The 50 Worst Cars Of All Time (bit OT, but brilliant fun)

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1658545,00.html ^ | July 11, 2008 | Apollo 13

[Apollo 13]

Hi everyone - I thought it a good idea to lighten up the mood amidst all the present political brouhaha to present to you a classic article from Time Magazine, concerning er... exotic examples of car types built throughout the 20th century.

[raybbr]

How did the Chevy Vega NOT make that list?

[central_va]

Well, that's just the problem, isn't it? The Model T — whose mass production technique was the work of engineer William C. Klann, who had visited a slaughterhouse's "disassembly line" — conferred to Americans the notion of automobility as something akin to natural law, a right endowed by our Creator. A century later, the consequences of putting every living soul on gas-powered wheels are piling up, from the air over our cities to the sand under our soldiers' boots

Oh brother.....give it a rest

[Apollo 13]

Wouldn’t know... send me a PM with a piccie if you will.
My current favourite is the Overland Octomobile. Just imagine the traction...

[EarthBound]

Oh yeah, but it get’s worse. It seems like every other thing they wrote is about how irresponsible America is in it’s “unquenchable lust for oil.” Thanks Time, for reminding me AGAIN AND AGAIN why I don’t buy your crap.

[Apollo 13]

Nah -
it’s all written in good clean fun, and irony. I bet the authors themselves are car nuts driving beautiful vehicles.

[Non-Sequitur]

bump

[Kaslin]

The Chevy Vega definitely belongs on the list

[Apollo 13]

Just read the comments on the Renault Dauphine. They got this author rolling on the floor and pissing himself.

[Leo58]

What about comparing the H2 Hummer to Dick Cheney?

[MrBambaLaMamba]

"...The Model T ...conferred to Americans the notion of automobility as something akin to natural law, a right endowed by our Creator..."

The communist cockmonkeys at Time/CNN never rest.

[Soliton]

It's not even factually accurate. It blames the Ford Explorer for starting the SUV craze, but the Explorer was preceded by the Bronco.

Besides, it was a fad with rich British people for decades. You drove a town car in town and your Range Rover at the estate.

[Always Right]

Yeah, putting the Model T on this list was a joke especially for the stupid reasons given.

[Fresh Wind]

You can’t run a car on political correctness.

[Nakota]

My wife had a ‘73 Vega. It was a nice looking car, silver with black buckets and red piping, four on the floor etc. But, it started taking oil at 30,000 miles so I traded it on a Dodge Charger.

Who in their right mind would design an aluminum engine with steel pistons, no cylinder sleeves, just aluminum.

[milky]

I had a high school teacher in the 70s who drove a completely rusted out white Vega to school every day. In orange spray paint on one side was “Vega by G.M,” and on the other was “Rust-proofing by Tuff-Kote.”

[6SJ7]

AMC Gremlin. Truth in advertising.

[ricks_place]

Ford Explorer hated for its contribution to Global Warming!

[ricks_place]

2000 Ford Excursion hated for being big!

[Arrowhead1952]

How did the Chevy Vega NOT make that list?

I don't know, but I hated those when I worked for a Chevy dealer. One thing I remember about those was that the cars were shipped standing on their nose in the railroad cars.

I see the car that The Swimmer should have test driven made the list.