Are These Cars Marvels Or Monstrosities?
Cars aren't just about practicality. The automotive industry is constantly pushing the boundaries of creativity, engineering, and design, producing unusual vehicles that completely defy expectations. Whether you love or hate them, here are 20 of the most outrageous production cars ever made, based on raw power or design aesthetic.
1. Bugatti Chiron
The Bugatti Chiron pushes the boundaries of speed as well as styling. It has a nearly 1,500-horsepower engine, an ultra luxurious interior, and an outrageously exotic design with flowing curves and huge fenders.
2. Koenigsegg Jesko
The Koenigsegg Jesko is pure over-the-top engineering and design. The 1,280-horsepower monster has an extremely aerodynamic build with a carbon fiber monocoque, massive rear wing, and an underbody that produces immense downforce.
3. Ferrari LaFerrari
Ferrari's LaFerrari (literally, "the Ferrari") is the Italian manufacturer's ultimate hybrid hypercar. In addition to being one of the fastest production Ferraris ever made, it's also one of the most visually radical, with a long, swooping nose and dramatic, sharp lines.
4. Aston Martin Valkyrie
One of the most extreme production hypercars ever made, the Aston Martin Valkyrie borrows heavily from F1 technology. Its huge front splitter, rear wing, and sculpted body make it look more like a track car than a street-legal production vehicle, and it comes equipped with an insane 1,160-horsepower engine.
5. Ford GT Mk II
The Ford GT Mk II looks like a track car, but it's a street-legal machine that anyone can buy. Aside from its visually extreme, racecar-inspired design, it also comes fitted with a supercharged 700-horsepower engine.
6. Tesla Cybertruck
The Tesla Cybertruck looks like something that belongs in Dune with its super sharp edges and matte finish. Aside from its polarizing design, it's a completely electric pickup truck with hypercar acceleration.
7. BMW i8
The BMW i8 may have been a major flop in terms of actual functionality, but that doesn't make it any less visually dramatic. The plug-in hybrid looks exceptionally exotic and futuristic, with butterfly doors and flowing curves that look straight out of a sci-fi movie.
8. Citroën DS
The Citroën DS looked like a 1950s interpretation of a futuristic car. It had strange proportions and outrageous styling, especially at the rear, where the wheels were partially wrapped by the body.
9. Subaru SVX
Subaru was already known for being a quirky car manufacturer when they released the SVX, but still, no one was prepared for that level of weirdness. It looks like a cross between a super regular sedan and a hypercar, with an unusually low and wide stance.
10. Isuzu Vehicross
The Isuzu Vehicross is over-the-top in styling rather than performance. It's a compact SUV with strange, bulbous fenders and an unusually high beltline that makes it look futuristic or otherworldly.
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11. SSC Tuatara
The SSC Tuatara is an absurdly powerful hypercar with a 1,750-horsepower engine. It also has a showstoppingly radical aerodynamic design with a teardrop cockpit, huge rear wing, and ultra-low stance.
12. Zenvo TSR-S
The Zenvo TSR-S is absolutely bonkers in both performance and design. It comes equipped with a huge, rotating rear wing, huge side vents, a massive front splitter, angular bodywork, and a crazy 1,177-horsepower engine.
13. De Tomaso P72
Built as a modern reinterpretation of a 1960s Italian sports car, the De Tomaso P72 looks like it comes from another planet with its extreme cutouts and blobby headlights. It's a powerful car, but its emphasis is clearly more on style than performance.
14. Hennessey Venom F5
The Hennessey Venom F5 is one of the most extreme American hypercars ever produced. As insane as its ultra-aerodynamic design is, its power is the impressive part, coming equipped with a 1,817-horsepower engine.
15. Nissan GT-R50
The GT-R50 was a collaboration between Nissan and Italdesign for the 50th anniversary of the GT-R. It has aggressive, radical bodywork and comes equipped with a 720-horsepower engine.
16. Bugatti La Voiture Noire
Bugatti's La Voiture Noire is one of the most insane cars the company has ever rolled out. Its dramatic, fully black body gives it a Batman-mobile vibe, and it's fitted with a crazy 1,479 horsepower engine.
17. Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII
Rolls-Royces aren't built for average people; therefore, they aren't average cars. The Phantom VIII is essentially a palace on wheels, with coach doors, a roof fitted with fiber-optic lights that look like stars, and rare interior finishings.
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18. Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta
If you're on the market for an absolutely insane hypercar, look no further than the Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta. It has a radical space-age design with a huge rear wing and an 800-horsepower engine.
19. Ferrari Monza SP1
Ferrari is always pushing the limits of Italian craftsmanship, but the Monza SP1 is maybe a little past those limits. The single-seater has wild proportions and is ultra-stylized, with curves unlike any other Ferrari.
20. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
No model of Lambo everery going to look "normal" on the road, but the Sesto Elemento takes that outrageous Lamborghini aesthetic to the next level. It's a carbon-fiber monster with hexagonal cutouts, huge vents, insane torque, and (of course) speed.
