I won't comment on the whole article, but one of the links cited in the
>article, "The 50 Worst Cars of All Time" was typical of the sort of crap
>you get from non-technical people (see ".
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> First complaint - can anyone actually know this? What is you frame of > reference?
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> Second complain - some of the "worst cars" were not even real cars or
> production vehicles.
>
> Comments on some specific selections:
>
> 1909 Model T - come on, no way this make any list of worst cars if you
> keep it in context. Was a 1929 Model a fairly poor car compared to other
> cars in 1929 - probably. But a 1909 compared to other 1909 cars in its
> price range? No way.
>
> 1933 Fuller Dymaxion - this wasn't even a production vehicle.
>
> 1934 Chrysler/Desoto Airflow - Maybe unpopular, but worst? No way. >
> 1956 Renault Dauphine - horrible in America, loved in France. I'll admit I
> hated them, but hardly one of the worst 50 WORST OF ALL TIME.
>
> 1957 Waterman Aerobile - not a real production vehicle.
>
> 1958 Ford Edsel - Like the Airflow, unpopular, unsuccessful, but not one
> of the worst 50.
>
> 1958 Lotus Elite - ??????? A great car for it's intended use.
>
> 1958 MGA Twin Cam - If this is on the list, you might as well list every
> other Post WWII British Sports Car, and then they would fill the whole > list.
>
> 1961 Corvair - Geez. This is ridiculous. Compared to anything from Japan
> in 1961 and most things from Europe, a 1961 Corvair was a great car. It
> shows up on these lists because a wacko liberal wrote a misleading book
> trashing the Corvair.
>
> 1970 AMC Gremlin - Odd looking, yes, one of the worst 50, no way. >
> 1971 Ford Pinto - on the list based solely on lies. The Pinto was not
> particularly fire prone, and the memo alleged to exist in the article
> never existed. A lazy journalist repeating the lies of another lazy
> journalist repeating the lies of a liar....
>
> 1976 Chevy Chevette - although it was actually more likely to catch fire
> than a Pinto, it wasn't a bad car at all.
>
> 1980 Ferrari Mondial 8 - if this is one of the worst, I want to be bad.... >
> 1995 Ford Explorer - this is on the list because the guy hates SUVs, not
> because it is inherently a bad vehicle. So it seems at least some of the
> vehicles are on the list because they are not politically incorrect. >
> 2000 Ford Excursion - same sort of BS as with the Explorer. He basically
> says there was nothing wrong with the vehicle, except the wrong people > bought them.
>
> 2002 BMW 7-series - another car on the worst list that makes me want to go
> over to the dark side.
>
> After looking through this worst list, I am convinced it is mostly a list
> of the most "Politically Incorrect Cars" with a few "Poor Marketing
> Decision Cars" and a few truly bad cars thrown in by a lazy writer trying
> to meet a deadline. Any "worst car" list that doesn't include the Copper
> Cooled Chevrolet cannot be trusted. How many cars are so bad that the
> company buys them all back and sinks them in lake Michigan (well all but > 2).
>
> Ed