The 9 Worst Mansory Cars Ever Made
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Mansory, the German car tuning company, routinely answers a question no one has asked: What would result if we start with a beautifully designed supercar and bolt on a heap of erroneous trim bits? Following the design ethos that more is always more, Mansory was founded in 1989 by Iranian tuner Kourosh Mansory, offering outlandish and garish modifications to comely and well-regarded models of Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, McLaren, Ferrari, Bugatti, and Mercedes, among others.
Its aggressive styling work has favorably resonated with some; Mansory continues to exist, and enjoys a worldwide network of dealers. Still, most view Mansory’s bold custom builds as bizarre, replacing sophisticated and elegant factory design with bewildering options. Mansory creations are not for shrinking violets or wallflowers; they’re for the owner who wants to cause a scene.
While Mansory work can involve powertrain increases—usually to eye-watering specs—this article will strictly focus on the company’s design aesthetic—or lack thereof. Here, 9 Mansory builds that are crimes against human vision.
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Ferrari Pugnator
Image Credit: Mansory Purosangue, Ferrari’s moniker for its four-door SUV, rolls beautifully off the tongue. Why you’d choose a name that sounds like a wrestler working in an amateur league is beyond me. That ridiculous body kit makes you want to hug its designer and gently inquire, “Who hurt you?” And drenching the poor Prancing Horse in “through-colored” carbon fiber just makes it look like it has water spots that were never wiped.
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Lamborghini Urus Venatus
Image Credit: Mansory With a spate of sharp angles and pronounced lines, the Lamborghini Urus was already aggressively styled. So much so that when it came time for the second-generation Urus, Lambo designers tried to soften it up a little. Mansory…went the other way. One spoiler? Not enough spoiler! And that front fascia’s body kit has all the beauty of an English bulldog’s slobbery underbite, complete with wonky teeth.
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Bentley Continental GT Vitesse
Image Credit: Mansory Did the paint sprayer run out of yellow halfway through the job? Did a teenager with ADHD design this in a Forza configurator? Is this what Harvey Dent’s Two-Face character would drive around Gotham? This monstrosity only raises unanswerable questions.
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Mercedes SLR Renovatio
Image Credit: Mansory The ultra-rare Mercedes-McLaren SLR is a timeless icon, one that almost mandates being clad a silver hue. It just looks odd when gilded, as seen here. To take the lower front air intakes, which were angled toward the centerline of the car—toward the Tri Star emblem—and invert them to toward the tires was a dreadful choice. All the beautiful lines have been ruined. Factor in interior fabric choices that appear the upholsterers went to Joanne fabrics and chose something from the bargain bin, and it’s no wonder Mercedes likely demanded that Mansory remove its logo from the cars in all the marketing photos.
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Black Lizard
Image Credit: Mansory For those who tire of driving something ridiculous-looking on paved roads, good news! There’s this bewildering Mansory snowmobile, which looks like a Transformer got stuck halfway through its transfiguration.
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Bugatti Veyron Vivere Diamond Edition
Image Credit: Mansory This is what results if you imbue a Veyron with the same marble pattern you’d find in a Staten Island mobster’s home in the mid-1980s. A prime example of how poor patterns can ruin good lines, one glance at the interior is enough to give you a headache.
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Mercedes-AMG G63 P900
Image Credit: Mansory Mansory also refers to this abused G-Wagen as the “Gronos EVO S,” but Groanos is more fitting. That’s the only sound you’ll make should you suffer the misfortune of seeing one of these in the real world. The larger front bumper and double illuminated ribbing that comes as part of the body kit make the ordinarily handsome G-Wagon look like it’s wearing orthodontic headgear. And thank god Mansory put a rear spoiler on top of the most un-aerodynamic ute ever produced; that’ll definitely add downforce.
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Lamborghini Aventador Carbonado GT
Image Credit: Mansory Here’s a lesson in how to take a car from badass to bad taste. Just because you can make something out of carbon fiber doesn’t mean you need to make everything out of carbon fiber. The asymmetry in the twin exhaust tips is jarring; why angle one up and the other down? But the most offensive addition is a roof snorkel so wide it looks like the car’s sporting a mohawk.
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Tesla Cybertruck Elongation
Image Credit: Mansory The only example on our list where the design of the base car was poor, Mansory still manages to make this rolling steel dumpster look worse. No truck—but particularly this one—benefits from a rear diffuser that looks like it belongs on a racecar. The unnecessary teensy twin spoilers seem to serve no purpose beyond making loading things into the bed of the truck harder.
