1899 Horsey Horseless - The 50 Worst Cars of All Time - TIME

1899-1939
1899 Horsey Horseless
1909 Ford Model T
1911 Overland OctoAuto
1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo
1920 Briggs and Stratton Flyer
1933 Fuller Dymaxion
1934 Chrysler/Desoto Airflow
1940-1959
1949 Crosley Hotshot
1956 Renault Dauphine
1957 King Midget Model III
1957 Waterman Aerobile
1958 Ford Edsel
1958 Lotus Elite
1958 MGA Twin Cam
1958 Zunndapp Janus
1960-1974
1961 Amphicar
1961 Corvair
1966 Peel Trident
1970 AMC Gremlin
1970 Triumph Stag
1971 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron Two-Door Hardtop
1971 Ford Pinto
1974 Jaguar XK-E V12 Series III
1975-1989
1975 Bricklin SV1
1975 Morgan Plus 8 Propane
1975 Triumph TR7
1975 Trabant
1976 Aston Martin Lagonda
1976 Chevy Chevette
1978 AMC Pacer
1980 Corvette 305 "California"
1980 Ferrari Mondial 8
1981 Cadillac Fleetwood V-8-6-4
1981 De Lorean DMC-12
1982 Cadillac Cimarron
1982 Camaro Iron Duke
1984 Maserati Biturbo
1985 Mosler Consulier GTP
1985 Yugo GV
1986 Lamborghini LM002
1990-Present
1995 Ford Explorer
1997 GM EV1
1997 Plymouth Prowler
1998 Fiat Multipla
2000 Ford Excursion
2001 Jaguar X-Type
2001 Pontiac Aztek
2002 BMW 7-series
2003 Hummer H2
2004 Chevy SSR


Found this interestin over at the free-4-all forum section!

Whats everyone thoughts on this?

 

What is the definition of "worst" here? Design? Sales?

 

i read a humerious book that had the same topi but with diffrent results and much more witty diolouge. It listed i think it was the subaru 4wd i think it was called, needless to say it had a 4 wheel drive option that only came on when the windshild wipers were on. i think it was like # 3.

 

My buddy back home has an uncle that builds gremlins with some pretty potent v8s and their pretty bad ass. For the most part I agree with most of the others. I'm trying to picture what the pacer looks like and for the life of me can't see it....LOL @ the horsey horseless!

 

yea i saw that book at barnes n noble a while back

 

I read the article the other day.

His reason for listing the Model T :

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.

 

dunno

This is coming from Time/CNN.

 

U know, Subaru for awhile, perhaps like 5 years ago, it was the only car manufacture that had the lowest in-house warranty cliam than any other car maker in the US. This was coming from a SEMA webinar I went to awhile back.

I recalled back in '03, when I work for Gettel Acura, we happen to have a Subaru in our sister lot. I recalled at month mgr. meetings and viewing 1/4 figures. One the things that had always caught my attention were warranty % in-house cliams. Because, not many of you know this, warranty tend to make good $$$ money on both service and parts department. However, its not good for the car maker. It always recall Subaru being less than 15%, which in numbers, thats fucking good! lol

 

I think these are just cars the author thinks are the worst.

I can see cars like the Pacer, Pinto, and Yugo showing up, I think almost everyone can agree on those examples of "worst cars". But his reason for some of the others are stupid.

He claims the Chrysler Airflow as one. This car was way ahead of it time as far as aerodynamics go, the depression and the car's style didn't catch on with the public at that time. So somehow it deserves to be on the list.

 

If the list came from road & track magazine or something I might be more impressed...but CNN? Whocares. That's like me picking out the worst baseball players of all time. Keep in mind I don't know shit about baseball.