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CitiRover "Let'd bring in a badly built Indian car and pretend it's a Rover so we can sell it for 4 grand more than it's worth! No one will ever notice!"
Vauxhall Nova My sister has one of these. Awful southern european feel and build quality without the perky engineering that made FIAT Pandas fun to drive. Sorry if I've offended anyone but they really are cr@p.
Morris Marina/Ital I have a soft spot for the Marina. We had one and it was a very good car. But a Morris Minor does not improve if you try to inflate it. A great 1950s car, an awful 1970s/80s car.
Austin MiniMetro They were proud they'd only spent 50 million developing it. The cheap design showed if you were unfortunate enough to own it. "We took the Mini... And screwed it up!"
Mazda MX5 OK, these things are bought by hairdressers and driven badly. But I wish for a moment people would stop going all cutesy grin cos it's a 2 seater convertible and open their eyes! It's a cramped and ugly complete and utter pile of t055! Horrible little car! I have a friend who was so pleased the boot on hers had a light. She was a bit confused that it only worked when the headlights were on...
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor
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Nissan Almera Mk2! What a rubbish effort.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
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Seth
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I think my list would comprise of the cars my mum's had since I started driving although I wouldn't include the Marina coupe but I only got to drive that once as the clutch was slipping so it got scrapped ( now but then it was just an old banger) Following that was a Mk3 Escort 1300. The ford carb died so my dad fitted a twin choke weber which made more noise but it was still horrible to drive. So I drove it like I hated it 'cos I hated it. ;D Then a B plate Rover 213 - umm alistairk summed that one up above! Then a Rover Metro. Didn't drive this much as I'd left home by then but I've never had so much scary understeer! Now she's got a Yaris which is better generally, for a new thing. So rule of thumb: worst cars = cars your mum drives!
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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There are two ways to look at this. Either "My 5 worst cars", or "My 5 ugliest cars".
Above are my worst, now for the ugliest.
Land Rover Discovery. The current model is a perfect example of what happens when you let Americans get involved with a car company.
Porsche Cayenne. It's a Yin and Yang thing. For the beautiful there must also be the ugly. Porsche have made some of the world's more beautiful cars - the original 911 springs to mind - now to restore order they must make one of the ugliest.
Morris Ital. Let's take a 1970s car built on a 50s design and facelift it for the 80s. What a good idea that was!
Pontiac Aztec. Just Google it. Then see my point above about the Land Rover.
For my last one I'm not sure which model it is. Either the large Honda or the large Toyota. How ugly is that rear? Let me guess, they park them so close to the showroom wall that customers buy without seeing from behind?
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor
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MX5? my word, you ever driven one? They are superb sports cars in the classic meaning of the word.
I'm going to reprive the Mtero. It wasn't as bad as the Almera 1.4 which slows down on a slight gradiant on the motorway with your foot to the floor.
Absolutely the worst car I ever drove was a brand new Toyota Avensis 1.8 (Mk1) - it had an economy mode which cut in and cut the power when cruising. fair enough but when you then wanted to gently increase the gas (either to pass something or to maintain speed on a slight gradiant) it would not accelerate unless you gavve it about half throttle to get it out of economymode and then it would lurch forward. Not nce to drive. Plus it handled terribly. so much body roll and understeer it was disgracefull. I've driven knackered old yanks which handle batter. I've driven knackered old Citroens that handle better. That car was a turd
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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I had a 16v one of these in the right colour and I loved it but dear god look at the terribleness of that one.... For some cars, it's all about the spec. I just don't understand these, did the factory do that to the front or was it just aftermarket toss? Go on, make the front of the hardest and coolest car ever made worse than this, I challenge you. . (although actually, looking at it, I quite like the mirrors)
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Is it just me or are pictures not showing....
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my particular dislikes are; (in no particular order)
most modern ferraris,enzo's especially are hideous,the rest arent any better and the build quality is curse word,i have seen a 3yr 355 with terminal chassis rot!
corsa's mainly cos of the large percentage of them are driven by knobs ,but also because they aren't nice cars to drive
x type jag,trying too hard to be something its not and the base models just defy belief
any seven seater not being used for its designated purpose.same goes for most 4x4's
merc ml,call a spade is a spade but when its a truck why call it an ml? curse word to drive,curse word reliabilty,curse word build quality.
metro.deathtrap, end of.
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ah yes, also to my list one 1 i must add corsas and vectras. horrbile to be in and drive. in fact, i have a real problem with vauxhalls in general, it p!sses me off something rotten the way the doors always try and close on you.
