Worst car !!!!

I had read or heard mabey dreamed that all low end cars were designed to wear out in a few short years. Then go buy another. What were they getting $1,500-$4,000 tops per unit?
The big wigs didnt want these autos to last. I'm sorry but the Matador and Pacer was ulgy.

 

Ugly compared to what? The Maverick bodylines were so good that GM copied them with the Nova and Vega, and Chrysler copied them with the Aspen/Volare. I know the Nova bodyline actually started in 68, but look how close a 74 Nova is to a 74 Maverick.... And as for being fragile, those old Ford sixes powered everything from Falcons to Pickups, maybe not the exact same engine, but basicly the same design. The old time pulpwooders in my area actually prefered the inline 6's, due to the torque they put out compared to a V8. And on the rust issues, every automaker had rust issues in the 60's and 70's. Ever see a 68-72 Chevy pickup that wasn't rusted in the door jambs? Or a Dodge Aspen/ Plymouth Volare that didn't look like swiss cheese? That is one of the very reasons the US automakers lost business to the imports, precieved quality. Not that the imports were any better, it was just that they appeared to be better. If anything, the rust issues made the automakers step up and build better cars,use galvanized steel, etc, because the public was tired of the same old crap.

 

On my own cars (the Comets and my Chevy), I just do the regular old filter swap and fluid drain... and I do it myself. But my girlfriend's car (the Honda with the blown $3000 transmission) they keep saying that they're supposed to pump fluid to flush it rather than just replace it the old fashioned way. Not my car and I don't pay the bill. Total waste of $80 worth of fluid.

I've been re-using a can of paint thinner and a can of dunk (gunk) to wash parts on both my cars - I just pour it back into the bottle through a coffee filter and use it over and over again.

And maybe *I* have poor taste like the rest of us... but I've fallen in love my every angle of my little Ford economy cars. Not near as ugly as the Pacer... I wonder if that was also in the worst cars book?

 

The guy who wrote this crap is a knob, come on alot of these Mavericks and Comets have not really been touched a great deal( yes i know some have been totally rebuilt) and they are still around driving, working and being used. Hell my 1976 Comet is still pretty much the same as when it was built 33 years ago (Oct 1975) with the motor and tranny never being apart and it still works just fine and i go to many, many shows which are a good distance every year. As for looks, yes the paint colours in the1970's were pretty gross for the most part but a Maverick or Comet has the lines to look as good as anything as far as i'm concerned. Mavericks and Comets are tough cars and the straight 6's for what they were have NOTHING to feel bad about and i will never agree that they are bad or crap motors, they did just what they were designed to do.

 

corvair, pinto, and bobcat is my vote

 

The author probably got his butt kicked by a Mav and now he's resentful.

 

"gutless and fragile 6"
i had a 66 bronco half cab with a stock 170 cid solid lifter 6 banger. and that little motor would screem.
i think cheetum and nadder are but buddies

 

OK, we have your vote....Based on what? Propaganda? I'll also defend the Pinto and Bobcat here, they were not too distant cousins of the Maverick and Comet. Their small unibodies were built in much the same manner, and they suffered the same maladies as the Maverick, rust-wise.

I bought an all original '76 wagon this past June, and being a Texas car, it's amazing that the sheet metal has held up well. Perfect? Not at all - I had to fix the floors (moderate), and there is a hole in the cowl (can you say "Maverick")? It has 65k miles, and runs like a top - and is all original.

Somone also commented on being unable to kill the Maverick's 6 cylinder. The 4 cylinder 2.3L, while miniscule in horsepower, was also completely bulletproof. I had a '79 in the past that sat in Northwest Pennsylvania through 5 years and harsh winters without being driven. We changed the battery, oil, put in fresh gas, filters, and flushed the coolant, and it roared to life - lasting for several more thousands of miles without problem.

And, the "exploding gas tank" problem....certainly, the manufacturing defect of a bumper pin that penetrated the tank on impact is (was) well publicized. Sadly, it was the combination of that pin, and door pillars that collapsed on impact and trapped the inhabitants, that created such a stir. Other cars have suffered similar fates (Crown Victoria, Ford Trucks) with gas tank problems, but those were not as widely publicized. Hitting a Pinto in the rear does not "make the gas tank explode" - and, with the problem being limited to the '71 model, and sedans only (no wagons until '72), the percentages of actual instances were very low.

When you sell some three million of a particular model over the course of 9 years, it can't really be "junk". The Pinto is nothing more/less than a Maverick on a "budget" scale. Laugh if you will, but Pinto bashing is so very, very old. If you had one, you'd understand. Lots of folks did.

How about the Edsel? The Peugeot? The early Hondas? The Geo Metro? The Yugo?

Chris

 

oh boy, my vote has changed, the honda, worst car ever!

go american!

