The list is rediculous. Some really ugly cars, and some that I think look pretty good. 21-40 are up now BTW. The Mini is included along with Scion XB and the Prius. I actually think the Mini is a nice looking car, but its looks must be polarizing like the HHR.

 

I'd have to wait and see the top 20, but I bet the PT is not on the list and it was a bunch of PT owners that submitted that got the HHR on the list.

I am a prowd HHR owner

 

First of all, I think it's kinda cool that the HHR made the list. As they say, the only bad publicity is no publicity! However, "ugly" is a relative term. Consider that this poll represents the opinions of readers of The Telegraph, which is British. Have you ever looked at the teeth of British nationals?

 

I looked around the Daily Telegraph site, and found this. 1 Pound = $2 US. Regular Gasoline is $9.44 per US gallon. Diesel is $12 per gallon.

Wherever I go for my £60 fill-up of unleaded (most recently at £1.189 per litre) no one can ever tell me how much of it is tax. Can you?
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With petrol, £1.189 per litre breaks down as follows: road fuel tax 50.35p, VAT 17.71p, total tax 68.06p, fuel 50.84p. In the case of diesel, £1.45 per litre works out at road fuel tax 50.35p, VAT 21.6p, total tax 71.95p, fuel 73.05p. Despite high oil prices, no other country in the world paid 73.05p per litre before tax for diesel in July 2008. The price has been forced up by speculative buying of futures in refined diesel. We are being ripped off by speculators and the Prime Minister is doing nothing about it. If he capped the UK price of diesel at slightly above what mainland Europe pays, then British supplies would remain secure because it could not be sold at a higher price anywhere else. All that would happen would be that speculators would be ruined. Instead, these people (who are in effect gamblers) are being allowed to bet on a sure thing at the expense of everyone else. Capping fuel prices is actually a better solution than capping the total amount of tax on road fuel, because it would hurt Treasury revenue far less than speculators' revenue.

 

There are some genuine monstrosities on the list, but a lot of them to me are just plain looking bores, really, not so much ugly. Also, a lot of the ones that are 60s and 70s European cars may be a bit off according to modern styling rules, but would look cool and get attention if you had one of them on the road today in clean restored condition, I think! But then, I'm someone who thinks the Pontiac Aztek is so hideous that in a way it's kinda cool, so what do I know?

 

It'll probably (should) make it near the top of this list!!

 

hmm

No VW's?

How about the Vanagon... Brits called that 'the wedge'

 

Original beetle is on the list.

 

Geez, Jay... that pic of an HHR in the Telegraph looked alarmingly like Dory!

 

And THAT'S why I LOVE the HHR........It's not trying to be "pretty" "Slick" "aerodynamic"

Its what it is. A plain utilitarian vehicle that gets 26/32 REAL MPG and can carry 8' 2x4's. It doesn't look all that bad either.