Posted on 09/09/2007 6:36:38 AM PDT by shove_it
... the Model T was a piece of junk, the Yugo of its day...
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
It was a “piece of junk” that people could afford to buy however. Generally speaking, automobiles prior to the T were lovingly constructed one at a time by hand, sparing no expense on the appointments and were pretty much exclusively affordable only to the very, very rich. Think 16 cylinder Duesenbergs. Think Testarossa or Lamborghini being the only cars available pricewise. Sure, nice car but hardly suitable for the masses.
Facts without context are worse than lies, almost.
All yugos came with rear window defrosters so your hands didn’t get cold when pushing it in the wintertime. :-)
“Facts without context are worse than lies, almost.”
This article is FULL of them. Terrible article.
Renault LeCar has to be in that list somewhere.
Mostly he trashes the Model T for starting people buying cars. That’s his real beef.
A bit of leftwing hysteria thrown in, typical CNN.
So the 1995 Ford Explorer is a worst car because it made SUV’s popular with soccer Moms? And if there were fewer of them, it would be a great car?
I forgot to add, how can there be a “worst cars of all time list” and the Fiero NOT be on it? I felt snubbed. ;)
Any car with the word “Fiat” on it.
Worst thesis ever, not the worst car. Restated the argument is that the Model T was one of the worst cars ever because it was so affordable that it made everyone get or want a car. This led to war and environmental problems. Therefore the Model T was so attractive to consumers and so affordable that it was one of the worst cars ever. Time magazine publishes drivel.
LeLunchBox?
Hey! My LeCar allowed me to survive a run in with an 18 wheeler...
"Well, that's just the problem, isn't it? The Model T...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.
I wonder if the author walks to work, or eats food carried by hand from the farm fields to home. BTW - I've spent time in Afghanistan, and my two oldest kids have done tours in Iraq. Is it just me, or is the author's concern for the sand under my boots less than sincere?
“Any car with the word “Fiat” on it.”
FIX-IT-AGAIN-TONY
Yah, I think it is a good question, even if the article is a steaming pile of . . . nonsense.
I was going to vote for the Ford Pinto in the 1970’s, as unsafe, unreliable, unattractive and uncomfortable. However, it did have the virtue of being affordable, so it could be beaten as the worst car ever.
Exactly. 100 years ago Henry Ford produced the Model T and we don't walk and shovel horses&it everyday. That TERRIBLE!
Could not read beyond it since there is no way I could be sure I could tell the difference between fact or fiction.
Yeah, I closed the window as soon as he said ‘this leads to us all dying from cars’ crap myself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Neil
I found no automotive knowledge there.
It’s Time Magazine. Assume fiction until proven otherwise.
It is likely that the article’s author doesn’t do as much good in the world as he would if his sole job were just to lick the sand from soldier’s boots.
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