Worst Cars of ALL TIME???
Tuesday, January 27, 2004 by joetheblow | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
http://www.forbes.com/2004/01/23/cx_dl_0126featslide_7.html?thisSpeed=20000
I'll go with the Pinto. The Ford Focus... maybe...
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Reply #23 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:20 AM
| I take it you've nerver been in a Morris Marina...? |
Now that was a real heap of crap!
To compound the felony we had one racing in "Sports Sedans" powered? by a Rover/Leyland/B.O.P. derived V8.
Not only was it fugly, it also leaked oil, blew up on a regular basis and various parts fell off it!
Bad cars .... I guess they need to be classified by Nationality.
USA ... the Edsel was ugly and any MPV/SUV a waste of resources......truly gross, the 'revived' Duesenberg/Stutz/any other classic you can think of that Virgil Exner attempted to 'style'!
The 'old' Eastern Bloc, Trabant of course but you've got to include the Wartburg for the name alone.
Japan, where do you begin .... Honda S600 and 800, as well as the cruddy range of sub-1000cc minicars .... and the horrible aircooled Honda 1300 Coupe from 1973!
Australia, most domestic Holdens and Fords, the Leyland P76 and the Lightburn Zeta ... any home built Bolwell.
Italy, where to begin, the home of 'off the factory floor' oil dripping rust buckets ...
The UK ....
India ... the 'Really Bad Morris Oxford from the '50s' being rebirthed in India .... but they still build Royal Enfields there as well!
France .. the Simca Vedette ..... powered by a Ford V8-60 ....
Korea, pick an Hyundai..any Hyundai...or worse, the Daiwou(?)
Malaysia ... easy, Proton!
This could roll on .... and on .....
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Reply #24 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:28 AM
| Whats wrong with Holden? their current line up seems ok. |
The base models are REALLY basic....and the better models are way overpriced.
I guess you've never seen the Commodore 'Ute' tricked out with a V8, yards of stuck-on 'Aero Kit' plastic and a really stupid 'Wing' mounted on the tailgate?
Worse still .... some idiots 'race' them .... Ack!
And Ford are just as bad ...
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Reply #26 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:40 AM
Chas: I love the Pacer....I wanted one when I was about 20.
My friend used to drive a Moskvitch........Russian I think............now that was an evil thing!
Worst thing I ever drove........1969 Saab, with column shift. And the fuel gauge just flicked from full to empty all the time, so you never knew for sure whether you had any gas in the damn thing.
Best car I ever owned......1974 Cadillac Eldorado......500 cubic inches (8.2 litre) V8 Front wheel drive. Only did 8 mpg, but it was white with white leather and drove like a Rolls Royce. Stunning vehicle.
Reply #28 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 6:55 AM
| Only did 8 mpg, but it was white with white leather |
Sound like the original "Pimpmobile" ....
| drove like a Rolls Royce. |
More like the USS Enterprise IMHO!
Wombat has a mental picture of BoXXI wearing a "Saturday Night Fever" white ensemble ....
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Reply #34 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:51 AM
| Only did 8 mpg |
Did some one say "HUMMER"
why is it everyone slams Ford? Maybe my 1979 Ford Station Wagon is a exception. Never rebuilt the inline 6 engine and it is still running with all original parts at 225,000 miles.
Or maybe back in the 70's Ford actually gave a crap how they made cars?
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Reply #35 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:54 AM
| inline 6 engine |
thats why you haven't rebuilt it.
Reply #37 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:36 PM
Talk about to much technology in a car. If you buy the car and then spend just as much on maintenance to keep it running then maybe its not as good as you thought...
I still like the BMW 745i though... just without all the tech crap.
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Reply #39 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:23 PM
The Aztec is uglier than the Thing and doesn't have as neat of a name
Reply #40 Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:44 PM
The ugliest thing on the market right now has got to be that Element thing from Honda. OMG! Second place goes to the PT Cruiser.
As for the worst car ever built, my vote goes to the russian Lada. I don't think it was ever sold in the US (cause of embargo) but it was somewhat popular in Canada as a low budget car (I think you could buy one for 4000$ or something). Anyway, the car was sold with a toolbox included (no joke), just to give you an idea. 
(to be fair, the above is an older model, they have more recent models that don't look a bad:)
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Reply #21 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:23 PM