Cars that should never have been made! (1 Viewer)

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From North America probably the best but least appreciated was the Studabaker , then I would go for GM as a solid performer, Ford was next even though they never figured out upper control arm bushings or valve seals , then a toss up between AMC not bad and MOPAR had good drive lines but the rest in quality and fit and finish was lacking. The Japanes cars were just coming on line but had awesome engines and transmissions but suffered with body corrosion. Cars from UK bad bodies and labour intensive and Euro cars other then the VW Beetle were expensive to keep on the road
 
Any US car after 1971? ;) :lol:
not so much after 71 as after 73 when the emmisssions control went harsh , I was a working at a shop that maintained the police cars and boy did they become slugs . The car they used in Starsky and Hutch in real life was a pure dog , the cops had one almost identical and it would be hard pressed to catch a cold
 
My first job after the service was at a Ford dealership in 73. Sometimes we would have to crank the new cars so long to get them to drive off the transporters, we'd have to boost the batteries. Any car from about 73-75 , tuned to US emmisions regulations was a pretty sorry running vehicle.
 
My pick of the top 5. Not all pretty but value for the money and extreemly reliable:
1. Honda Accord
2. Subaru Forester
3. Mazda MX-5
4. Mitsubishi Carisma
5. Toyota Yaris .
 
I agree the Japanese make the best cars globally

Yes and no Neil.
Honda have issues with Turbo's blowing, Toyota has a well documented issue with throttles.
If you want a 'white bread' car then a Japanese car is a good choice and plenty of people just need that.

John
 
not so much after 71 as after 73 when the emmisssions control went harsh , I was a working at a shop that maintained the police cars and boy did they become slugs . The car they used in Starsky and Hutch in real life was a pure dog , the cops had one almost identical and it would be hard pressed to catch a cold

I don't know. My buddy owns the car (and 5 more) and its pretty suped-up. This is a pic of him with Paul Michael Glaser, David Soul and Antonio Fargas during filming of the movie (my buddy Steve is on the far left) and Steve ad I in Atlantic City. He's an animal control officer like me in Camden County.
 

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How come no one has mentioned the KIA ? I worked for an Olds dealer that also sold KIA. We had such a problem with the check engine light, that around Christmas time the joke was, "do you want your check engine light in green or red". That was the original POS, and I saw DSM's actually offer people money, extended warrantys, and extended paid up service to keep them.

My daughter had a three cylinder Chevrolet and I can't remember the name of it. It was an automatic w/air, and you had to shut the air off just to get it rolling.

As for the Yugo, wasn't that billed as a disposable car ?

Second best car I ever owned was a 1978 Buick "Electra", six-door sedan !! My number one is my 1987 Mazda P/U. Still going with 168,000 miles on it.

Charles
 
The Yugo might have been perceived as a disposable car, but it wasn't billed as one. The Yugo I had actually wasn't too bad after I corrected several years of neglect from previous owners treating it like it was disposable. It got fair mileage, could be made to handle good, but there wasn't much power potential in the engine without spending a lot of money.

My present daily driver is a VW Jetta, getting close to 300,000 miles. The head has never been off the engine, though i'm getting ready to put on it's 4th timing belt.
 
Here's a few cars that should have never been made and were probably a serious waste of sheetmetal:

Chevy Camero - (early 80's) couldn't beat a Vespa motor-scooter across an intersection...
Chevy Citation (and GM clones)
Chevy Celebrity (and GM clones)
Chevy Vega (post UAW strike models)
Ford Pinto - (early models) NOT because of the myth that they blew up, but because thier drivetrains were total crap
Ford Escort (early models)
Pontiac Aztek - not only a total waste of sheetmetal, but plastic, aluminium and all other basic materials
Daihatsu Chirade - another waste
Geo Prizm - what were they thinking??
Geo Metro- same as above...
Fiat Strada (late 70's - this thing rusted faster than it burned fuel)
VEB Trabant - yeah, this was a real gem...
Renault Dauphine (my neighbor even had one...for some weird reason...)
 
Here's a few cars that should have never been made and were probably a serious waste of sheetmetal..great line Dave,
I would respond by saying one word in answer...:lol:

FRENCH

John
 

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