The end is here.

The end is here, the ugliest car ever not featured in a future sci fi movie will be produced.

http://www.motorcities.com/contents/08/2010-AM-General-to-Build-CNG-Powered-Taxi_08HDC572117456.html

I did call the CNG thing though.

Wait, now I'm getting AMC and AM General mixed up...E36 M3

Coulda sworn I saw that thing in Total Recall

It looks like the lovechild of a Lamborghini LM002 and a London Taxi. The conception would've been interesting to watch.

So that's what happens when you extend a US Mail truck a little bit and throw seats back there...

the front clip looks very similar to a D90.

MiatarPowar wrote: It looks like the lovechild of a Lamborghini LM002 and a London Taxi. The conception would've been interesting to watch.

Question- who was the boinker, and who was the boinkee

The LM002 is too macho to be straight. It must have been the catcher.

Looks like something I could build with Leggo's

DrBoost wrote: Looks like something I could build with Leggo's

Is that plastic you heat in the toaster to make breakfast?

Putting aside all of the handicap access issues and the fuel source, I think I remember that the concept was/is to make the body panels, at least those below the beltline, to be cheap, easily mass produced and easy to swap out. Thus you could have a chassis that could go indefinitely with a 'new' looking body.

Which begs the question, (and may be a separate topic), why doesn't a manufacturer build a car with snap-in body panels - fenders (and more).

Nissan tried this on a minor scale with that Pulsar in the mid '80s - you could buy a kammback hatch option.

How about plug-and-play body panels for the Solistce/Sky? Retro (50's)Corvette, or futuristic, or boy racer (think Pontiac) w/ fastback...

Eldorado theme anybody?

Looks like it was built out of Lego's to me... hence I find it kind of neat looking. (But not for me to drive)

A Yugo and a land rover had a baby. . . .

I can guarantee that if that taxi is blacked out and put on super-wide steelies it will look awesome.

Looks like some kind of trendy Tokyo city car from 10 years ago.

Looks like a Korean mass transport experiment gone horribly awry.

We should put a V8 in it. Rat Bugs Rule!

Actually, it was cast in the movie "CARS", but it scenes were cut because it sucked.

CNG? Ever use it? All the vehicles here with CNG have to live inside for the winter, can condenses or somthing and they won't start.

Nitrous/R134a bottle warmers fix that.

914Driver wrote: CNG? Ever use it? All the vehicles here with CNG have to live inside for the winter, can condenses or somthing and they won't start.

What problems do you have in the winter? We run ours year round with no problems.

You have to pump the crap out of the gas pedal to get the engine started, hopefully before the battery croaks. Once started it's fine. The only other issue is the availability of gas.

Wally, your avatar, you little nose tweaker.

What about the Gee Whiz?

I am sympathetic to mass-production cost cutting and ease of maintenance, but come on. You could make it look a little better!