The 10 Worst Cars Ever Sold In America - Not A Mopar In Sight

[pacuda59]

LOL........

In 2007, Time with Pulizter Prize-winning journalist Dan Neil named the Dauphine one of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time, calling it "the most ineffective bit of French engineering since the Maginot Line" and saying that it could actually be heard rusting.[15]

 

[mopar head]

I confess,
My first was a 67 R-10, I did`nt learn my lesson and bought this 65 R-8.
I really liked driving these cars.
Good points-
First production car to have 4 wheel disc brakes.
50 MPG!
Most compfortable seats I ever sit in.
Go around a turn like nothing.
Bad points-
Single pot master cylinder:shock:
Narrow, you`d set shoulder to shoulder,
No distinctive gear location, you had to row way wide from
2nd to 3rd requiring passenger to move their leg over
when shifting.
A whopping 68 hp I believe.
No parts support.

 

[Captain Canuck]

They should be on the list, at least the early Tercels.
This is the hole in the wall that a Camry with a stuck throttle put in our parking garage about a week ago.

If this incident happened a week ago due to a sticking accelerator pedal, then it is the owners fault for not taking his car in to the dealership and having the issue addressed! A recall was issued in 2010....3 years ago!

 

[cudavert]

I don't think the same criteria is being applied the same to all cars on this list.

#5 - 2003 Saturn Ion, shockingly incompetent to drive and with a stupid interior to match. Kick it and your foot could get stuck in the gaps between the plastic body panels. Easily the second worst car of the 21st century.

What the hell is this guy talking about? "Incompetent to drive"? This vague complaints could apply to 10,000 cars. I see a million old Saturns everyday on the freeway being used as daily drivers. I don't think whoever wrote this is even a car guy.

Pintos?....good car with 1 flaw. Vegas?....good (and pretty) car with 1 flaw. Mustang II's.....pretty good car, and the fastback was sort of cool with the 5.0. Edsel?.....why was it a bad car? It's the same thing as a Fairlane, just a bit uglier.

I owned a Plymouth Reliant. Those are some junky *** cars. The drivetrain might have been 1/2 decent, but all the little window crank mechanisms, door pull handles, sunvisors, gauges that looked like they came free in a Cheerios box.....even the carpet and seat cloth was soooo cheap. I can't believe they aren't on the list. Those things screamed "I'M POORR!!"

 

[jaimus]

LOL........

In 2007, Time with Pulizter Prize-winning journalist Dan Neil named the Dauphine one of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time, calling it "the most ineffective bit of French engineering since the Maginot Line" and saying that it could actually be heard rusting.[15]

Just like Toyotas here in New England,....Its extremely rare to see a 20 year old Toyota. Its a shame the body's were such crap, and the motors were so good....Don't get near one with a salt packet from McDonalds...

 

[67Dart273]

Pintos?....good car with 1 flaw. Vegas?....good (and pretty) car with 1 flaw. Mustang II's.....pretty good car, and the fastback was sort of cool with the 5.0. Edsel?.....why was it a bad car? It's the same thing as a Fairlane, just a bit uglier.

You must have MUCH different criteria than I, because I don't consider ANY of those cars "good" or "pretty good" or "cool."

The Edsel: Mostly styling, outdated for it's changing time, and at the very start of the awakening of safety awareness of the pubic, they did WHAT? REALLY? Put the transmission shifter in the center of the steering wheel?

Vegas. I used to know a "girl." She was a civilian from the E. coast working at Miramar, San Diego, and had a Vega 1-2? years old at the time. One day at the hobby shop I was helping her tune the thing up, and when time to close the hood, she says "WAIT, I need my special tools."

So she gets in the back, gets out 4 of those huge cheap "bin" screwdrivers you used to see, and had to stick them between the crack of the fenders and hood to pry the hood in place!!!!! The are was already rusting from spending just ONE winter on the E coast!!!

Poontang II's. These were so close to being Pintoed it's not even funny. In WA the state patrol tried to use them and they literally fell apart.

Pintoeds and Vega (matics) were the dictionary definition of why many Americans bought Jap cars.

 

[breakstuff]

No Toyotas on the list either... I build them with pride!!

Moving forward











Uncontrollably

 

[breakstuff]

The Cavalier / Sunbird were TERRIBLE cars. I remember a cousin of mine worked as a Mechanical engineer doing automation, and he toured the Lordstown OH GM plant where the Cavalier/Sunbirds were produced and told me they had the fastest line speed in the country - not good for producing a quality car.

I've owned 2 Sunbirds in my life. Both the best cars I ever owned. My last was a 91, 35MPG and I gave it away with 200K on the clock.

 

[dartman1965]

Two words: Renault Dauphine

Hey,I had a dauphine.It was a 1959 if I remember.A neighbor gave it to me when I was like 14.Saw why after trying to work on it with my dad.

 

[cudavert]

You must have MUCH different criteria than I, because I don't consider ANY of those cars "good" or "pretty good" or "cool."

The Edsel: Mostly styling, outdated for it's changing time, and at the very start of the awakening of safety awareness of the pubic, they did WHAT? REALLY? Put the transmission shifter in the center of the steering wheel?

I'm thinking having that large center hub might actually make a person safer in a head-on collision, as far as getting impaled by the column. And I don't think energy-absorbing steering columns came out for another 7 or 8 years after the Edsel was axed.

Vegas. I used to know a "girl." She was a civilian from the E. coast working at Miramar, San Diego, and had a Vega 1-2? years old at the time. One day at the hobby shop I was helping her tune the thing up, and when time to close the hood, she says "WAIT, I need my special tools."

So she gets in the back, gets out 4 of those huge cheap "bin" screwdrivers you used to see, and had to stick them between the crack of the fenders and hood to pry the hood in place!!!!! The are was already rusting from spending just ONE winter on the E coast!!!

1-2 years old and it's massive rust that causing the hood to be out of alignment? If that was true, I'd think the doors and fenders would have holes big enough to put your head through. Most likely just a hood out of adjustment.

Poontang II's. These were so close to being Pintoed it's not even funny. In WA the state patrol tried to use them and they literally fell apart.

Pintoeds and Vega (matics) were the dictionary definition of why many Americans bought Jap cars.

Okay, so you're saying that 70's Jap cars WOULD be able to stand up to being state patrol cars? Come on now.....

 

[Randy WM]

Wayne and Garth notwithstanding, the Pacer gives the Aztek a run for its money in the ugly department.