Yah, I think it is a good question, even if the article is a steaming pile of . . . nonsense.
I was going to vote for the Ford Pinto in the 1970’s, as unsafe, unreliable, unattractive and uncomfortable. However, it did have the virtue of being affordable, so it could be beaten as the worst car ever.
“I was going to vote for the Ford Pinto in the 1970’s, as unsafe, unreliable, unattractive and uncomfortable.”
I had a ‘76 when I was a teenager. Crappiest car I’ve ever owned.
“I was going to vote for the Ford Pinto in the 1970’s, as unsafe, unreliable, unattractive and uncomfortable. However, it did have the virtue of being affordable, so it could be beaten as the worst car ever.”
The Pinto, and the Mustang II, were the greatest source of donor parts to the hot rod crowd of all time. Great parts, and that Lima engine could be tuned to 500 hp, but lousy execution.
You talking about the Pinto Port-a-Pottie? My roommate had one but she was the only one with a car so we loved it.
I got a hand-me-down Pinto. It was indestructible by anything other than a collision. That sucker ran even when the dashboard was literally disintegrating and the engine and parts was held together with electrical tape and wire! All my relatives called it the MF- for Millenium Falcon( what a piece of junk). Orange yet, but it got the job done. It was still running fine when I donated it to charity because the dashboard and interior was coming off in chunks!
The car I’ve always wanted is probably on the list too. The AMC Pacer. Don’t know how they were mechanically speaking, but I liked the ‘fishtank’ look of it and the wide base.With all that glass it couldn’t have had a blind spot.
If they remake the Pacer- I’ll get one!
I owned two of them and found them to be quite reliable...however me being a young and dumb teen-twenty something, I totalled both of them before they reached 40k miles.
BTW...the first WASN'T MY FAULT! I t-boned and totalled a Mercury Marquis that pulled across my lane and stopped before getting all the way into the median. Cops said my skid marks were 128 feet before impact. Also, I wasn't wearing my seat belt...the steering wheel looked like a pretzel and I escaped with a laceration to my shin.
At least I was never rear ended!