AURORA SAFETY CAR

AURORA SAFETY CAR

The Aurora Safety Car was created wholly with its appearance being of no importance, and it shows. Created by Catholic priest, Alfredo Juliano, the car was created with the idea of significantly improving safety for both the auto’s passengers and pedestrians walking around. The car was one of the first to include seat belts, roll over bars that were built into the dome roof, foam filled bumpers that were mounted on gas shocks. One of the strangest features of the car is the rounded windscreen which were intended to help eliminate the need for windshield wipers. The Aurora Safety Car is widely considered by many to be the ugliest or one of the ugliest cars of all time.

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1935 BUGATTI TYPE 57S COMPETITION COUPE AEROLITHE

1935 BUGATTI TYPE 57S COMPETITION COUPE AEROLITHE

Although the original Bugatti Type 57S that debuted at the 1935 Paris Auto Show no longer exists, the car was demonstrative of a very new, but odd car design at the time. The 57S is a lowered version of the Type 57 and also has a v-shaped dip located at the bottom of the car’s radiator and strange looking mesh grills located on each side of the auto’s engine compartment. In order to achieve the unique look and feel of the Type 57S, the rear axle had to be passed through the rear frame. Also, a dry-sump oil system had to be created and installed to fit the engine under the lower hood of the automobile. There were only 43 Type 57S autos built.

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2010 PORSCHE 918 SPYDER CONCEPT CAR

2010 PORSCHE 918 SPYDER CONCEPT CAR

The 2010 Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Car was first displayed to the public at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The car is odd from the standpoint that the company added electric motors on the front and rear axles of the vehicle which helped produce a combined 218 horsepower. The car is primarily powered by a 3.4 liter, V-8, 500 horsepower engine. Despite the odd look of the 918 Spyder Concept Car, the design ultimately led to the Porsche hybrid supercar that can be found on the roadways today. The 918 also includes a button on the steering wheel that allows the driver to pick between four different driving modes depending on the driving conditions and requirements of the environment.

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2001 BMW GINA LIGHT VISIONARY MODEL

2001 BMW GINA LIGHT VISIONARY MODEL

The 2001 BMW GINA Light Visionary Model concept car was created by BMW design director Chris Bangle. For German auto fans, the auto is one of the oddest that you will have seen with Bangle going against the traditional German design hallmarks by using very chunky body parts and hard geometry angles in the car’s design. He also took further design liberties by covering the auto’s exterior with polyurethane-coated spandex that was designed to shift to help meet the car’s aerodynamic requirements at the time. When the auto is in park, the steering wheel and other instruments move to an idle position located on the center console of the vehicle in order to give the driver easier access to get into the car.

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1970 FERRARI PININFARINA 512 S MODULO

1970 FERRARI PININFARINA 512 S MODULO

Perhaps one of the oddest Ferraris ever made was the 1970 Ferrari Pininfarina 512 S Modulo. The auto was conceived and produced for display at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show. Paolo Martin created a very unique and bizarre design for the auto’s body that he placed on the full chassis of the Ferrari 512S racing car. Pininfarina created the auto’s design on a sketch pad which allowed for the canopy of the vehicle to slide forward over the front of the vehicle. For his creativity, the design was awarded 22 international awards at the time; however, the car is not one that will be found on the auto lot as it was a one-time build for the Motor Show.

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