Vehicles come in different shapes and sizes and have been on the roads for more than a century. But weird stuff is never wanted when people have room to be creative. While some cars were just visionary, their designs make you wonder why they ever left the drawing board. Then some vehicles are somewhere in the middle. They’re different in the weirdest ways imaginable. People remember these cars for how they look as much as anything else, whether they have six wheels or headlamps. These are the eight weirdest cars ever made.
General Motors Firebird I
The Firebird I car, built in the 1950s, has very weird features. Designers of this car wanted to give drivers a flying experience but ended up with a weird design. Jet planes inspired the layout, and driving this car was like a turbo-power motor on the wheels. This car looked like a toy plane in real life, with its bubble cockpit, wings, and stabilizer. However, its design required practicality. As a result, it joined the list of the weirdest cars ever made.
1942 Oeuf Electrique
The 1942 Oeuf électrique had three wheels and ran on batteries decades after vehicles used gasoline as a primary source. The bubble of this car consists of hand-formed aluminum and curved plexiglass. Known with its nickname, the electric egg.
1996 Suzuki X-90
In the beginning, automakers experimented with many different designs of SUVs. In some of the experiments was the 1996 Suzuki X-90. The vehicle was part SUV, part two-door coupe, and a convertible with a T-top roof. This car looked like a giant tennis shoe. Manufacturers built this car on a truck chassis; despite its small size, it didn’t handle very well. In addition, its 95-horsepower engine didn’t provide much thrust.
Stout Scarab
In 1935, cars were getting bigger and sturdier, and for those who could afford this early minivan with a long wheelbase might have seemed perfect. The beetle-shaped vehicle owed its form to aircraft designer William Stout. The car featured heating controlled by a thermostat, power door locks, and ambient lighting. The manufacturer logged 250,000 miles in this egg-shaped car, which had a price of $5,000.
