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Is this the most hideous car ever created? It just might be.
This is the Tornado 750, a work of such vile monstrosity from German tuning house Gemballa that we're not quite sure whether to feel sorry for it or smash it repeatedly with big sticks until we're certain it's dead.
Based, as you might have guessed, on the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, the Tornado 750 gets lots more power and lots less weight - usually a formula we approve of, but in this case we'll make an exception.
750bhp of power, to be exact, thanks to a bored-out version of the Cayenne's 4.8-litre V8 armed with a race-spec turbocharger. Gemballa has shaved a whopping 250kg off the Cayenne's kerbweight - virtually all the grotesque bodywork is rendered in carbon fibre - which helps the Tornado nail the 0-60mph run in a ridiculous 4.3 seconds, turning pedestrians to stone as it passes.
If you're tempted by the thought of a Tornado on your driveway - and we'll give you a hint here, you're really, really not tempted - it'll set you back a mere £360,000. Or five times the cost of a Cayenne Turbo, if you prefer.
In honesty, even if it cost a fiver and came with a complimentary copy of ‘How to Destroy Your Pig-Ugly SUV Without Anyone Knowing You Own It', we still wouldn't buy the Tornado.
So what do you think? Ugliest car ever? Suggestions please.
Now watch Hammond racing a (non-modified) Porsche Cayenne against a British army paratrooper:
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What do you think?
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JamesC commented on this article
at 11:21 am on 24 April 2009
AAAARRRRGGGGHHH! God, my eyes! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES! AAAAARRRGGGGHHHH! Quick! Hide the children! Their minds are tender and impressionable! That's the most hideous thing I've seen since *shudder* the Rodius...
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JamesC commented on this article
at 11:23 am on 24 April 2009
Just to be clear, I think it's an inexcusable, diabolical shambles and the designer should be shot in the face with an oven. Just to be clear. AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!
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ghost-2009 commented on this article
at 11:25 am on 24 April 2009
haha i wouldn't mind that, it kind of looks like a vw golf but with a slight body kit...
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Minimal1ty commented on this article
at 11:37 am on 24 April 2009
There is nothing much wrong with that car really. Only the rear lights are ugly, but the rest is fine really. It has a general theme going with the endless air scoops and the stealth gray tone and the "evil" look. So overall nothing is out of place. It is just a radical look and it is one of those things that some people like yet some hate. Some might say it is ugly, definitely not the ugliest car EVER. I think this car looks better than the original cayenne, because the original is simply hideous. But if you are looking for the ugliest car ever then this is a pretty safe bet: http://englishrussia.com/?p=1741
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Kuang commented on this article
at 11:41 am on 24 April 2009
It looks like an Impreza that's spent ten years on Bernard Manning's pie diet. Think of it less as a car and more as a culling marker once the giovernment decide to set a minimum taste level
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