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wasn't the 911 flatnose famous as the last handbuilt porsche? It still is ubercool and perfectly of it's era.
Surely not one for the worst cars of all time list?
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Yesterday at 7:54, pogweasel wrote:
Nothing wrong with creature comforts. If I want masochism, I'll just go and slam my knackers in the fridge door for a bit.
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probably, I just happen to think it mings....
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Edited: I'm having a bad day.....
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My fleet: Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres A borrowed Mondeo
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I looked at this thread and thought I was a petrol head and wouldn't be able to think of any. Then I remembered the Vauxhall Agila. I rented one once with delivery mileage that felt tinny and rattly like a mis-used 35 year old Imp. There was a knack to shutting one door - on a new car!!! And those, are they Metro's or Streetrovers? With the plastic and "Streetwise" written down them, horrible. I'm sure I could think of 3 more given time
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I like those streetwises and am gonna get one sooner or later.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
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Vauxhall Agila - agreed, seems a completely pointless little box. One of my neighbours has 2! Go figure.
We've had the Mk5 Escort but this really was a rot-prone, rattly-engined (1.3, 1.4 or 1.6 8v, don't get me started on the 1.8TD) mediocre heap of rubbish. Then in 1992 they made it uglier with that daft grille. Actually, the final version (from '95 I think) wasn't that bad...
Any front-driver from Vauxhall in the early-mid 1990's, just because they were so lumpen and stodgy to drive. OK, even the 80's Astras and Cavaliers weren't blessed with amazing handling finesse, but at least they had much better engines than Ford. The Mondeo was a rude awakening...
Can I nominate my latest acquisition, a £150 L-reg Peugeot 405 turbodiesel? It's not really that bad (especially not for the price!) but has two really stupid features - wafer-thin panels that dent if you so much as fart near them, and 'premature ejaculation' power delivery with the narrowest rev band possible. Hitting 4000rpm is like driving into a wall.
Suzuki X-90. Pointless toss.
Peugeot 206 1.1. Almost dangerously underpowered IMO for overtaking/emergency manouvers. Must be all the weight - a 1.1 106 is a (relative) flier...
However, the worst car I have ever driven is a BMW E36 316i automatic. Ultimate Driving Machine? Don't make me laugh - paint it white and fill it with semi-skimmed, because it's the Ultimate Driving Milkfloat. No power, rubbish autobox, the seat trim wears out in minutes...
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Last Edit: Jun 9, 2006 14:31:00 GMT by rwelfare
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MWF
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On the topic of the Rover StreetWise a young lad has one in my town. But he's fitted all the supension and exhaust from the MG version.
Looks really good.
Genuine out of the box thinking.
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Tarka
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5. Citroen ZX estate - all the looks of an Allegro estate without the charm 4. MGF - mid life crisis "look at my double chin" mobile. I hate them and they are always broken. 3. Vauxhall Tigra - horrible shape, horrible innards. 2. Hillman Imp - my dad's Imp repeatedly tried to kill us as a young family in the late 70s. Thank god he bought that Allegro. 1. Any big modern american SUV in the UK, I am certainly not impressed by these things. Biggoted Arrogance in automotive form.
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Sharks in the garage.🐬🇩🇪 I'll finish my projects when you've finished your's!😎😜
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ford probes and cougars are mazda 626's, even use mazda engines. Paul I worked for a Ford dealer group when the loverly (!) Cougar was a current model - c'est ne pas Mazda based, it's on the Mondingo estate floorpan and has the Duratec 2540cc DOHC V6 and the 1989cc 16v Zetec. They really are as curse word as they look/sound/can be expected to be from the general concept. The designers should be shot for re-interpreting Ford's almost exciting "New Edge" design philsophy and turning it into complete tat. IMHO. They should have based it on a RWD floor pan, at least it would have had a chance then. The Probe was based on the Mazda GD platform when new, the same as the MX-6, then the GE when it stumbled into the UK. Tat also, and not in a good way
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LowStandards
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Anything newish built by BMW or Mercedes. Its like they paid one designer to do say the 3 series, then thought f*ck it just make it a touch bigger for the 5 series, and oh make it a little bigger and slap a 7 on the back, the pricks will still by them!
Oh and anything ever made by Jag, utter t*ss...
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I have to leap to the defence of the Streetwise Rover 25, it might called cynical marketing, but the designers developed a very tired design on a tight budget. VW, fiat and Ford all copied the concept for their own cars too. I see the Streetwise as a latter day Matra Rancho.....I did a streetwise brat/skoda pick up type concept which might have stretched the money for old rope further.... Heartens me to here that most modern Vauxhalls are universally hated.
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