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The Worst American Cars - POLL
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| 10.21.02
| Michael Frank
Posted on 10/21/2002 10:34:06 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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Go and vote. At the time of posting:
The ultimate dud car was . . . |
Edsel |
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83 votes (9%) |
Chrysler TC Maserati |
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38 votes (4%) |
Chevy Corvair |
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55 votes (6%) |
Ford Maverick |
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51 votes (6%) |
Chevy Citation |
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71 votes (8%) |
Cadillac Eldorado |
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18 votes (2%) |
Renault Fuego |
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97 votes (11%) |
AMC Pacer |
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182 votes (20%) |
AMC Gremlin |
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158 votes (17%) |
Pontiac GTO |
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13 votes (1%) |
Chevy Chevette |
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98 votes (11%) |
AMC Eagle |
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31 votes (3%) |
Chevy Caprice |
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16 votes (2%) |
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911 people have voted so far |
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To: wallcrawlr
I owned a 1964 Chev. Corvair 500 and loved it.
Drove like a dream on the highway - 75 Miles per hour.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:37:49 AM PDT
by
Hans
To: wallcrawlr
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.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:38:35 AM PDT
by
lds23
To: wallcrawlr
What about the 70's Ford Pinto?
To: wallcrawlr
What about the 70's Ford Pinto?
To: princess leah
**What about the 70's Ford Pinto? **
gasp!
I had a '72 squire wagon...great car for me. Never had a problem with it.
To: wallcrawlr
1977-90 Chevy ChevetteThe 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
To: wallcrawlr
Heck, I owned at least half of those vehicles in my life, bought used, of course.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:42:04 AM PDT
by
dakine
To: wallcrawlr
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!
To: wallcrawlr
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.
To: wallcrawlr
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.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:44:46 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: wallcrawlr
Pontiac Aztec 2002A car only a lesbian could love.
To: wallcrawlr
I didn't see the Hyundai's.
To: Phantom Lord
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.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:47:38 AM PDT
by
Weimdog
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Nor the Yugo! Which by the way, is going to be produced and sold again in America. But it will be called a ZMW.
To: Petronski
lol
To: 1Old Pro
BMW 2002
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:48:45 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: wallcrawlr
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.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:50:14 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: wallcrawlr
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.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:50:23 AM PDT
by
dead
To: wallcrawlr
Re: the Gremlin... "Were the designers at AMC blind? How could they consistently turn out so many hideous cars? LOL. Phew, that is funny.
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