Buy Your Dream Car—for Less Than $6000 Every year at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show (SEMA), we attempt to digest all the hot new aftermarket products, cool cars and pioneering technical innovation. But as we're exploring every aisle of the show floor looking for the good stuff—we run into the bad. There're always a handful of cars so over-the-top, so strange and so, well, ugly, we have to stop and take a closer look. Style is subjective, but ugly sure is easy to spot. '57 T-Bird en Fuego'57 T-Bird en FuegoAt first glance, one might be tempted to give this '57 T-Bird a big thumbs up. However upon closer inspection...the Bird becomes an incongruent mix of old and new. We dig that monster motor and those fenderwell headers. But what's the deal with those way too tall and too-modern seats? The wheels and tires are certainly big, but some period-correct rubber work much better. V7 PrototypeV7 PrototypeThis mid-year Corvette is set to be auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson auction this January.

It's completely custom, with a mid-mounted turbo GM V8 with 1070 hp. The display card says it goes from 0-60 mph in less than three seconds. But none of that means anything if the car is ugly. And this "V7 Prototype" is certainly that. The fenders are bloated and the rearend of the car looks like it needs a serious nip/tuck. Why create such a complex and detailed hot rod and not fine tune the aesthetics? Top Products From SEMA 2010: Editor's Choice Awards How to Paint a Car the Right Away How to Wax Your Car How Honda's Self-Balancing Motorcycle Works All the Best Super Bowl Car Commercials Watch Captain Picard Sell You a 1995 Porsche 911 Not Getting a Car Inspected Before Buying It Is a Huge Mistake Now's Your Chance to Own Jaguar's Best Forgotten Supercar This Stop-Motion Car Chase Is Made With Die-Cast Toys Where Does U.S. Stand in Hydrogen Fuel? Ford Is Shipping Its Badass Raptor Truck to China Select your vehicle below to see available pre-cut XPEL Paint Protection Kits.