The ugliest Thai vehicle for 2023 competition

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Re: The ugliest Thai vehicle for 2023 competition

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STEVE G wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:22 pm For ugly, the Thairung Transformer has a pretty good go, it looks like that Lexus van above mated with a Hummer:
https://tr-transformer.com/th/portfolio ... mer_7_seat

I've seen the odd one around but they don't seem to make that many of them.
There’s also a Thairung muv4 which I think is even uglier!!
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^ At least that one looks like a proper military vehicle.


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^Yes, there are often early model military Hummers on the roads here from the local Army bases and I wouldn't have even noticed that wasn't one of them.
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Its been a race to the bottom for years now and getting worse ,unsightly and uglier
its almost as if instead of who used to make the more attractive cars / models , to who can make the ugliest
lexus are up there, and some mitsubishi 's are seriously just put together with spare bits from decades old models
one could go on but im just about to run out of ink
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The Lexus Van is very much suited to the Japanese market - many "similar" designs available....... And yes, ugly as sin.

What's wrong with the Mitsubishi? Personally, I quite like the look of it - would never have one though - far too big/impractical for the UK.

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The Mitsubishi is actually not that big lengthwise, I drive an MG HS in Thailand that is around one inch shorter but I don’t consider that to be a “big” car. Something like a Landrover Defender110 is much bigger by more than 16 inches - not an easy car to park in Tesco’s!!
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Especially for you Pete - Auto Express from the UK seem to like the Lexus that you found particularly ugly!!
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lexus/lm/ ... 023-review
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Dannie Boy wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:50 pm Especially for you Pete - Auto Express from the UK seem to like the Lexus that you found particularly ugly!!
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lexus/lm/ ... 023-review
Yes, vehicles like that are all about the experience from the luxury rear seats and are aimed at those wealthy enough to employ drivers.
If I could afford it, I would do the same thing, there isn't any fun in driving anymore so relax and watch a movie!
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