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SaltyDog
SaltyDog HalfDork
12/4/18 2:00 p.m.

The headline I saw on MSN was   "910 ft lbs of Ugly"

 

Looks a tiny bit like the early 60's front end. Except this one's ugly.

 

spacecadet
spacecadet Reader
12/4/18 2:13 p.m.
Floating Doc said:
NickD said:

Choke, cough, gag, laugh, repeat...

PREEEETY much

stanger_missle
stanger_missle SuperDork
12/4/18 2:51 p.m.

NorseDave
NorseDave Reader
12/4/18 3:07 p.m.
captdownshift said:

In reply to stanger_missle :

It did kick off the styling trend, ruining the full-sized truck market in the process. 

It may have kicked off the styling trend, but to my eyes the 2nd gen Rams still look way better than any full-size truck that's come before or since.  Well, let's say from the '80s on.  There are a lot of fantastic looking trucks from the '60s and earlier. 

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed SuperDork
12/4/18 3:51 p.m.
NickD said:

Good one Nick.

Tony Sestito
Tony Sestito PowerDork
12/4/18 3:55 p.m.

I happen to like the 1994-01 Rams! The styling back then was shocking, in a love it or hate it kind of way. My dad had a 2001 1500 2WD long bed as a company truck that I drove for his old company back when it was brand new, and I liked it back then. In fact, I've been trying to find a clean, cheap example to replace my aging Dakota for months. Tough to find both of those things in New England these days. 

Also, I'm here for the Silverado memes. Keep them coming! 

Danny Shields
Danny Shields HalfDork
12/4/18 4:02 p.m.
Flynlow said:

In reply to The0retical :

Wow.  That is a butt-ugly truck.  Like, pontiac aztek the week it came out ugly.

Hey, looking back on it, maybe the Aztek wasn't all that ugly. 

Flynlow
Flynlow HalfDork
12/4/18 4:09 p.m.
Danny Shields said:
Flynlow said:

In reply to The0retical :

Wow.  That is a butt-ugly truck.  Like, pontiac aztek the week it came out ugly.

Hey, looking back on it, maybe the Aztek wasn't all that ugly. 

I disagree.  I even went and googled a bunch of them before i posted that, and confirmed they remain ugly.  Appearing in a supporting role in a TV series just makes it better known, not better looking.

Functional?  Sure.  Ugly?  Exceedingly.  From every angle.

PMRacing
PMRacing SuperDork
12/4/18 4:24 p.m.

Ford first did the upside down face in 2009. GM took it to the extreme 10+ years later. 

Edit for better pic

NickD
NickD UberDork
12/4/18 4:24 p.m.

Harley Earl is turning 7000rpm in his grave

STM317
STM317 SuperDork
12/4/18 4:36 p.m.
Dave M said:

Future us will not look back kindly upon the current styling trends.

Current us doesn't look too kindly upon the current styling trends either

bearmtnmartin
bearmtnmartin SuperDork
12/4/18 4:58 p.m.

They have done away with styling the front end and just gone for bigness. It is not attractive in my opinion.

ebonyandivory
ebonyandivory PowerDork
12/4/18 5:02 p.m.

Look what cutting off the offending area does for the looks.


kazoospec
kazoospec UltraDork
12/4/18 5:34 p.m.

To me, this thing is "People's Exhibit 1" as to why you don't design a vehicle by committee.  

stanger_missle
stanger_missle SuperDork
12/4/18 5:40 p.m.

In reply to PMRacing :

Ugh. I remember when those first hit the market. I took this pic after I pulled into work and saw a new GOV fleet truck starting back at me.

A face only a mother could love.

captdownshift
captdownshift PowerDork
12/4/18 6:07 p.m.

You can put truck nuts on it and the front end will still be the more offensive end. 

irish44j
irish44j MegaDork
12/4/18 6:56 p.m.
NickD said:

I can't wait to hear all the salesman at work try and BS me and themselves about how good they look. Just like all the lies they themselves and customers about the new Blazer. "It's really cool. It looks like a Traverse and a Camaro had a baby" was an exact quote I overheard. 

I didn't even know a Blazer existed again. Just looked it up and that may be one of the lamest-looking crossovers out there - which is saying quite a bit.

irish44j
irish44j MegaDork
12/4/18 6:59 p.m.
ebonyandivory said:

Look what cutting off the offending area does for the looks.


It make it look like a Nissan Frontier?

Image result for silver nissan frontier

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltimaDork
12/4/18 7:01 p.m.
PMRacing said:

Ford first did the upside down face in 2009. GM took it to the extreme 10+ years later. 

Edit for better pic

Sorry, Chevy’s been doing upside down face since the early 2000’s

conesare2seconds
conesare2seconds Dork
12/4/18 7:17 p.m.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid said:

As a GM truck guy, I just can’t anymore. frown

Yeah, this. It’s waaaay too much. I’m over it already. 

Patrick
Patrick MegaDork
12/4/18 7:27 p.m.
SyntheticBlinkerFluid said:

As a GM truck guy, I just can’t anymore. frown

My 05 was my last, it drove me to a Ram. 

dean1484
dean1484 MegaDork
12/4/18 7:33 p.m.
NermalSnert said:

"It's like an arms-race of ugly." Can I get an amen?

Amen!!!!!

RealMiniNoMore
RealMiniNoMore PowerDork
12/4/18 7:34 p.m.

GCrites80s
GCrites80s Reader
12/4/18 7:35 p.m.

In addition to being None More Black the truck also looks like a Shark Sandwich.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltimaDork
12/4/18 7:36 p.m.
Patrick said:
SyntheticBlinkerFluid said:

As a GM truck guy, I just can’t anymore. frown

My 05 was my last, it drove me to a Ram. 

I have an ‘08 GMC with 540k on the odometer, so I can’t complain. I will buy another, but definitely used. 

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