What are some of the worst cars ever made in American history?
2007-02-08 18:32:30 · 19 answers · asked by Fell In Love 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Yugo, they were unreliable and gutless.
Another poorly made car is the early FWD Ford Escorts, they were notorious for its carberator problems back in the early 1980s.
The Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant were also poorly made cars and they were very well known for their head gasket problems on their 1981-84 models.
2007-02-09 03:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The front wheel drive X-body cars (Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega and Buick Skylark) are in my opinion the worst cars ever built, just about how many of them do you see nowadays? Hardly any, you used to see alot of them around 20 years ago, I thought the rear wheel drive X-body cars were alot better as far as reliability and the body styling guys.
2007-02-08 18:49:52 · answer #2 · answered by crazytrainee1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The AMC Pacer, poorly built and ugly as sin. And to everyone that said the Edsel, you are wrong. The public back then did not like the car. Try to find one now and look at the prices for one, they are actually popular now.
2007-02-08 19:22:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chevrolet Citation, I've had a friend who owned a 1980 Citation and it died on him after 40,000 miles, it was the worst car he's ever owned in his lifetime
2007-02-08 18:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ford Fiesta
2007-02-08 18:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by It Co$t To Be Around The Bo$$ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Chevrolet Corvair. One of the most dangerous cars in history. There was even a book about it, "Unsafe at Any Speed" Here's a wiki link on the book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed
2007-02-08 18:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by Jack S 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Worst cars in my opinion have been the Edsel, the Gremlin and the Corvairs...
I owned Corvairs and got nothing good out of them, the Edsel and Gremlin were just bad cars according to the public at large when they were still around...
2007-02-08 18:49:08 · answer #7 · answered by aspenkdp2003 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hyundai Excel - My sister bought one and I could run faster than that piece of crap! It was also poorly built.
Volkswagens - I owned two of them and they broke down all the time.
Also there was nothing wrong with the Edsel! People didn't like it because they thought it was ugly. I wish I could buy one.
2007-02-09 01:51:09 · answer #8 · answered by DialM4Speed 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any American car (except the Mustang), the Leyland P76 (Aust), Datsun 180B (short for 180 things wrong with it) followed closely by the Datsun 200B (add another 20 errors to the 180B).
2007-02-08 18:44:25 · answer #9 · answered by Flab 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Chevrolet Vega, they were known for premature rusting and oil leakage which caused the engines to melt.
2007-02-08 18:47:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