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I guess no one ever rear-ended it? We used to call them Trunk Bombs.

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.

You mean like GM's '73-'87 pick-ups... that was a major kabash and one GM was held liable for, BIG TIME.

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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.

They actually had to load the tank with an explosive to get it to blow.

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!

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.

And sold to people who couldn't afford the Jap cars which were so much better. Ever try to drive a Maverick?

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.

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Don"t forget AMC Pacer..

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!

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.

Is there perhaps one too many zeros there?

I knew a couple of guys who had those Skylarks, they loved them.

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.

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?

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.

Looks like a cavalier to me:





And similar to a late 80's Nova




But, more like the Cavalier to me.

Chevrolet Corsica, Renault Alliance.. One see's ton of them on the road these days

The Nova of that vintage was a rebadged Toyota Corolla..........