Bricklin SV-1 was an iconic car, the main problem, as you mention, was build quality. He decided to build in Nova Scotia (I think? An eastern province anyway) and hired employees that were unfamiliar with how to build a car. The result was unfortunately a disaster for the company.
It's funny how what wasn't popular back then is desirable today
Also funny how the narrator loves the Porche but everything else blegh
Driving these cars around today could cause motor vehicle accidents.
2:50 200sx saying "Give me rotory engine!"
The Pacer is about as bad as the Pinto, with the added excitement of combustibility.
He is wrong. The 914 IS a cool looking car!!
what about the Pacer? It looked like a squashed gremlin LOL
Great video, and I appreciate that you acknowledge that the 914 has it's charm. I've always loved the body style, although I know it is quirky and garners a lot of hate, particularly from Porsche afficionados.
So so sooo nice to have an American pronounce our British shite properly ☺️😂
AI not American
@@Ribeirasacra shit I missed that!
Though the Ford Escort mk2 saloon was a nice looking car the Escort mk2 estate was a hideous yoke as it was an Escort mk1 estate with mk2 front end. One would consider that the mk2 saloon with a rear like an Opel Kadett B/ Vauxhall Chevette would have been nice.
Robin falling over gave me so much at one time!
Please check the text against the video for the Reliant Robin. Many from across the pond. Narragansett Bay
The Mustang II is also a great looking car.
I feel guilty to looove the Mustang II Ghia.
The Mustang II was the right car at the right time and sold very well, I don't know why it gets a bad rap! My sister bought a new Mustang II Ghia with a V8 and it was a great car and never let her down.
Some cars look way better after a crash.
The entire Allegro range was a disaster. They looked fat and frumpy from any angle. Rather like a teapot with no handle and no spout. No hatchback, poor quality mediocre performance etc. Not just the Vanden Plus
And they look far better than the Ford Escort Mk2. Driven both cars, the Allegro, when I was asked to drive one up to Hitchin from north London in 1986 was a revelation, it was quite a good car, and we ended up owning it, wish I still owned it.
Some of this commenterry is rubbish. British car manufacturers had been indulging in badge engineering since the the '50s/'60s.
It isn't suprising that Americans don't understand the Reliant Robin, it WAS a cheap and affordable car for people who couldn't afford the cost of ownership of a car from one of the more conventional manufacturers.
Even the Princess was not as bad as depicted. My father owned one and I drove it, a comfortable drive and with the 6 cylinder engine fairly spirited. It did cry out for a rear hatch which it got in its Ambassador incarnation in 1982. The worst aspects of both the Princess and Ambassador was the tacky velour interior trim and poor build quality. But these problems were fairly unniversal in mid-range US, UK, European models at the time.
I *like* the design of the Gremlin except it was too big. I don't know how well their interpretation of it was but the truncated rear end was actually aerodynamics inspired. Also like the Porsche and the Bricklin. The problem with the mustang was that it was boring and didn't look like a mustang.
Oh yeah, where's that diseased looking one?
Ok I absolutely love #10, 5 and 1 on this list. In fact I wanted to own #1 so bad. 🤣🤣🤣
Vanden Plas 1500 Was LOVELY!! 😮 - Apart From Having BL Build Quality.
914 Was NOT Really a Porsche - It Was a VW Special And Was Badged as a " VW-Porsche" (At Least in the UK!!)
Mustang II deserves its topspot of hideous. I have a 78 hatchback. worst car I ever had, and kept failing. Never see them anymore..for a reason. Also had a Gremlin, but that did slightly better.
That Was my number one too, but almost every car Ford made in the ‘70’s was ugly in my opinion. The mustang II had to be the ugliest mustang that was ever made in the cars history.
The mustang II Ghia wasn’t all that awful.
Is the thumbnail car real, or as another commenter suggested, an AI fever dream?
7:07
Luckily, the single wheel is NOT in the back! 😅
AMC made beautiful cars.
Not nearly as ugly as the inside of Clarksons head
The same cars keep coming up all the time, but each have their merits , amd I wouldn’t mind having one in my garage today …..beats having another boring eurobox !
Ill take a 914 , Bricklin and a Mustang II with V8 anyday !!
No estoy de acuerdo con esta categorización. En este listado la mayorìa de los autos no tienen nada de Ugliest, a mi personalmente me parecen diseños muy interesantes. Gracias, saludos.
isn't the car he calls vanden Plas an allegro
The gremlin was a cool looking car
Saab 99 is the worst car i have ever had. If you the like looks, like. Everything else was shit. Sometimes we europeans are lucky. The company was sold to the chinese. They stopped building it. If you have shit, and the buyer does not know.
, sell it.
Most of these are beautiful cars
Austin Princess not is so bad in design but lack the quality
The edsel citation should be there, it has to be the most horrid looking thing ive seen.
Try reading the title of the video.
mustang II was charlies angel's car... beurkkkk !!!
There are beautifull cars in the list
Ford gremlin doesn’t look ugly
AMC Gremlin!
mean! I loved all of them
ugliest cars with the best video production 🔥
Van den plas is pronounced fun den plus
Well. The cars cant be that ugly since you have to use a crappy AI fantasy car to illustrate it. Thats your bar? I dont watch it, sorry. Those clickbaits just makes me think of your video as crap.
Ok, Number 2, and 3 are really ugly. But iam sorry, the other cars are pretty unique and not ugly. Iam missing the very big cars from the 70th. Or the streched ones.
I doesn't agree with the Datsun,my dislike for this.👎😡😤🤦♂️🤷♂️
I agree, some of the candidates on this list are debatable.