Let's face facts - the original Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback launched in 1997 wasn't pretty.
Some labelled it a luxury Smart car, while I've also heard some people say it looks like a Dorito Chip and Phineas' head (one of the characters in a TV cartoon).
Add in the infamous moose test, and the A-Class didn't exactly give people many reasons to want to own one back in the 1990s.