These Are the Worst Cars Penned by Pininfarina

“The Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Concept, with its hilarious proportions being about 3 feet too long and bizarre airbrakes. It took me a moment to realize where I’ve seen this design language recently. Oh yeah, now I remember: they beat GM and the Celestiq to the punch by about 50 years.”

Unveiled at the 1974 Turin Motor Show, the CR 25 is quite something. With its enormous hood, it had space to run Ferrari’s 4.4-liter V12 engine and even came with hidden air brakes to help slow down.

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“Wait WHAT!? The sliding door Peugeot is awesome. More cars should have sliding doors.

“If you have to pick a Pininfarina designed hatchback/city car give it to the Hyundai Lavita. Nothing interesting there at all.”

But Pininfarina isn’t all about million dollar Ferraris; the design studio has also worked with some more humble machines. Case in point, the Hyundai Lavita. This early 2000s compact car was based on the Elantra but added a new Pininfarina-designed body.

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“The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti GP Berne Edition

“They took the bloated 612 with a dopey grin and added a white blob of paint off a ‘Vette from the 50's.”

Another questionable Ferrari was the 612 Scaglietti, specifically in this GP Berne specification, which added a new handling pack and various light-colored patches. It made the already-odd-looking 612 look even more strange.

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“The Hyundai Tiburon was styled by Pininfarina. It’s a terrible car, but looks great.”

While not technically penned by Pininfarina, Hyundai did work with the Italian design house on the Tiburon. And this scathing review means it definitly deserves a spot on our list.

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“The Rolls-Royce Camargue is a poorly-proportioned, slab-sided monstrosity, and one of the worst-looking Rolls, so I’m going to go with that.”

All Rolls-Royce cars are pretty slab-sided when you think about it. But there’s something off about the proportions of the Camargue, which was designed by Pininfarina ahead of its 1975 launch.

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“Ferrari gets away with a lot of design crimes because they’re Ferrari.”

The launch of the 2009 California was definitely not one of Ferrari’s proudest moments.

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“The Ferrari Mondial. Universally loathed.”

Launched in 1980, the Mondial holds the title of being the last V8, rear mid-engined, 2+2 Ferrari. But accolades aside, it’s not a looker.

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“The Allante was a dog with fleas. But that’s probably GMs fault.”

Believe it or not, Pininfarina has also lent a hand to the design of some American cars over its history. One such model is the Allante from Cadillac, which launched in 1987.

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“Ferrari Pinin, it badly needed some farina with its Pinin.

“Overall fairly mundane, but then that front, it didn’t go with the rest of the car, it just needed to go.”

This one-off concept was unveiled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pininfarina. If this was the Ferrari that someone gave you this as a 50th birthday present, what would you think?

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“The Daewoo/Chevrolet Tacuma, from any angle.”

Call it the Daewoo Rezzo or the Chevrolet Tacuma; whichever you pick it’s still ugly.

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