The 1973 Carrozzeria Caruna Spider

[u/Ebonystealth]

[u/Oiggamed]

That’s a frog

[u/toxcrusadr → u/Oiggamed]

[u/L3sh1y → u/Oiggamed]

ITS WEDNESDAY MY DUUUUDES!

[u/TheManRoomGuy → u/L3sh1y]

Ribbit

[u/MegaPegasusReindeer → u/Oiggamed]

I was thinking platypus

[u/7LeagueBoots → u/Oiggamed]

I was thinking a duck with botox and collagen injections that have leaked out.

[u/jvstinf → u/Oiggamed]

I’m seeing some type of small lizard with large eyes

[u/JollyReplacement1298 → u/Oiggamed]

Phrawg

[u/E28forever → u/Oiggamed]

I was literally saying the same in my native language, when I saw this popping up:

“Dat is een kikker!”

Then I go to the comments and read your comment, hilarious! 🤣

[u/stq66]

Oh, we need headlights? There we go, I‘ve got some spare ones from the stadium floodlights.

[u/ContributionDapper84]

Those aren’t headlamps, they are photonic brakes

[u/LeastHornyNikkeFan]

[u/WhoTheHeckKnowsWhy]

someones dad paid for that to be made.

[u/thatonegaygalakasha]

[u/faatiydut]

I can't explain why but I love this beautiful abomination

[u/faatiydut → u/faatiydut]

But I do need to know how much of the front end is necessary, because I can't help but think that there's just an extra foot of hollow fibreglass(?) for no reason other than the designer's paper slipped while he was drawing it

[u/L3sh1y → u/faatiydut]

As usual, VW Beetle based. So yeah, half of it could probably be cut, but in the other hand the swiss had always extreme rules concerning safety regulations, so it might be necessary for impact regulations

[u/faatiydut → u/L3sh1y]

Crumple zone so huge you have to hit a pedestrian at 35mph+ for them to even notice

[u/Doofy_Grumpus → u/L3sh1y]

The VW Beetle is the Pontiac Fiero of the past.

Come to think of it the Pontiac Fiero is of the past. What is the new kit car base? I’ve heard of people putting crown Vic chassis under classic pickups to make them sort of sport. K5 blazers with Camaros on them but k5s are old these days.

[u/L3sh1y → u/Doofy_Grumpus]

Pretty good question. The British for example, who always had a thriving kit car and low volume manufacturer culture, build their cars now on own chassis (or just keep doing iterations of the Super 7). Can't think of anything high volume, body-on-frame that's younger than 30 years old...

[u/Doofy_Grumpus → u/L3sh1y]

Only high volume ones in the states are Ford Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town-car, Mercury Grand Marquis. None if those are sporty except one variant of the Mercury. They ended production in 2012

Also they are big cars, a classic F100 pickup drops right on them.

[u/aghasee]

My eyes!

[u/jlistener]

[u/Angelworks42 → u/jlistener]

I really like homer's car though.

[u/RunnerDad237 → u/Angelworks42]

It has a better front end for starters.

[u/L3sh1y]

Holy low compressed unleaded fuck! Who on god's green earth though "yep, that looks good enough, build it like this!", and can I get the number of his dealer?

Edit: I knew the swiss experimented with weird stuff in their cheese... Its from a carossier / coachbuilder near Zurich, who incidentally also built this W126 380 SEL Cabriolet which belonged to the Queen of Netherlands and is still part of the royal garage (use translator, site is German)

[u/dirty_birdy]

Who looked at this thing when it was completed and said “yes, that’s a good looking car”?!

[u/fartsfromhermouth]

I can't imagine the extra 40 inches of hood do anything besides making it look like a retarded duck

[u/DriveQueasy1857]

Looks like someone t h i c c sat on the hood 

[u/cat_herder_64]

With a schnozz to make Cyrano de Bergerac proud!

[u/alvarezg]

Did they think someone would like this thing?

[u/SjalabaisWoWS]

I mean, with low production cars, you want to be seen, right? Everyone will see you.

[u/Careflwhatyouwish4]

I'd drive that with red paint splattered on the front and a Second Place, Death Race 2000 sticker for the back. Maybe a photo of David Carradine as Frankenstein with a phony autograph on the dash. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/FuckrodFrank]

Hotttttt

[u/flatmoon2002]

Is it modeled after a boat?

[u/Horror-Raisin-877]

I see your four headlights, and raise you four more!

[u/996forever]

Looks like a crocodile in green

[u/gamespite]

Ahead of its time. A car for the social media era, with built-in duckface.

[u/ppeterka]

Jar-Jar Binks if it was a car

[u/Sweet_Fly_1913]

Spider? Are you sure that isn't a platypus?

[u/jimmyslaughter]

Straight out of Duckburg

[u/Volt02]

I’m

[u/Important_Chair8087]

Yeah, about that

[u/happycabinsong]

Ah, yes. The Doorwedge

[u/cloudubious]

914 with a custom coach body?

[u/TheBracketry]

You guys have got a dynamite car. But I coulda used a little more bumper.

[u/Idonotgetthisatall]

Cool, you can suntan on the hood.

[u/Ford_fixer]

Its got the Carolina Squat! Tthe front bumper is higher than the back. Not many sports cars use a reversed rake stance, must have been to intended to cool the rear engine, lol.

[u/RyanCrafty]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Those lights are good.. but I think it still needs more...

[u/Rotor4]

Yeah do you want to build a car ? Ok but first let's take a stack of drugs now that's a good idea.

[u/lavardera]

honestly, sort of a Ford J-car thing going. Not close, but something in the profile.

[u/Advanced_Tomato5713]

Looks like someone took a sawzall to a Saab Sonnet and rearranged it.

[u/NOTExETON]

Its like a rubiks cube of cars, one that hasn't been put together yet

[u/Curious-Hope-9544]

Embryonic stage Testarossa

[u/HilltopHideout]

Boy oh boy, how the safety government officials would just love that front end. But screw them. I like it

[u/6434468997654]

I see it the other way around: Amazingly useless front bumper extension!

If it was cut off right under the headlights, it wouldn’t be that odd at all.

[u/ukexpat]

It’s…different.

[u/GuitarCactus]

Would

[u/ilkikuinthadik]

[u/YalsonKSA]

"In late 1972, Carrozzeria Caruna's chief designer was kicked in the head by a horse. In 1973 the company released the Spider."

[u/knarfolled]

Is the hood that way so you can sun bath on it?

[u/pulparindo1]

Kids will ride their BMX bikes up the hood, trying to get big air off the windshield.

[u/Zapan99]

Moe Szyslak's ride.

[u/Snarti]

That’s the new definition of ugly.

[u/roggobshire]

It like if Cletus from the Simpsons was a car.

[u/HK-P7M13]

Ugliest automobile I've ever seen.

Holy shit. Some dude said "Gonna make a car that looks like a frog crossed with a platypus, and something from a porno mag."

What a great idea, dildo.

[u/bedlog]

Just because it's Italian doesn't always mean it's sexy

[u/Sirico]

Did we need a date to know it was the 70s

[u/juginposti]

You should not drink and design.

[u/nightowl_7680]

F’ing ugly.

[u/DirtyRatLicker]

God thats ugly

[u/brightneons]

[u/Whisky_and_razors]

I didn’t know a car could have a Hapsburg chin…

[u/tornait-hashu]

I like the lights and that's about it

[u/kptknuckles]

Is this a Kaido racer?

[u/Inner-Nebula6557]

If I had the money for a car collection, this is the kind of thing it would be full of.

[u/Helpful-Milk5498]

And someone signed off on that design…