Korean Minivan Crowned Ugliest Car on the Road

[BMWDave]

Korean Minivan Crowned Ugliest Car on the Road
Date Posted 10-13-2005

LONDON ? It went on sale only a few months ago and already the Korean SsangYong Rodius minivan has won its first award. But it's not a prize the vehicle's maker is too keen on receiving, because the Rodius has been voted the ugliest car on the road in an online poll.

According to votes logged by visitors to U.K. used-car Web site Cardata, the huge, seven-seat Rodius ? designed by renowned British designer Ken Greenley ? was the overwhelming winner. Twenty-nine percent of visitors said the huge but odd-shaped multipurpose vehicle was the ugliest car on the market. That was 10 percentage points ahead of its nearest rival.

The Rodius hasn't made it to America yet, buy Chinese carmaker Shanghai Automotive now owns SsangYong, and it's only a matter of time before the company looks to export to the United States.

Fiat's functional Multipla minivan came in second place, followed by Mercedes' huge Maybach limousine; the quirky Chrysler PT Cruiser, whose 1930s Chicago gangster-car looks provoke a love-it-or-hate-it reaction; and the now-discontinued bug-eyed Ford Scorpio.

What this means to you: Aztek anyone?

[giant_mtb]

I'll buy one!!!!




























Then roll it over on purpose to crush it back into its cheap-o Chinese bits.  :angry:  

[JYODER240]

wha... are those designers on crack?

[cawimmer430]

wha... are those designers on crack?

Kimchi, Kimbap, Chap Chae noodles, O-jing-a-chae, Bulgogi beef, Yukwe etc.  

[Raza]

That definitely looks worse than the Aztek.

[CaseyNPham]

It looks like they copied the Ford 500. And the rear looks like it has RL tail lights.

[ifcar]

You mean Freestyle?

And that roof shape goes back to the RX and M in the 90s, definitely not unique to Ford.  

[CWW]

friends of mine composed the song for the korean tv spot...

Click here to watch rodius_riviera

[Submariner]

MAybach 57?  Bland, but certantly not ugly.  <_<