@Shep_Shepherd: Really? Hmm, I wonder if I know him?

@komododave: I know for a fact that wolves do occasionally drive Volvo V-40 estates.

@Shep_Shepherd: Cool.

Admittedly, sometimes I cheat a little bit on NPOCP by reading some of the comments before I vote (and sometimes I even read the whole article). Occasionally, however, the answer is clear seconds after seeing the first photo.

Yes, it's that ugly and then some.

I like Mount Washington. Nothing says "relaxing" like driving up the side of a mountain at 100 MPH. (Although it really gets interesting until 3:00).

I'd say that most New Hampshire drivers are just as fast as Massachusetts drivers, but I hardly ever see anyone being pulled over north of the border.

Hopefully he'll have a nice 30 year stay in a federal Pound-me-in-the-arse-prison.

The worst car of the 80's? Most of them.

@LandofMinos, In Soviet Australia, internet censors you:

@LandofMinos, In Soviet Australia, internet censors you:

@gman1023: It looks like Ford decided that it should look more Contour-ish (which wasn't particularly good looking anyway), but with some more radical elements thrown in. Most notably, the front end.

Wait, you mean people LIE about themselves on the internet???? Clearly, I'm going to have to rethink my views on everything.

@packratmatt: LOL

@gman1023: I don't know what happened at Ford in 1996, but clearly their design department took a turn for the worst. The Taurus, taking styling cues from the Ford Contour, went from being one of the best looking designs on the road to a rolling horror show.

I don't have to imagine seeing this in '85 because I was there. Both the Taurus/Sable (and Tempo/Topaz) had funky futuristic styling that was well ahead of the majority of late 70's/early 80's designs.

@mukrunner: Likewise! This would be an absolutely fantastic pace-car/judge-mobile.

@sinyster: Nothing that an able group of Jalops couldn't fix on a Saturday, given enough beer!

@Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Awesome. And you could use the whale tail as a flag.

Is it me, or do Aussie cars of the 70's look like somebody took a bunch of American models and switched all the parts around? (And the names too, for that matter).