Top 10 Most Bizarre and Weirdest Cars In History

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Automotive history has lent us a lot of strange cars, and this is a list of 10 of the most bizarre and weirdest we've seen so far.

Top 10 Most Bizarre and Weirdest Cars Of All Time From Around The World

1.1990 Toyo Sera

2.1942 Oeuf electrique

3.1948 Tasco

4.1959 Cadillac Cyclone

5.1954 Firebird I front 3qx

6.1955 Chrysler (Ghia) Streamline X "Gilda"

7.1970 Ferrari (Pininfarina) 512 S Modulo

8.1970 Lancia (Bertone) Stratos HF Zero

9.2001 BMW GINA Light Visionary Model

10.Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Car

What Are The Weirdest Cars From Around The World In History?

1.1990 Toyo Sera

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The Toyota Sera holds a special place in my heart. As a kid of the 1990s, the Sera was one of my favorite cars. It wasn’t particularly powerful — it came with a tiny 1.5-liter inline-four cylinder engine that produced 108 horsepower and 97 pound-feet of torque — nor was it an apple to anybody’s eyes. Open its two doors, though, and that’s where the fun starts.

The Sera didn’t come with traditional doors; it came with butterfly doors that were hinged at the top-center of the windscreen and the bottom of the A-pillar, opening forward in a manner that was similar to the Saleen S7 and McLaren F1.

2. 1942 Oeuf electrique

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The 1942 Oeuf électrique, or electric egg, had three wheels and ran on batteries decades after gasoline became the dominant way to power cars, and decades before Elon Musk decided to make electricity cool again. Its designer, Parisian Paul Arzens, worked as a painter and designed railway locomotives before moving on to cars. The bubble is made of hand-formed aluminum and curved Plexiglass, a novel material at the time.

3.1948 Tasco

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This 1948 Tasco was made under a short-lived brand called The American Sports Car Company — the car’s name is an acronym for the manufacturer. Gordon Buehrig, formerly of Duesenberg, took design inspiration from World War II fighter planes. The fiberglass covering the front wheels moved with the steering input.

4.1959 Cadillac Cyclone

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See those two black cones where the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone’s headlights should be? Those are the radars for the car’s crash-avoidance system, a technology you might recognize as today’s adaptive cruise control. If the car sensed an approaching object, it would set of a series of warning lights and a high-pitched beep, and car could even automatically apply the brakes.

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5.1954 Firebird I front 3qx

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To describe today's supercars, we fall back on likening the Koenigseggs and Paganis of the world to jet fighters. The 1953 General Motors Firebird I XP-21 was an actual jet fighter, with four wheels, a tail fin, and a bubble cockpit. The turbine engine spun at up to 26,000 rpm to generate a whopping (for the time) 370 horsepower.

6.1955 Chrysler (Ghia) Streamline X "Gilda"

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The 1955 Chrysler (Ghia) Streamline X "Gilda" got its name from a 1946 Rita Hayworth movie. After foregoing a planned jet turbine engine, Italian firm Ghia outfitted the Gilda with a plain 1.5-liter engine made for touring. The design is an antecedent to a short run of Chrysler turbine cars, and the fins tell you it’s from the 1950s.

7.1970 Ferrari (Pininfarina) 512 S Modulo

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Design firm Pininfarina has produced more famous works, but the Ferrari 512 S Modulo car, which it created for the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, didn’t aim for beauty. Designer Paolo Martin put the bizarre body on the chassis of the Ferrari 512S race car.

8.1970 Lancia (Bertone) Stratos HF Zero

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This 1970 Lancia (Bertone) Stratos HF Zero is the concept that led to the seminal Lancia Stratos. Just 33 inches tall, the concept was so short, drivers had to enter through the hinged windshield.

9.2001 BMW GINA Light Visionary Model

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The 2001 BMW GINA Light Visionary Model concept came from BMW design director Chris Bangle, famous for upsetting the German auto-maker’s design standbys with hard geometry and chunky body parts. Here, he covered the car’s exterior in polyurethane-coated spandex that would shift according to the car's aerodynamic needs at the time.

10.Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Car

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The Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Car was unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and led to the hybrid supercar Porsche on the road today. The concept was an evolution of the Carrera GT that precedes it, with added electric motors on the front and rear axles producing a combined 218 hp. Those, of course, were supplemented by a 500-horsepower 3.4-liter V-8.

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