3 Sports Cars That Looked Ridiculous But Worked!

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3 Sports Cars That Looked Ridiculous But Worked! Three sports cars that looked flat-out ridiculous—but proved everyone wrong on the road and on the track. First up is the Marcos GT from a small town in Wales. Built from marine plywood and covered in fiberglass, it sat only 43 inches tall and put the driver almost lying down. People laughed at its squashed shape until it started winning races. Jackie Stewart borrowed an early Marcos and won his first four events, and the wooden monocoque made the car light, stiff, and fast through corners. Different engines—from feisty fours to a 3.0-liter V6—kept it competitive for years, and the car even helped launch the careers of future racing stars. Next, we head to Australia for the Goggomobil Dart, a doorless, three-meter-long roadster that looked like a melted bathtub toy. It weighed about as much as a big motorcycle and used a tiny two-stroke engine that sounded like an angry lawnmower. But because it was so light, the Dart could keep up with everyday traffic and carve corners with ease. It was cheap to run, simple to fix, and pure fun in the sun. Production didn’t last long—new taxes and the arrival of the Mini hurt sales—but in just a couple of years it became a cult favorite and a symbol of Aussie “have a go” spirit. Finally, meet the Consulier GTP, the “ugly” American supercar dreamed up by a Wall Street economist, Warren Mosler. With a carbon and Kevlar composite tub years before the big brands, the GTP focused on one thing: weight. It borrowed a turbo four-cylinder from Chrysler, skipped the fancy styling, and let physics do the talking. On tight tracks, it beat Porsches and Corvettes with far more power—and got hit with penalties and bans for being too fast. Critics mocked the looks, but today every top supercar uses the same composite ideas Mosler pushed in the 1980s. ____ We do not own the footages/images compiled in this video. It belongs to individual creators or organizations that deserve respect. By creatively transforming the footages from other videos, this work qualifies as fair use and complies with U.S. copyright law without causing any harm to the original work's market value. COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. _____