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Thats right Pop Bumper, Did we forget one of the LONGEST uncorreected gas tank problems? 72 & up chevy truck gas tanks! Talk about foot-draggin!

 

I don't see why people hate edsels so. Are they ugly? Sure, but not as bad as people say. I know some people don't mean it as bad as they say it, but worst car? I don't know a lot about em but I kinda think they're so ugly they're nice. I seen one restored driving through town once and I couldn't quit starin. It was NICE. I like how they made their own path, even though no one else was dumb enough to follow.
Oh yeah, and about

 

you voted for the same car twice
That is like buying a comet to use the parts on your maverick.

I don't know what was wrong with the corvair either the sad part is I see more corvairs on the road then mavericks camaros novaII's or about any other chevy of that era. I see very few dodge/chrystler cars from that era either.

The most I see are mustangs and they have all the same problems our cars do my brothers 70 is in worse shape then my car rusted out floor pan bad cowl panels ect.

The really sad part is usually I don't see but a few import car/truck over 10-15 years old. But I see those "crappy" ford taruses with the transmission that would fail constantly still drining around on the roadhell my dad has an 86 that has 245000 on the original trans.

That is one thing about reading a book based on someones opinion if he had technical data supporting it then I might take it to heart and feel a little butt hurt otherwise it is like they say "opinions are like a$$holes everyone has them and most of the time they stink"

 

Another vote for Yugo, Peugeot and Geo Metro. I must grudgingly admit Hondas are well engineered though. Got no soul, but they are practical.

Now, add the following cars to the suck list...

Mitsubishi Mirage - for being built like crap and dangerously low on power

Anything Made by Kia - See above

Ford Festiva - For first introducing me to the concept of understeer. And for being made by Kia.

Pontiac Aztek - Do I need to explain this?

VW Beetle - Yeah, I said it. Blah, blah, cult icon, sold everywhere, rock solid, still made in some countries, I was probably conceived in one, blah, blah, blah. I don't care. The f'kin thing is a POS when you live in Mississippi, it's summer, and you want to drive the speed limit on a highway. There are no gauges, and the only two warning lights are NOT warning lights at all. They just tell you WHY you blew up your engine a couple of miles ago. It's evil. It's the Nazis' last laugh. "You won the war but 20 years later your kids have bad hair, they hate you and they go to dirty hippy rock concerts where they do drugs and fornicate in these horrible cars they bought from us. Ha-Ha. Ja! Farfegnugen, bitches!" It was the Indians' revenge all over again. "Here, take these beads and give us your land," we said. "Here, smokum this" they said. The VW Beetle was Hitler's tobacco.

...Ahem...

Chevy HHR - For taking the concept of a PT Cruiser and making it fail more than a PT Cruiser.

Mini Cooper - For pulling more homosexuals and Mac users out of the closet than Barbara Streisand, Cher, and Celine Dione combined.

Dodge Magnum R/T - NOT because it sucks, but because it ruined people's lives. It's 2004, and FINALLY after all these years, a new full-sized RWD V8 American muscle car! Something a man can put his family in without surrendering his testicles to a minivan or joining the sheep with their SUVs! Rejoice, lay down your hard-earned dollar and go buy one, Family Guy! ...Two years later, here comes the Charger, and now YOU sir, own a STATION WAGON. Ha-Ha.

Honda Insight (first gen) - Over $20k for a car that has no trunk and half the seating capacity of the cheapest sh!tbox you can find. It does not merge with traffic, it looks like a suppository, and for what? Negligible gains in fuel economy that are completely eclipsed by the cost. Come on. Did you really buy this because you are economically savvy? No. You bought it because you are a douche. At least now you are easily identified.

Smart Fortwo - See above, and please don't breed. Hopefully natural selection will take care of you next time you get on the Interstate.

Honda Goldwing - And don't try to tell me it's not a car.

Ford Excursion - Why? Really, why did you do that? The H2 is pathetic too, but you did it first. Do you haul around your whole family of seven kids AND a horse trailer? No. No, you don't.

All Crossovers

All 4-cylinder Mustangs and Camaros - There is hope for them under the shade of any tree south of the Mason-Dixon line that can support the weight of a crude pulley system, but from the factory they are abominations. Same goes for that 1980 Corvette they made with the 305.

 

"Dodge Magnum R/T - NOT because it sucks, but because it ruined people's lives. It's 2004, and FINALLY after all these years, a new full-sized RWD V8 American muscle car! Something a man can put his family in without surrendering his testicles to a minivan or joining the sheep with their SUVs! Rejoice, lay down your hard-earned dollar and go buy one, Family Guy! ...Two years later, here comes the Charger, and now YOU sir, own a STATION WAGON. Ha-Ha."



LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Smart Fortwo - See above, and please don't breed."

and again LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw i like my engines in the front of the car, thats why i dont like the corvair

 

Did you ever notice how much a 1st gen Camaro looks like an oversized Corvair?