Why do people love tacky cars?

Well, personally i don't really feel persuaded about the arguement that everything is subjective, and everyone's taste is just as valid as anybody else's. I really think you can judge even subjective tastes with some sort of criterion. I think a criterion that could be used is consistency to judge fixed up cars, or even other art forms.

If you like at riced out cars, there's usually not too much consistency. As a previous poster mentioned, typical ricers do mods that are meant to attract attention, such as dubs, parkbench rear wings, overdone chrome parts, altezzas, etc. Such flashy mods make the car look tacky, because I think they create inconsistency. Either the chrome on the dubs or the altezzas stand out way too much, or the cheapo body kit just doesn't flow with the lines of the vehicle. Another way of looking at it, would be that it looks mismatched. Even if ricers have the dough and effort to build up something dramatic, usually the results are no less disastrous. Look at some of the cars in TFATF for instance. Likewise, if you look at some of the more clean looking euro rides or japanese cars, you'll notice that there usually isn't much awkward about them. Either they look OEM, or they have a clean consistent look and/or theme.

I'm sure there are other factors as well, but that's all I can think of now