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Dishonorable Mention: The 10 Most Embarrassing
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funny - i've had a few of those
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#3

Renault?

Vega?

Citation?

Merkur?
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vega, mustang II, X11, lincoln (though it was a limo) - stuffed V8s into the first 2



i think ayn had the reliant
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#5

I actually like the Cosworth Vega even though it is a POS.
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#6

What does 90% of those cars have in common?
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#7

Poor build quality, made in America, RUST, RUST, and RUST?
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lol - i thought i was the only one who remembered the cosworth
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#9

I had a Renault Appliance...when, at 51k the entire drive train failed it was the happiest day in my life.



I rebuilt/replace every major component on that POS and then it locked up...good riddance.



Bought my first Rx-7 and never looked back.



Jay
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#10

The Merkur was sold in Europe as the Ford Sierra. The "hot" versions were the Ford Sierra RS Cosworths (the RS500 in race trim made north of 500 bhp).



- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra...sworth_4x4

- http://www.rs-500.com/



[Image: Cosworth800px.jpg]

[Image: rs-500-1.jpg]



On the other side of the pond, that car is remembered quite fondly...



Karl.
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#11

yup - was a great rally car
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#12

Let's not forget the Pontiac Aztek!
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[quote name='doggonit' post='66162' date='Jan 26 2009, 03:12 PM']Let's not forget the Pontiac Aztek![/quote]

Somehow, that must have been #11 and should have topped the list.
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OMG the Aztek was ugly! I think I read that the same stylist that did the corvette, did the Aztec. Go figure.
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#15

At least it wasn't Bill Mitchell, Zora Duntov or Larry Shinoda's fault.
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#16

My Cosworth Vega burned oil like a diesel at less than 30,000 miles. Seems that GM had a bit of a metallurgy problem in those four cylinders.



Tom
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#17

what, no AMC Pacer or Ford Pinto ?! Surely, at least two of the cars on this list had to have been preferable to the

"bubble from outer space" and " what were they thinking mobile "



a business associate in London had an RS Cosworth - took a ride to Canterbury one weekend - car was wicked-fast !
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Had a '72 Vega, it was horrible! I drove it as a college freshman in '79 and it did not last the semister....



As to the Aztec (or as me and my boys call it an Ass-wi-pe....from an old very funny SLN bit with Nick Cage), me and my boys play a game to spot the coolest cars. You get points added for cool cars and points deducted for Ass-wi-pe's. Spotting one usually elicits a yell like "don't look....oh my eyes....stop....stop....I can't take it....ETC". My wife usually says...."OMG...what is wrong!?!? Oh....you spotted another one of those......quit yelling!"



And so it goes.......
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remember, this wasn't a list of the worst cars - this is a list of "oh crap, we were wrong about this" cars
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#20

True....true, but the Ass-wi-pe is so bad it is fun to mention again how bad it is.....I just did it again!
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