Worst made car on the road right there. Gas milleage doesn't really mean a whole lot when you are a red smear on the highway.
Posted on 04/12/2010 8:05:57 AM PDT by throwback
If you want to drive something dependable and long-lasting, steer clear of these vehicles.
With a 22% improvement in sales last month, and despite the six-month, $4.3 billion loss it announced Wednesday, General Motors is likely to have its strongest spring and summer in years. Plus, the automaker had critically acclaimed new products at the recent New York Auto Show and the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt is due out this fall.
More from Forbes.com:
• In Depth: Worst-Made Cars On The Road
• Navigating Your Way Through Traffic
• Cars With the Best Gas Mileage
Year-over-year sales of GM's Cadillac division alone are up almost 76%; sales in the Buick, Chevrolet and GMC divisions were each up more than 40% for March. The industry as a whole was up 24.3%.
Unfortunately just because GM's cars are selling well now doesn't mean they're the best bet for durability or value -- yet. It'll take awhile before GM's new direction shows up in tangible new products at the dealership.
Four of the seven vehicles on our list of the worst-made cars on the road come from GM brands.
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I don’t know about the F-250, but I just bought an F-150 STX....that truck gets 20.5 MPG which is much better than the prior two Dodges I had. I am entirely happy with this truck - and it is not Government Made.
Worst made car on the road right there. Gas milleage doesn't really mean a whole lot when you are a red smear on the highway.
And I have a 1998 Ford Expedition SUV with 196,000 miles and still running like a charm. Conversely every GM product I have owned (Olds Cutlass, Pontiac 6000, Chev Lumina, Pontiac Grand Am) have been complete dogs. I have literally replaced the entire vehicles with major repairs & maintenance. I will never buy another GM product again, especially now that they are GM (Gubmint Motors) products.
FUBO!!!
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It’s for people who missed their change to buy a Yugo...
It’s a golf cart with a body...
I retired my ‘94 Sururban with 262,000 miles on it. Ran it hard as a work vehicle, and it racked up a lot of miles over the couple of years before we finally moved from the Puget Sound area to the north Idaho woods. Drove over here almost every other weekend to work on the place.
The Jeep Wrangler is included. Not to cast doubt on this report but there’s only one car in the list, the Aveo. All the rest are larger vehicles which leads me to believe the test criteria is skewed towards fuel economy and safety crash tests.
Boycott all GM products. The government beast must be starved; in fact, boycott most union-made products.
I can see all the others on the list, but the F-250? I’m puzzled by that. I never owned one, but I’ve been in several and know folks who have them.
jw
I love my 2007 H3. I had a 1996 Ford Explorer that I loved as well.
I've owned two GM vehicles -- a '79 Caddy sedan and (currently) a '96 Tahoe. No problems at all with either. But I wouldn't buy anything new from them.
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When did this go electric? I thought the “Smart” car was gas powered??? The gas version is a joke. My Mercury Milan with a 5 speed and 4 cylinder gets better highway mileage thet the Smart car. I want a 2010 Ford Fusion or Milan with 4 cylinder and a 6 speed manual gearbox. I would guess it gets 40 to 42 mpg highway.
The Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan also has a great safety rating.
I was puzzled, too, until I saw that they were relying on “Consumer Reports”, an entity which I not merely do not respect, but actively hold in contempt.
Isn’t the Volt also seriously overpriced? Somewhere I read the MSRP exceeded $30K.
For less protection and speed than the Aveo, a crappy car in its own right with a 36 MPG rating, you can put 144,000 miles on an Aveo even with $5 per gallon gas and still come out ahead once the time value of money is calculated.
In a way I have to agree. Just now replacing the engine on my C2500 with 568,000 miles. Hope I get the same out of the new engine. One transmission at 370,000, about 5 alternators, and two radiators. Not too bad.
Yup....pox on CR!
Neither of my Nissan’s are on the list! Plus, they weren’t made by union thugs!
I love my GM cars and I dont care who made them or who owns the company. Flame away.
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