10 of the Worst Cars to Come Out of the United States.

AMC Pacer, this woeful attempt of creating an economical people’s car made anyone blessed with the privilege of having a drivers license not a fan of the Pacer.

The Adolescent Petrolhead

14 Mar 2016

AMC Pacer, this woeful attempt of creating an economical people’s car made anyone blessed with the privilege of having a drivers license not a fan of the Pacer.

10 of the Worst Cars to Come Out of the United States.

Mustang II, this hideous line of cars, which lasted five years, was the visual representation of the oil crisis the United States was dealing with at the time. With the highest trim, you could get 138 horsepower from a 4.9 liter V8, disgraceful to have the same name of a car that started a revolution in the car industry.

Chevrolet Citation, you should be glad that you didn’t know this car even existed, partly due to its terrifying styling, but mostly due to the worst name ever fitted to a car.

Chrysler PT Cruiser, a disturbing attempt at a blast into the past where wagons were a regular sight, specifically the “woodie wagons”, unfortunately it became one of the ugliest cars ever created and still plagues the roads of US today.

Pontiac Aztek, despite having a starring role in Breaking Bad, the Aztek is widely known for making people sick upon sight of the car. Bringing it back to Breaking Bad, the designer was probably on some sort of drug while designing this since not a sane human being would ever think of making something so ugly.

Cadillac Cimarron, just look at it, dull, slow, and built by people who didn’t care or didn’t know what they were doing. This was unfortunately branded as a Cadillac, the home to American luxury and style, represented by this turd looking car.

Ford Pinto, this “hatchback” was so ugly that it made you want to set yourself on fire. Conveniently, the Pinto did just that thanks to its rear mounted gasoline tank which was the cause of the fiery deaths of many of its customers.

Saturn Ion, although having a peppy performance version, the normal Ion was pathetic on all levels, the interior, the design, and the engine, were all apart of the unsettling vibe you get while looking at one.

Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Diesel, the idea of diesel taking over the automotive industry was very possible in Europe, but this being an example, it was not the direction for the United States. The 4.9l V8 Diesel in this car produced an atrocious 90 horsepower.

AMC Gremlin, love it or hate it, either way its a horrid car with an extremely thirsty V8 or a straight 6 from ancient times. The Gremlin is definitely ugly, but it has an odd ambience to it that doesn’t make me hate the car, kind of feeling sorry for it.

Comments

Fun fact: the Aztek and C7 Corvette were designed by the same person

Ok, two things

the Citation was less terrible for its looks than its horrid engineering, since it was one of the earliest front wheel drive cars. Sure, you had the Cord and Toronado, but for “modern” FWD, it is the forefather. As such, GM had no idea what they were doing. Also, that was during the time of planned obsolescence reigning supreme, and not being done right.
The Gremlin’s actually really rather cool and reliable. The “ancient” 4.2L straight 6 wasn’t really, and it’s a bulletproof engine that was in production until 1987, when Chrysler bought them, and was then used for the basis of the 4.0L engine that lasted until fairly recently. Thing’s bulletproof and nearly un-killable! Now, the V8, you could muscle it up to a 401, which would make it a ROCKET. Tiny car, big engine with big HP.

Then again, some people do really hate the look of it.

I actually like/seepotential on the PT Cruiser…. just imagine some drag tyres, and a supercharger coming out from the hood and perfect… if i would invest on a (american style) drag killing machine it would be a PT.

Saturn actually made a supercharged version of the ion if i can remember.

Thats what I was referring as the “peppy version”

The camaro. So I had to

The Gremlim looks like a Rocket Bunny Pacer :p

90 bhp from 4.9 lt diesel. How are such low figures possible?

funny enough that’s less horsepower per liter than bentleys 4.5 liter straight 4 made in 1927 (110 hp naturally aspirated and 240 with a supercharger)