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clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

The AMC Pacer wasnt the best looking or the marina convertible Shocked

.Some of the newer Renaults are horrendous looking. As for older cars they all had their own individuality but I would never pick out any make in case I offend anyone. Cool

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mikeC · Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject:

I have a curious fascination with the Pacer; it's so ugly, it's quite... cute! A bit like the Citroen 2CV!
If the Pacer was available in rhd, I might just be tempted by one Embarassed

47Jag · Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject:

Mike,

I rather doubt that the Pacer was ever offered with RHD. As I recall the passenger side door was longer than the drivers door to make it easier for passengers to get out of the back seats.

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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4880 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

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I saw one AMC Pacer in the summer of 1981 parked outside the then Midland Bank in our village. It was lhd and in a gold colour and it had a few people looking at it. From memory it had diplomatic 'plates, an UK number but the numberplates had red edging.
The general opinion of the observers was that it was ghastly.

Not as ghastly as this though - the FSO Polonez :

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Peter_L · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:35 am Post subject:

Because it started off as a clean sheet of paper. No budget or engineering restrictions, just a desire to make something different.

Rolls Royce did the same, creating a huge, ugly, monster.

Rootes75 · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:17 pm Post subject:

Didn't the Multipla end European car of the year? Never liked the shape.
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Penguin45 · Joined: 28 Jul 2014 Posts: 384 Location: Padiham

I thought the Multipla was so ugly that it had a beauty all of its own, But then, I think Landcrabs are rather pretty too!

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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22819 Location: UK

I doth my cap to whoever penned the Multipla. At least it had a style (!) different to the norm, even if it looked like it'd received a major beating by the ugly stick - then gone back for seconds.

For the same reason, I quite like the Nissan Cube.

I doubt that I'd ever buy either of them mind Smile

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D4B · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK

I would rather be seen in the Multipla than that Rolls Royce Bentley block of I don't know what Exclamation

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ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4277 Location: South Cheshire

All these modern cars look the same Confused

Apart from the ugly ones Very Happy

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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22819 Location: UK

Going a little further back in time, behold the jaw-dropping beauty of the Datsun 120A ....

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V8 Nutter · Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Posts: 605

A.M.C. had an assembly plant in Swindon until the mid 70's a range of A.M.C. Cars were built there from K.C.D. Kits that is where the right hand drive conversions were mare