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Description: When discussing automotive horrors that car connoisseurs remember fondly you have to start with the Ford Pinto. Nothing says party wagon quite like the Pinto. This baby often came in a deep mud brown ...
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@Chris. And your still breathing? Man, that story should be on 'I shouldnt be alive'
What killed Ford with the Pinto is that after learning about the design flaw, Ford decided that instead of spending around $5 I believe to fix the problem on every car, they decided it was more cost-effective to pay the $220K for the occassional
The problem was that the bolts holding the rear bumper on would puncture the gas tank in a rear end collision, which could have been prevented if Ford didn't build the car at cut cost to compete with imports.
They are front engine. I think carbuzz just made a mistake and meant something other then "engine on the rear". Or the writer seen the pinto and for some reason thought of the corvair
I've been towed out of sand when I had my integra from a ford pinto. One of the more embarrassing moments of my life. Lol
My mom had a 77 pinto. She stopped doing oil changes at around 95 thousand miles. When we gave it to our neighbor cause he needed a car. It had around 493 thousand miles. That 2.3 was bulletproof.
Round headlights square holes was a mid70s design staple. The Camero, Chevelle, Vega, Impala, Monte Carlo. Etc..bit seemed llke a plastic facia needed them.
Square headlight wells with round headlights works on the 280zx. Nothing else.
Ugh, that front end. When did anyone ever think square headlight wells and round headlights looked good?
Not only is it a pinto but it's green and wood paneled, the trifecta of ugly
Description: The Chevrolet Vega is the car so many loved but just refused to love its owners back. With a nice design that was true to its make, big things were expected of the Vega. It made a splash in the 1970&a...
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On top of this, the engine was notorious for tearing itself apart due to bad design. John DeLorean said in his book that a lot of people were embarrassed by how badly the Vega turned out.
Ha I like it its a baby camaro and that one carbuzz covered a while back with a 305 was bad ass
What about that hot Pontiac Trans Am in the background? Looks like a 1980-1981?
The pinto and Vega could have been better if the manufactures would have engineered better.Remember the pinto lasted until 1981 & the Vega went on to be the Chevy Monza and that too went until 1981 so these cars were not all that bad when you think the pinto was replaced by the Escort and the Vega/Monza was replaced by the Cavalier
Description: It would be an injustice to mention the name Pontiac Aztek without including the word revolutionary. This is not because it may have destroyed an 84 year old brand or is the ugliest thing to ever look...
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@matt, I'm sorry but that there is no lower on the "just cut off my d*** now" scale then driving a Prius.. lol
The Aztec people, knowing the future, chose to die before they had to see this.
I really don't hate this car, I won't say it's beautiful, but by no means is it a prius...
They called it a Crossover because that's what you did. Cross over to the other side of the interstate to the other dealership
I saw this car on the road yesterday, it's ugly but we aren't all made out of money.
It's a crossover, crossover = FWD and light towing, SUV = RWD and real towing.
It's a shitty SUV and a shitty crossover. Just a steaming pile in general.
It's ugly in a cool way, in my opinion. Kinda like the gremlin. They're good cars too, actually.
Honestly, I think the back end is the real deal breaker. Square it off and it would just look like any other SUV of the time, albeit kinda bloated and with a dorky front end.
Its ugly, but my friend has one, and once you get inside, you know you're safe. And is has a decent ride.
Omg I see these all over town and I really want to ask those people WHY they bought it.
I always thought it had a nice ride but anyone who likes this is the same person who looks at a corolla and goes "now there's a great looking car"
couldnt this thing pitch a tent from from the factory? it was a camping package or something.....anyways....damn....
It maybe ugly as they come,but when you do not have much to spend this odd ball is better then having nothing,remember its ugliness makes it cheap to buy
Pictures dont do justice for this car.. Its ugly as shit, what was pontiac thinking.. This has a lot of accessory, jst think about what the base or mid trim looks like.
I've always had a soft-spot for the Aztek. "Dark Angel" is likely to blame.
Description: Last, but certainly not least is the electrifying 1985 Yugo GV. Loyalists of the brand often get defensive when they hear people describe their most prized possession as a laughingstock. Giving new me...
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Screw that, the worst car is the Geo Metro. Surprisingly there's a lot of people in New York that have one.
$4000 in 1985 is about $8500 in today's money. The cheapest new car today is the Nissan Versa sedan at $10,900 or 5000 in 1985 money. Just some numbers to draw your own conclusions from.
I am struggling to think of anyone who would look at this and think it was beautiful
"this the most expensive... penis, of the three." LOL, I love Top Gear
Take a Fiat 145, strip out the few good bits and then you get this. Even the fuel mileage was abysmal and that was supposed to be one of the attractions of buying one.
Oh yeah the 'Bentley' the merc and the rolls :) one of my favorite episodes
I wonder if this was cool back in the days.. Its jst isnt that good looking..
Thinking the same thing Nick
@nick they just failed to mention the mustang 2
Wait a sec.... American Top Gear
They were saying that they couldn't perceive their customers wants when they made these cars. Not now. Read it again
I swear car buzz can write some of the worst crap. Yes, they're bad cars, but to say that Chevy and Ford can no longer perceive what their customers want... Um no