The 10 Worst Cars - Ever!

[Retired LTC USAR]

The first car I had was a 74 Vega station wagon. Drove it for years till the head cracked.

If they had only put cast iron liners in the cylinders, I think I would have lasted for ever.

 

[kennyb]

the two biggest pieces of junk that i have owned were a 68 corvette and a 86 aerostar mini van

 

[6thtexas]

I always heard that the name Fiat actually stood for Fix It Again Tony.

 

[jag312]

David LaPell; you don't like Lancia? Olay, maybe the re-badged Fiats, bur what about the Stratos.

Lancia Stratos Tribute - YouTube


And for your driving pleasure, the new Stratos

New Stratos at Circuit Spa Franchorchamps - YouTube

Lancia Stratos + New Stratos in Coburg - YouTube

Is there anyone here who would not love to drive one?

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I don't agree on the Pinto's. Had a '73 wagon in 1976. Put 106,000 miles then bought a '76 wagon. Put 103,000 on that one. Then years went by & my Mother was put in a rest home so I inherited her '73 Pinto wagon with 19,200 miles on it. This was in 1995 & Mom lived in Denver, me in Calif. Drove the Pinto for several years then in 2002 gave it to my son who promptly blew it up over revving it. Brought it back to me & I finally sold it for 100 bucks. End of my Pinto story.

 

[gregintenn]

I'd add a Prius and a Chevy Volt high on the list.

 

[Sebago Son]

No Kidding!

Hey Drew;

I would have pushed it off the ferry. Never thought of that.

Cheers;
Lefty

I considered it Lefty, but that greasy little eyetiemobile probably wouldn't sink. And it would definitely leave a ring around the Hamptons....

 

[speedshooter]

The first car I had was a 74 Vega station wagon. Drove it for years till the head cracked.

If they had only put cast iron liners in the cylinders, I think I would have lasted for ever.

Had a vega wagon that i had steel sleeves put in ,shaved the head, changes the cam...little porting and polishing..header system and a Holley carb...ran mid 14's in the quarter mile.

 

[silentflyer]

The Old's/GM 350 diesel deal was a reworked 350 OLD'S gas engine which was a GREAT gas engine, but never designed to handle the loads and stress of being a diesel. Not sure who the genius who came up with the bright idea of trying to make it do something it was never intended to be. Only the idiots in Detroit/Lansing etc. could so misjudge what they could pawn off on the American consumer. That being said I have never owned any Jap or European cars or motor cycles, I still believe in "made in USA" . I usually get around 300,000 miles out of Detroit iron.

 

[deanodog]

I owned a corvair and thought it was a nice driving small car. I never did any Nader driving in it so I had no problem with "unsafe at any speed" he claimed. It had a couple of issues but I bought it with a lot of miles on it. I traded it to a Ford station wagon to haul go carts and kid's bikes.

 

[Sebago Son]

".. I still believe in "made in USA" . I usually get around 300,000 miles out of Detroit iron."

+1. My last three Gran Marquis all got over 250,000 and were in good running condition when I let go of them. The 4.6 is a great motor. The trannys get a little punky around 125,000 and usually there is a slushbox rebuild in your future before you get to 150,000 but other than that the Crown Vic / Grand Marq is a great platform. It must be, because the masterminds at FOMOCO have just killed it off.

 

[oldman45]

1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra a real piece o ........... rubbish! I will never own another Oldsmobile

Since lawyers do not buy used cars I can assure you that you are right. They do not make them any more.

However if you own a Cadillac, the motor is likely an Oldsmobile. There have been a lot of litigation about GM using Olds motors in the Cadillacs.

The car that caused me the most headaches was a Covair Sypder convertible. Bought it new and on the way home, the fan belt came off. In fact, it continued to have belts fly off during trips of 20 miles or more.

 

[G-Mac]

1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra a real piece o ........... rubbish! I will never own another Oldsmobile

That's good...they don't make them any more.

Edit...oops...oldman45 beat me to it....

 

[Muddyboot]

My first car was a 73 Vega notchback, burned a quart of oil a day if you drove 10 miles or a 100. I looked like a Mosquito fogging truck going down the road.

 

[bgrafsr]

What about the Citroen? And the new, ugly box cars being made now?

 

[sophie]

When I got married in Sept. 1961 I bought a brand new 61' Corvair coupe, I had sold my B-Gasser and got some money together to get married. Kept the Corvair 3 mos. and traded for a new 1962 Impala w/409--4 spd.--4:56 positrak and I was back in business. I liked the Corvair.

_____
James

 

[Kavinsky]

anything made by Scion, namely the XB as it looks like a childs hideous plaything or someones ugly modern shoes like those ones that have the kids scribble marks on them for the soles that are a different color from the rest shoe.

and they have the gull to market it towards people like me, I'd rather be shot that be forced to drive one, save for maybe the one that seems alright the TC

A late 1980's Civic or any sort of a japanese box like that one like this one that Clarkson destroyed

Jeremy Clarkson tests the Nissan Sunny - YouTube

and I think that pretty much describes my critera of what a bad car is to a tee.

although I do like some of the later integras from about the late 90's, the type R in particular from about 96 or 97, but that was actually a fun car, not a dredfull commuter car like the old 80's civc one of my ex girlfriends owned.

Dodge Caravan - I HATE minivans and after being driven around in a 96 for a family vacation about 10 years ago I wanted to do this to it afterwards:

Miami Vice - Jeff Fahey blows up Crockett's Ferrari - YouTube

and dont worry they didnt actually destroy the daytona, its still around and in loving hands, unlike the testarossa which is lavishing in a flea market in miami with **** all over it
Ferrari Testarossa on turn-table platform: Swapshop Flea market. (Car used on Miami Vice) - YouTube

the Nissain Cube - do I even need to explain why? just look at it!

File:Nissan Cube Z11 003.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Dr.-d]

The 1979 2.3 litre. Turbo 4cyl mustang.

 

[P&R Fan]

Anybody remember the OLD Mazda Rotarys? Not the Rx-7, those were for the rich guys. I had a '76 Cosmo. Actually I had four of 'em, and three actually ran. The 13B Rotary was an impressive motor. Way more power than it should have been capable of. Nobody knew how to work on them, except people who owned them. Then it was out of necessity. A friend and I owned several older rotaries, and we got so we could tear down one of the 4 BBL carbs they had, clean it and put it back together in about 20 minutes. Mostly because we had to do so every few days just to keep the dang things running.
Even so, I had a lot of fun in those little buggers.
Ah, the follies of youth.
Jim

 

[jkc]

I owned both a Pinto and a Vega....never had a problem with either of them that I can recall. They were both fairly well tricked out with accessories and were actually kinda cute cars.

The most important Pinto accessory was the cautionary bumpersticker: "Danger! Inflammable! Do Not Bump!"