The Worst American Cars - POLL

Forbes ^ | 10.21.02 | Michael Frank

[RobRoy]

I owned a GM Vega and a GM 1980 Skylark.

I will never own another GM car.

[59fury]

Yes the Pacer was was supposed to be be front wheel drive and rotary powered But GM after squandering 125 million from AMC for development of a rotary engine said it was impossible to meet emissions requirements. I guess AMC should have talked to Mazda?

[bryboman]

Well, if you only had about 6 million dollars to work with, for the Gremlin, what did you expect?

Some people think the Matador coupe is a classic/pure styling from Dick Teague. I dunno.

Still for the 3 AMC’s I owned, I would take ANY of them
back. I had a 76 Pacer, 80 Spirit and 83 Concord. All made it over 200K. LOVED them!!!

[herMANroberts]

Haven’t read all the replies, but I didn’t know there was a 1957 Edsel.

[eyedigress]

Thanks for reviving this thread. I'm surprised my 1973 Pinto did'nt make the list!

[herMANroberts]

We had some chevettes in our state motor pool in Sacramento. On a hot day, you had to turn the AC off to get on the freeway if the ramp had any type of incline.

[wardaddy]

Worst car this side of the East Bloc is any Land Rover product made for any age Yuppie with mileage past warranty.

That any Land Rover since the old Series or 110 models have sold as well as they have given that they are such absolute overpriced unreliable crap is a testament to their allure.

[rimtop56]

It’s mentioned as the twin of another one.

[duncan36]

One of the worst would have to be the ‘96 Taurus. The car was so hideous no one wanted to buy one.
Aztec was also one of the worst. Also the name was ridiculous lets name a car model after a cannibalistic, devil worshipping culture. Whats next the Chevrolet Nazi?
Chevrolet Vega was pretty terrible. Heard one person describe the sheetmetal wearing like it was made out of ‘compressed rust’ and that says it all about that car.