The Worst American Cars - POLL

Forbes ^ | 10.21.02 | Michael Frank

[wallcrawlr]

Go and vote. At the time of posting:

The ultimate dud car was . . .
Edsel
	83 votes (9%)
Chrysler TC Maserati
	38 votes (4%)
Chevy Corvair
	55 votes (6%)
Ford Maverick
	51 votes (6%)
Chevy Citation
	71 votes (8%)
Cadillac Eldorado
	18 votes (2%)
Renault Fuego
	97 votes (11%)
AMC Pacer
	182 votes (20%)
AMC Gremlin
	158 votes (17%)
Pontiac GTO
	13 votes (1%)
Chevy Chevette
	98 votes (11%)
AMC Eagle
	31 votes (3%)
Chevy Caprice
	16 votes (2%)
911 people have voted so far

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[Hans]

I owned a 1964 Chev. Corvair 500 and loved it.
Drove like a dream on the highway - 75 Miles per hour.

[lds23]

I think the Edsel gets votes merely on reputation. In other words, people grew up hearing the Edsel was the biggest flop, and it gets ingrained and repeated back.

[princess leah]

What about the 70's Ford Pinto?

[princess leah]

What about the 70's Ford Pinto?

[homeschool mama]

**What about the 70's Ford Pinto? **

gasp!

I had a '72 squire wagon...great car for me. Never had a problem with it.

[TonyInOhio]

1977-90 Chevy Chevette

The best thing you could say about this car is that at least they got the scale right

No, the best thing you could say about this car is that it was capable of turning multiple 360s on light ice. A short wheelbase and rear-wheel drive transmission meant that you could spin to your heart's content. Until you flipped. :-)

Tony

[dakine]

Heck, I owned at least half of those vehicles in my life, bought used, of course.

[Phantom Lord]

The absolute worst idea that ever made it to production, without doubt is the Pontiac Aztec.

Hey honey, lets go camping in the back of the car!

[Phantom Lord]

And from what I have seen of the new GTO that Pontiac is going to produce, it looks like a fancy Grand Prix. Will be a BOMB.

[1Old Pro]

What's unfortunate, if not downright embarrassing, is that this list could be doubled or tripled AND the fact they people actually had the lack of knowldege (and still do) about cars to actually buy these.

Some European cars were so good I still wish they made them today. The BMW 2002 comes to mind. With a few minor improvements they could make this today and it would still be one of the best cars on the road.

[Petronski]

Pontiac Aztec 2002
A car only a lesbian could love.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I didn't see the Hyundai's.

[Weimdog]

Ya beat me to it.

The Pontiac Aztec is THE biggest flop.

An even bigger disaster is the Aztec being renamed and styled by Buick to salvage the development costs.

[Phantom Lord]

Nor the Yugo! Which by the way, is going to be produced and sold again in America. But it will be called a ZMW.

[Registered]

lol

[1Old Pro]

BMW 2002

[Slyfox]

There was a Cadillac in the eighties that looked like it had been rear-ended into a wall and someone tried to fix it but turned it, by mistake, into a hatchback. I always thought it was bigtime fugly.

[dead]

Before I even opened this thread, I thought "Pacer or Gremlin."

I'd have to go with Pacer by a nose.

AMC never did better than the Javelin, which was also a piece of crap.

[Petronski]

Re: the Gremlin... "Were the designers at AMC blind? How could they consistently turn out so many hideous cars?

LOL. Phew, that is funny.