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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;

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

A Gandalf-themed van called Vandalf;

A 1979 Ford Pinto station wagon, in Squire trim;

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

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

A rare Yugo convertible;

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

Want to attend a Concours d'Lemons near you? Check out the schedule here. And don’t worry, you won’t spend a dime:

“All Concours d'Lemons events are free for spectators,” the organization says. “That way you get what you pay for, perhaps a little less.”