Have no idea on the year. But it was a Mercury Bobcat. I traded my 66 Impala for it and rued the day. That Impala would climb snow covered hills and get me where I needed to go. The Bobcat required that the A/C be turned off to climb a hill on clear day. I made $300 car payments to my Dad for 8 months to pay off that awful car. I was so happy when I unloaded that POC and moved on.
Your comment made me immediately think of Real Genius
Chris Knight: Hey Kent... That's your car.
Mitch: Kent, you know you're not supposed to park that on campus.
Kent: You've gone too far this time, Knight.
Chris Knight: [whiny, scared voice] I had help! [points to Mitch]
Kent: You, huh? Well you won't get away with this.Doctor Hathaway's gonna hear all about this. You'll rue the day!
Chris Knight: "Rue the day?" Who talks like that?