Top 8 Worst Cars Ever - Now With Craptastic Videos!
8. Chevrolet Chevette
The name is a combination of Chevrolet and Corvette. Get it? Neither do I. I can see where it has the build quality of a late-70's/early-80's Chevrolet, but what does this car have to do with a Corvette? Oh right, it breaks down every 50 miles. In the following commercial, the Chevette will bounce through the mud and drive under a Ford Escort. After filming this ad, the stunt driver threw himself under a Ford Escort to avoid the embarrassment of seeing himself driving a Chevette on TV every day.
7. AMC Pacer
What is it about the owners of the AMC Pacer wagon that sets them apart? They are all mongoloids, but their parents/owners taught them at a very early age to tell everyone they are "smart" (this word must be said quickly with a perky voice). The Pacer came from the factory pre-rusted. Evangelicals used to buy their sons Pacers because it would ensure no pre-marital hanky-panky despite the ample room in the back.
6. Chevrolet Citation
My family once owned one of these cars. What more can be said about this car. Besides the rust problem and the engine so weak it couldn't be measured in horsepower (it was rated at 3 midgets, which it turns out was exactly what was in there, running around little exercise wheels), the Citation was terribly unsafe. I tragically lost 4 older siblings in various Citation fender-benders, although my parents have since claimed I just imagined them. Did I mention that you could literally grab the paint and tear it off? That's because the exterior panels were made out of recycled cardboard.
5. Ford Pinto
The Pinto was advertised as "a little care-free car." That's good and all, but you probably should care when someone rams your bumper from behind, because it means you've got about 10 seconds of life left. As you can see from the second video below, the gas tank would explode in a rather impressive inferno. What you can't see is the poorly-engineered door lock system trapping any passengers inside this death box. The cute little pony from the first video below was destroyed during filming when it rubbed a little too close to the rear bumper. The film crew ate well that day.
4. Volkswagen Thing
The name Volkswagen literally translates into English as "people's car." I don't know German, but I'm pretty sure the Volkswagen Thing means "ugly people's car" in English. It was VW's attempt to make an offroad utility vehicle while using no more than $5 worth of materials. They succeeded, but the car was a hideous beast. Many owners claimed that the car became self-aware of its ugliness and would drive itself around at night, feeding on puppies.
3. Yugo
Let me tell you a story from my childhood involving a Yugo. I was in the middle of my street, riding my Fisher-Price foot-powered plastic car, when I was struck by a drunk driver in a Yugo. That drunk idiot was tragically crushed to death by my red and yellow toy car. The Yugo was slow, but that was only to allow buyers the chance to enjoy the 63 miles these cars lasted before breaking down for the final time.
2. AMC Gremlin
The Gremlin was the piece-of-crap car for people who couldn't afford the larger piece-of-crap Pacer. They openly bragged in commercials that the Gremlin was better than the Ford Pinto. That's like me saying I've got a sexier body than Mickey Rooney. The Gremlin would make a comeback in the 1980's as a ugly little race of creatures that were somehow far more beautiful than they were in their car form.
1. Chevrolet Vega
I hate to keep picking on Chevy, but they made some awful cars back in the 1970's. Once again, I'm not a linguist, but I've been told "vega" means "does not go" in Spanish. Chevy rushed these cars to showrooms - literally. These cars were falling apart the moment they were completed at the factory. Some of them rusted and split in half while running, creating a dangerous situation for drivers and a hilarious situation for anyone watching from a distance. If they survived the first year, most drivers would resort to "Flintstoning" their Vega, as the floorboards would have completely fallen out by that time. I could not find any old Vega ads, so the featured video is actually a Vega that was re-engineered by some redneck with a 4th grade education... and it's 100x better than the original product from Chevrolet's team of college-educated idiots. Note that even at 100x better than the original, it's still being towed.
Source(s): Car Info, Pictures, and Parts
The name is a combination of Chevrolet and Corvette. Get it? Neither do I. I can see where it has the build quality of a late-70's/early-80's Chevrolet, but what does this car have to do with a Corvette? Oh right, it breaks down every 50 miles. In the following commercial, the Chevette will bounce through the mud and drive under a Ford Escort. After filming this ad, the stunt driver threw himself under a Ford Escort to avoid the embarrassment of seeing himself driving a Chevette on TV every day.
7. AMC Pacer
What is it about the owners of the AMC Pacer wagon that sets them apart? They are all mongoloids, but their parents/owners taught them at a very early age to tell everyone they are "smart" (this word must be said quickly with a perky voice). The Pacer came from the factory pre-rusted. Evangelicals used to buy their sons Pacers because it would ensure no pre-marital hanky-panky despite the ample room in the back.
6. Chevrolet Citation
My family once owned one of these cars. What more can be said about this car. Besides the rust problem and the engine so weak it couldn't be measured in horsepower (it was rated at 3 midgets, which it turns out was exactly what was in there, running around little exercise wheels), the Citation was terribly unsafe. I tragically lost 4 older siblings in various Citation fender-benders, although my parents have since claimed I just imagined them. Did I mention that you could literally grab the paint and tear it off? That's because the exterior panels were made out of recycled cardboard.
5. Ford Pinto
The Pinto was advertised as "a little care-free car." That's good and all, but you probably should care when someone rams your bumper from behind, because it means you've got about 10 seconds of life left. As you can see from the second video below, the gas tank would explode in a rather impressive inferno. What you can't see is the poorly-engineered door lock system trapping any passengers inside this death box. The cute little pony from the first video below was destroyed during filming when it rubbed a little too close to the rear bumper. The film crew ate well that day.
4. Volkswagen Thing
The name Volkswagen literally translates into English as "people's car." I don't know German, but I'm pretty sure the Volkswagen Thing means "ugly people's car" in English. It was VW's attempt to make an offroad utility vehicle while using no more than $5 worth of materials. They succeeded, but the car was a hideous beast. Many owners claimed that the car became self-aware of its ugliness and would drive itself around at night, feeding on puppies.
3. Yugo
Let me tell you a story from my childhood involving a Yugo. I was in the middle of my street, riding my Fisher-Price foot-powered plastic car, when I was struck by a drunk driver in a Yugo. That drunk idiot was tragically crushed to death by my red and yellow toy car. The Yugo was slow, but that was only to allow buyers the chance to enjoy the 63 miles these cars lasted before breaking down for the final time.
2. AMC Gremlin
The Gremlin was the piece-of-crap car for people who couldn't afford the larger piece-of-crap Pacer. They openly bragged in commercials that the Gremlin was better than the Ford Pinto. That's like me saying I've got a sexier body than Mickey Rooney. The Gremlin would make a comeback in the 1980's as a ugly little race of creatures that were somehow far more beautiful than they were in their car form.
1. Chevrolet Vega
I hate to keep picking on Chevy, but they made some awful cars back in the 1970's. Once again, I'm not a linguist, but I've been told "vega" means "does not go" in Spanish. Chevy rushed these cars to showrooms - literally. These cars were falling apart the moment they were completed at the factory. Some of them rusted and split in half while running, creating a dangerous situation for drivers and a hilarious situation for anyone watching from a distance. If they survived the first year, most drivers would resort to "Flintstoning" their Vega, as the floorboards would have completely fallen out by that time. I could not find any old Vega ads, so the featured video is actually a Vega that was re-engineered by some redneck with a 4th grade education... and it's 100x better than the original product from Chevrolet's team of college-educated idiots. Note that even at 100x better than the original, it's still being towed.
Source(s): Car Info, Pictures, and Parts
Labels: cars, gremlin, pinto, yugo
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