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The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

The same organizers who brought you The 24 Hours of Lemons, an endurance race between shit-box cars, also has an answer to the Concours d'Elegance: The Concours d'Lemons.

This annual event is where you can witness such beauties as...

A stretch limousine Corvette;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

A Volkswagen Beetle van conversion that takes the Beetle part very seriously;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

A Gandalf-themed van called Vandalf;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos
The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos
The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

A 1979 Ford Pinto station wagon, in Squire trim;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos
The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

A 1988 Merkur XR4Ti that looks like it was art-directed by a pack of Marlboros;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

The Dodge Rampage, a car-based pickup from the early '80s;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

A rare Yugo convertible;

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

Not to mention a "Half Assed, Half Car Detailing Competition" where you only have to clean 50% of the car, demarcated by blue tape.

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos

Amusingly, "the whole debacle was sponsored by Hagerty Insurance and Classic Motorsports Magazine," the organizers write, "so it is really all their fault."

The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos
The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos
The Concours d'Lemons: A Purposely Horrific Car Show, Filled with Auto Design No-Nos