CometMan Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Hey everybody, just curious what your least favorite car/truck is? Not looking for "I don't like anything that's not made by ____", but do you have a particular reason for not liking "Brand X"? Or better yet, is there a specific year or model of car that you thought a manufacturer completely laid an egg on?
sjordan2 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 We've been here many, many times before on this forum. Pontiac Aztek gets the most votes.
Belugawrx Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Aztek had it until "Breaking Bad" came out.. No, on second thought, the Aztek still holds "Ugliest"
Harry P. Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Aztec probably gets the prize for ugliest design ever... but that's not quite the same as "least favorite" car. To the OP's question of a manufacturer "laying an egg," I nominate the Cadillacs with the V8-6-4 variable displacement system. Or the Aspens and Volares that rusted through a week after you brought them home.
lordairgtar Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 BMWs, especially the ones I encounter on the I-94 between Chicago and Milwaukee
sjordan2 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) If we're going beyond styling, there's the one and only Yugo. Maybe the Trabant. Edited February 13, 2016 by sjordan2
MrObsessive Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 To the OP's question of a manufacturer "laying an egg," I nominate the Cadillacs with the V8-6-4 variable displacement system. Harry, I'd have to top that with GM's miserable attempt at a Diesel engine from the late '70's, early '80's! Untold numbers of cars that had to be converted back to regular gas engines (if the owner even bothered), due to the engine blocks cracking after only 50,000 miles or less. In Cadillac's case, this was woeful along with the terrible V8-6-4 system. The Diesels were so bad, I literally can't remember the last time I've seen (or better yet heard) one on the road.
lordairgtar Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Harry, I'd have to top that with GM's miserable attempt at a Diesel engine from the late '70's, early '80's! Untold numbers of cars that had to be converted back to regular gas engines (if the owner even bothered), due to the engine blocks cracking after only 50,000 miles or less. In Cadillac's case, this was woeful along with the terrible V8-6-4 system. The Diesels were so bad, I literally can't remember the last time I've seen (or better yet heard) one on the road. I owned one of those sorry diesels. Olds Delta 88 sedan, not sure of the year anymore. The previous owner buggered the dash so bad you had to go through a Batman style routine to start it. It did not work the normal way through the ignition switch. Turn key to ON position, flip glow plug toggle, flip fuel pump toggle, turn key to crank engine, and when started flip glow plug toggle to OFF. Woe be to the person who would forget that sequence. Of course no one could steal the car, and believe me they tried.
MrObsessive Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Woe be to the person who would forget that sequence. Of course no one could steal the car, and believe me they tried.
CometMan Posted February 14, 2016 Author Posted February 14, 2016 Aztec probably gets the prize for ugliest design ever... but that's not quite the same as "least favorite" car. To the OP's question of a manufacturer "laying an egg," I nominate the Cadillacs with the V8-6-4 variable displacement system. Or the Aspens and Volares that rusted through a week after you brought them home. As a side bar to your Cadillac V8-6-4 engine Harry, my dad was a project engineer for a large specialty machine design company in those days, he was in charge of a group that had the "pleasure" of designing the machine that cast the blocks for those engines. I remember him coming home right after he found out his company had "won" the contract saying "that engine will never work, but if GM wants a machine, we'll build them a machine". It didn't take long for them to start sticking in odd number configurations and they all had to be recalled!
Can-Con Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Aztek had it until "Breaking Bad" came out.. No, on second thought, the Aztek still holds "Ugliest" I think the Nissan Juke has top honours now.
Harry P. Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 I think the Nissan Juke has top honours now. I believe there's a typo in your post. It's a Nissan Joke.
MrObsessive Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Yet, these things are all over the roads! I work with someone that has (had) one----unfortunately (for him) he wrecked it the other morning on the way to work on our endlessly slick roads here in Central PA. He was OK.....not a scratch, but from what he mentioned about the wreck, the Juke was totaled. He apparently loved it, but I could never get used to the styling of this thing. Too many conflicting styling cues on it. What is it supposed to be exactly?? A car, Crossover, or.........???
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) Much as the styling of the Juke initially made me want to puke, I'm beginning to feel kinda sorry for the poor things. I'm thinking the intent was to design a car that was as non-carlike as humanly possible, and so to appeal to the legions of people who see and dislike the whole idea of cars as macho symbolism, but who need transportation. The people I know who own them would seem to back up my psychobabble theory. Anyway, they look like frogs. How can you hate a cute little frog? The Aztek on the other hand...yuck. But neither of them can hold a candle to the all-time champion of automotive ugly... Edited February 14, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
highway Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Harry, I'd have to top that with GM's miserable attempt at a Diesel engine from the late '70's, early '80's! Untold numbers of cars that had to be converted back to regular gas engines (if the owner even bothered), due to the engine blocks cracking after only 50,000 miles or less. In Cadillac's case, this was woeful along with the terrible V8-6-4 system. The Diesels were so bad, I literally can't remember the last time I've seen (or better yet heard) one on the road. If I remember correctly, weren't those just a gas engine converted to the poor excuse of a diesel they were to begin with? I think the Nissan Juke has top honours now. I believe there's a typo in your post. It's a Nissan Joke. I believe there is a typo in both of your posts, it should start with the letter "P"! Speaking of vomit inducing designs, and since I'm a trucker, a brainless wonder in the Peterbilt design group turned this into this hideous thing that looks like a football helmet in the early 90s. Cabover trucks were never meant to be aerodynamic!!
Belugawrx Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Ok ..I thought this was the worst,... But then, see what I mean,...
Harry P. Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 OK, obviously I'm missing your point. To me, that's a pretty good looking truck.
Harry Joy Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Hmmm... I could go with the cars that made the last 20 years of cars so gawdawful, like the Ford Taurus or Chevy Cavalier. Or I could go with one of the most loathsome cars of the modern era, the Hummer? Nah. My vote goes to:
martinfan5 Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 Ford Tempo, biggest sorriest piece of junk ever built ( ok, not really, but you feel that way after being lucky enough own one)
THarrison351 Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 1988-1993 Pontiac (Daewoo) Le Mans. What a disgrace to a classic name.
High octane Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 I really can't stand the looks of the '59 Ford or the '61 Dodge & Plymouths.
highway Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 OK, obviously I'm missing your point. To me, that's a pretty good looking truck. It must just be a trucker thing, the truckers I'm friends with all think that truck is ugly with a capital UGLY! At least for my personal tastes, this is a pretty good looking truck, because it is my other daily driver. This is an even prettier truck because it has more chrome goodies, and yes, another former daily driver. And this one is one you'd love more than a woman! No, this wasn't one of my driver's, even though I know the owner and did try to steal it a time or too!
highway Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 1988-1993 Pontiac (Daewoo) Le Mans. What a disgrace to a classic name.X2!! I had the displeasure of driving one of those as a rental car to the dealership to pick up my mom's car for her from the shop. It had a hard time outrunning a snail!
Petetrucker07 Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 I agree with you Matt. Pete sure put out a goober with that sorry excuse for a truck. I just can't believe that someone okd that design. I'm glad it didn't replace the 362 though. If I remember correctly, weren't those just a gas engine converted to the poor excuse of a diesel they were to begin with? I believe there is a typo in both of your posts, it should start with the letter "P"! Speaking of vomit inducing designs, and since I'm a trucker, a brainless wonder in the Peterbilt design group turned this into this hideous thing that looks like a football helmet in the early 90s. Cabover trucks were never meant to be aerodynamic!!
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