The Worst American Cars - POLL

Forbes ^ | 10.21.02 | Michael Frank

[Dan from Michigan]

Write in - PONTIAC AZTEC!!!!

[wallcrawlr]

http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/viewpoll.asp?webtag=fdcvehicles&vote=0&msg=26

[MinxAlibis]

I can't believe that the Dodge Omni has only been named once, the Ford Tempo only a few times and there has not been any mention of the Ford Escort. They all were popular as cheap newer cars for my friends in high school or going to college and let me tell you every one I have known that has had one has said they were huge steaming piles. I even had the misfortune of owning an Escort '84 and it broke down without fail every month I owned it.
Strangely I have owned two chevettes and while they were slow, clunky and could spin circles on ice, they were very reliable for me. One even lasted me 7 years until the tranny finally died. I only had to fix it 4 times and two of those repairs were general brake replacement.
I agree though that the Citation was junk because I remember my Mom owning one and the back of the Caddy does look like "a dog taking a crap." Almost spit my soda through my nose reading that apt description.

[hotrod_princess]

i'm am an 18 year old girl who proudly owns a 75 mercury comet. I've had it for about a year now, and I love it. It is a beautiful car and runs great.I fix it as problems come along, and it has no rust. I've saw many mustangs and mavericks which are in worst condition.

[Trident/Delta]

The car you refer to was the Mrcury Montclaire and the backwards sloping rear window was electic and could be lowered> (Gawd, I feel OLD!)

Semper Fi

[rintense]

Ironically, they are all American made.

I purchased my first ever American made vehicle a few months ago (a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Special Edition) and I pray that it lasts as long as my Toyota did.

[dhs12345]

The 1986 Pontiac Transam was the biggest POS car I have ever owned. I traded it in after 16K miles and vowed to never buy a GM product again. That was 16 years ago.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

What about the mid-70's AMC Madator full-size sedan? It looked like the designers forgot to put headlights on it, so they slapped some on from the Pacer. Truely a hideous vehicle.

My sister had a Chevette - drove it from Richmond to Blacksburg once (200 miles or so). That driver's seat was sheer torture - thought I was crippled for life.

[dhs12345]

Wow! I thought I was the only one with a vendetta against GM.

I owned a 1986 Pontiac Transam -- the biggest POS car I ever owned. Many, many visits to the shop. I got rid of it after 16K miles (soon after the 12K mile warranty expired and the dealer refused to work on it for free).

I will never own a GM car again (it has been 16 years since I dumped the Transam).

[ShakeNJake]

And it was light enough that if you got stuck in a snow drift, you could lift it out!!

I used one of these to deliver newspapers when I lived in the Texas panhandle. Lots of snow and ice.

I had fun with this car!

[ShakeNJake]

OMG! I have owned 6 of the cars on this list.

[Godzilla]

They forgot to add the 1971 Ford Mustang II. It was an underpowered (4 cyl) overweight piece of junk that was not one of Ford's better ideas.

[N. Theknow]

115 posts before the modern day "Pacer" appears.

Thank you Douglas. I knew I could count on you.

[N. Theknow]

"I seed duh quaddity dat goes in dem."

LMAO

I was just thinking about this commercial and now not two posts later.....BINGO!

Somebody on Madison Avenue actually got paid for coming up with that?

[N. Theknow]

I had the misfortune of owning a Chevy Citation.Remember when they first came out with this POS in 1979 the jingle went "It's the first Chevy of the '80's - Chevy Ci-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-tion?

I used to sing it's the first RECALL of the '80's.

[knews_hound]

Welcome back.

We missed you.

Cheers,

knews hound

[Elliott Jackalope]

I remember looking to buy a used truck several years ago. The lots were full of Ford Bronco II's. Every lot had at least half a dozen for sale. Just for grins, I called a used car lot and asked what they would give me for my (fictitious) Bronco II. The guy said I would have to give him money to take it off of my hands. Talk about resale value!

I now drive a Toyota Tunda. Runs like a top. Never had a single problem.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

The Aztec reminds me of the cartoon where the sad sack individual gets his ass kicked up between his shoulders. That is exactly what the rear of the car look like.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Where have you been? Been missing you for some time now.

Glad to see that you are back posting.

[The KG9 Kid]

What a depressing thread. I cannot let this continue without posting a pic of a great American car: