[Greg F]

Model T — whose mass production technique was the work of engineer William C. Klann, who had visited a slaughterhouse's "disassembly line" — conferred to Americans the notion of automobility as something akin to natural law, a right endowed by our Creator. A century later, the consequences of putting every living soul on gas-powered wheels are piling up, from the air over our cities to the sand under our soldiers' boots.

Worst thesis ever, not the worst car. Restated the argument is that the Model T was one of the worst cars ever because it was so affordable that it made everyone get or want a car. This led to war and environmental problems. Therefore the Model T was so attractive to consumers and so affordable that it was one of the worst cars ever. Time magazine publishes drivel.

[decimon]

A century later, the consequences of putting every living soul on gas-powered wheels are piling up...

It was government and not industry that put every living soul on the government roads.

[Freedom4US]

Propaganda Tip: whenever the deconstructionists refer to something as a “notion”; rest assured it is almost certainly part of the bedrock of society. See also “cherished delusions.”

[STONEWALLS]

“Time magazine publishes drivel.”

exactly!....and check out the Edsel review....they just gotta get in the anti-war Vietnam comments too.

a lot of these cars were in no way main stream....they didn’t represent the industry or the automotive public.

as others have remarked, the Model T review was a sham....for ease of repair and owner maintainence the T was very successful...many owners kept them running for years....my grandfather ran his during WW II when gas was hard to get...

[Sgt_Schultze]

Well, by hypothesizing that the Model T’s popularizing the auto has been destructive, TIME is as much as admitting that Guttenberg’s innovation of movable type has popularized the field of mass printing. The printing industry is one of the world’s largest polluters, from pulp manufacturing to printing and disposal of chemicals to the final disposal of the product into the world’s landfills. So by TIME’s reasoning, the printing press is quite possiblly the worst invention of all time.