The Worst Cars Of All Time

[cjolley]

Interesting read.
And there is a poll.

http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2004/01/26/cx_dl_0126feat.html

chuck

[TransformX]

Cool, Thanks !

[Technoid]

Malcolm Bricklin was Yugo's old importer in the U.S., and he wants to bring the vehicles back. Malcolm Bricklin also built a vehicle called the Bricklin SV-1 in New Brunswick, and they say that if he ever sets foot in New Brunswick again they will shoot him on sight.

hehe, that vehicle must have been bad

[cbman]

Acutally I think the story behind the Bricklin is more involved than that... but its still funny... actually the Bricklin is a pretty interesting looking pseudo sports car

[KvHagedorn]

Polls like this are pretty bogus. Is there ANYONE who has actually driven all the cars listed? It's all just impressions, and if a car was never even marketed in your country, how could you have any impression at all? The Trabant is one of those cars which must have been really really awful, because even though it was never marketed in the West, its legend of badness is relatively well known even here in the US.

[cjolley]

Originally posted by KvHagedorn
...legend of badness...

Well, that is how these things realy work.
My first car was a '53 Beatle:
30 HP engine,
Side flap turn siginals,
Non-sealed headlights,
Swinging rear axles,
Cable operated brakes
etc.
It was a worse car than at least half the cars listed
But, no one would be very likely to put a Beatle on a list like that because they are so well loved.

It's still a fun read.
chuck

[The PIT]

Well I'd say my Renualt Clio thats rather sucky. Sunroof should start leaking again sometime next summer onwards.

[Corran Horn]

My Dad had a pinto back in the day, and a Bronco II a little more recently. Now he's got to buy a Fiero so he's got a trifecta!

[trk2]

I just went and bought another Bronco II because I missed my first so much. The only reason the Bronco II is on that list is because people tried to drive it like a sports car.

[bibble]

I am just about to buy a new car and its far different in the UK to this...

http://edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/article.html

Is it really like this buying cars in the US?

[UtwigMU]

Well, Yugo isn't such a bad car if you consider it's price and target market (You can get one here (1991 at the lattest after we stopped importing them) for 150 to 400 Euros. It has low fuel consumption, maintenance (parts) is dirt cheap and performance is quite good for it's 45/55 horsepower.

Firstly the state was protectective towards their car industry, so they imposed high tariffs on foreign cars and Yugo was basically a small car of the mid 80's. While the manufacturing was bad, those that didn't suffer from this problem still hold remarkably. (About ten to five years ago it was kid's cheap car, now used Clios have moved in that spot).

Of course exporting Yugos to USA was a failure since:
A car in USA needs to have at least 2.5L engine (Although people never drive above speed limits, for which 1.8 should more than suffice for Passat class Sedan)

A car in USA needs to be big and long (That has slightly changed recently, but there's still no market for Clio/Peugeot 206/Ford Fiesta/Polo/Uno class or even VW Lupo/Twingo class.)

[RC Agent]

Rode in a friend's pinto back in the day. It cost him $100 to buy. It slid on dry pavement and engine leaked oil. He had cans of oil in the back seat, ready to be put in when needed. Funny thing was, he bought a radio for it and that was as much as the car.

[K6-III]

Worst car ever: Ford Excursion.

My favorite car: Citroen 2CV
My second favorite: VW Lupo Deisel

[The PIT]

Originally posted by UtwigMU
A car in USA needs to be big and long (That has slightly changed recently, but there's still no market for Clio/Peugeot 206/Ford Fiesta/Polo/Uno class or even VW Lupo/Twingo class.)

Why ??? It's just in America that big is good. While in Britain and most of Europe, unless you have a large family a small car will do.
Also the price of petrol is a lot less in USA. If they paid as much as we did the big car would start getting more unpopular.

[Kruzin]

The big car, big engine is not the norm in the US.
Yes, there are those who do drive those vehicles.
Probably more than other places.
But my last 4 vehicles have been a 2.2l, 2.5l, 2.4l and 2.2l.
This is more the norm than others percieve.
We don't all drive gas guzzzling Lincolns and Corvettes.
There are more economical cars on the roads in the US than other nations realize.