Here's a bit of a game...post pics of weird and wonderful, generally unknown, definitely underappreciated, and totally misunderstood cars!! For now, let's try and keep it production models....

I'll start.

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Aston Martin Lagonda
(i may have already broke my own rule, this may not be production!! lol)

nope, not a production Lagonda but still.

Amphicar

Lamborghini LM002 production model from 1986-1993

Posted by SoNaive Lamborghini LM002 production model from 1986-1993 http://www.channel...borghini-lm002.jpg

The RAMBO LAMBO!

By now you all know about my love for the prancing horse, so without further ado:

The Ferrari 456 Station Wagon (not production but like the Lagonda it deserves a place)

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Note the licence plate.........BLACK OPS!

THAT is cool!!

How's this for a car that looks like it has a disease:
The FIAT Multipla

What the.....?!?

It looks like a Smart car landed on a neon!!!

Posted by ExploringOhio How's this for a car that looks like it has a disease: The FIAT Multipla http://www.channel...-fiat-multipla.jpg

Nice one:

Here is its namesake

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What about the Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan, and the Mohs SafariKar?


(Took this from wikipedia)

The Ostentatienne Opera Sedan was offered at a F.O.B. price of $19,600 (1967), had a weight of 5,740 lb (2,600 kg), and sat on a 119 in (3.02 m) wheelbase. Prices have also been quoted at $25,600. [1] Tires for the vehicle were nitrogen filled 7.50”x20” (USA). The Ostentatienne was powered by an International Harvester truck engine. Entry into the car was from the rear; solid steel side rails (designed to protect passengers during a crash) prevented doors along the vehicles sides. The Ostentatienne could be ordered customized to suit its buyer’s wishes; Ming Dynasty styled oriental rugs, refrigerators and sealed beam taillights were some of the options available. Production is estimated at three to four vehicles per year.


The SafariKar was produced between 1972 and 1979, and was no less exotic than the Ostentatienne. SafariKars were aluminum bodied automobiles, the exterior of which were upholstered in Naugahyde (vinyl) stretched over foam padding. Doors for the vehicle opened outward from the body on linear rods, again for side impact protection. The vehicle had a retractable hard top system. Options for the SafariKar included a television, four-wheel drive, two-way radio and a butane furnace.


..outrageous.

Never seen that one!

Ferrari 365 Daytona 'shooting brake' (station wagon)


*thanks to supercars.net*

Posted by Bustedknuckle nope, not a production Lagonda but still. Amphicar

I was walking down Bayview Ave. in Toronto this past summer, and an Amphicar rolled up to where I was crossing (One of my favourite cars of all time)... I I said to the owner "Nice Amphicar!"

He was dumbfounded that someone my age knew what it was. I'm almost 25... but I look 17 or 18 (vertically challenged)

You Cannucks and you Favourite.......FAVORITE damnit! Im just kidding of course, I had a great time out and about in Banff and Quebec. (you guys are super nice)

And dont worry I am 29 and 6'4" and still get carded anywhere I get cigarettes or beer

if this car doesn't take the cake as one of the most unusual cars ever mass produced, I don't know what will:

I give you... THE PACER.

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and I give the Gremlin

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I give you the Matador....

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i don't think anything can beat this....

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amc produced some freaks in its time, the grand wagoneer that was a holdout from kaiser jeep (and was manufactured with the exact same body style by 3 different companies, the gremlin (leisure suit on wheels as a napa commercial once said) eagle wagon 4x4 and yes samurai my favorite, the pacer. The passenger door was longer than the drivers to allow easier entrance and egress to the back seat.


now on to other cars, anyone remember the innocenti

Vector W8.
Production run of 17 all handmade
1989-1993

Posted by SoNaive i don't think anything can beat this.... click to view

FLOP central, those things are ghastly.

The Bond Bug

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and the Crosley Hotshot

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Frank Lloyd Wright the famous architect had a fleet of them for his students

Posted by Bustedknuckle FLOP central, those things are ghastly.

they were a flop, yes, but you ask anyone that has one and they love it. It's going to be one of those cars, like the Pacer, Gremlin, Pinto, Chevette, et al., that's going to have a niche market well into the future. You don't build a car that fugly and not have a cult behind it. By the way, urban legend behind the Aztek/Rendezvous was that the project manager was fired by Lutz, personally.