Ugliest Car of 2012 (and Some Nicer Ones). Volkswagen Scirocco Looking Like a Blue Frog



The title of ugliest car of the year 2012 is easily won by this poor and innocent Volkswagen Scirocco transformed into a blue frog with green legs. It was spotted in Hong Kong and it was a painful experience to see a once pretty car reduced in such a state.

 


This other Scirocco is instead bright green, and looks much better. It was seen in Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Please note the licence plate with the quadruple "4". The number four is supposed to be very unlucky in Chinese numerology, but the owner does not seem to care.



This Beetle is instead very nice to view. I saw it in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.



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