50 worst cars of all time

[pishta]

1980 Corvette 305 "California"..."Federal emissions requirements of the 1970s took a big neutering knife to American muscle cars, and no car bled more than the Corvette. The worst of it came in California — dang hippy librels! — where stricter state regs required that the barely adequate 350 cu.-in. smallblock in the 1980 Corvette be replaced with a wholly inadequate 305 V8, putting out 180 hp of pure shame. On top of that, the "California" Corvette sucked its pitiful rivulet of horsepower through the straw of a torque-sapping three-speed automatic transmission. That gave the Corvette — the very totem of hairy-chest, disco machismo — acceleration comparable to a very hot Vespa. These were dark days indeed."

excerpt from a hilarious Time magazine article. 3 Chryslers in there too..well, not really Mopars... http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1658545,00.html

 

[sr71mopar]

Parked right next door to me is a 80 Corvette which I have driven on occasion. It's far from the worst and pretty fast for all the smog crap on it. Perfectly original L82 California car. It's for sale by a little old lady school teacher.

 

[Abodybomber]

Crazy part is,that is the old 350/350 cam.Amazing,if they had the Vortec head flow then.....