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Ford Pinto perhaps?
AMC Pacer?
It was almost like the American companies got together and said "Let the sh-tbox wars begin"
Geno I know the Pinto was a cheap get by car, but it was about all I could afford when I got out of high school in 1979. I ran the wheels off of that thing, Turned out to be solid dependable transportation for many miles and years. I guess no one ever rear-ended it? We used to call them Trunk Bombs.
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The Caddilac Cimmaron was indeed a rebadged Nova, I rebuilt one that was hit hard in the front and ordered NOVA parts to replace the overpriced Caddilac parts.
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You mean like GM's '73-'87 pick-ups... that was a major kabash and one GM was held liable for, BIG TIME. LinkPhil
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The Feds bought a lot of K-Cars to help keep Chrysler afloat. In the late 80's or early 90's the AF Base here auctioned off some, 2 or 3 friends bought one each and all drove them for many miles.
AMC Pacer? What do you expect from Rambler?
I had a Vega, it was fun and at least looked pretty good. It just had that tiny problem with the original engines...
The worst ever for me was a LeCar. As ugly as a Citroen 2CV without all that pesky dependability.
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You mean like GM's '73-'87 pick-ups... that was a major kabash and one GM was held liable for, BIG TIME. LinkPhil They actually had to load the tank with an explosive to get it to blow.
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One thing you guys are all forgetting as you lambast the cars like the Chevette; they were in response to Toyota and Nissan gaining a significant market share after the late 70s fuel crisis. Those econoboxes were just whipped together quick to get american made vehicles on the market that could compete with Japanese brands in the mileage department. They surely weren't pretty, but they were only supposed to be a stop gap measure until better stuff could come out of the design shops. We had a Chevette when I was growing up. I took my drivers test in it. Parallel Parking was so easy....
Have you guys seen todays Chevy Spark? Yuck!
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The Yugo was the world champ POS, though. Maybe so but I think they were equipped rear window defrosters, "hand warmers" if you will, for the unfortunate passengers that had to push them.
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One thing you guys are all forgetting as you lambast the cars like the Chevette; they were in response to Toyota and Nissan gaining a significant market share after the late 70s fuel crisis. And sold to people who couldn't afford the Jap cars which were so much better. Ever try to drive a Maverick?
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Which explains a lot.
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My first new car was a 1980 Buick Skylark.X-car.4 door. Best car ever. 2.8 transverse mounted V6. I kept it for 4 years and then gave it to my dad. My dad kept it ..honed it.. until the mid 90s. Had over 2500000 and never used a drop of oil. Finally just rotted away. dave My Grandma had one o' those. I was shocked at how fast it was. She didn't keep it long enough to tell how well it might have held up. FC
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The ultimate junk was the Cadillac Catera. NOt only was it junk but seriously overpriced Junk. The Cadillac product manager must have been laughing his nutz off after they launched that. No one mentioned the Yugo I used to work with an old man who traded a single shot shotgun for a red Yugo. He drove that thing to work every day for at least 10 years!
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My 1977 Olds Omega was the worst car I ever encountered, except for my Plymouth Horizon and my Chrysler LeBaron.
About everything we made in Detroit from 1970, through the 1980s was junk.
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My first new car was a 1980 Buick Skylark.X-car.4 door. Best car ever. 2.8 transverse mounted V6. I kept it for 4 years and then gave it to my dad. My dad kept it ..honed it.. until the mid 90s. Had over 2500000 and never used a drop of oil. Finally just rotted away. dave Is there perhaps one too many zeros there? I knew a couple of guys who had those Skylarks, they loved them.
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my buddy has a 80 something dodge shadow in his storage building, has a 500ci bigblock mopar 1000hp, hemi 4 speed and a aftermarket ford 9inch.
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What, no one mentioned the Yugo! That thing was a death trap. My sister in-law almost lost her life in a car wreck when they were in a Yugo, back in the day. Any other car and it would have only been a minor fender bender probably.
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What, no one mentioned the Yugo! That thing was a death trap. My sister in-law almost lost her life in a car wreck when they were in a Yugo, back in the day. Any other car and it would have only been a minor fender bender probably.
Does anybody read the thread anymore?
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Pontiac X car was the least reliable vehicle I have owned. A number of problems when in warranty and they escalated once out of coverage. Service needed every few months, even before it had 40,000 on it.
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The Caddilac Cimmaron was indeed a rebadged Nova, I rebuilt one that was hit hard in the front and ordered NOVA parts to replace the overpriced Caddilac parts. Looks like a cavalier to me: And similar to a late 80's Nova But, more like the Cavalier to me.
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Chevrolet Corsica, Renault Alliance.. One see's ton of them on the road these days
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The Caddilac Cimmaron was indeed a rebadged Nova, I rebuilt one that was hit hard in the front and ordered NOVA parts to replace the overpriced Caddilac parts. Looks like a cavalier to me: And similar to a late 80's Nova But, more like the Cavalier to me. The Nova of that vintage was a rebadged Toyota Corolla..........
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