10 Worst Cars From The 1950s

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  • @TedH.
    @TedH. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Id like to own any of theses cars today.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@TedH. When we discuss the vintage ones, it’s really hard to pick the bad ones as even the worst one of that era stands out a glistening beauty compared to the modern trash cans 😃
      I hope you get my point Sir.
      Much respect to you 😇😇😇

    • @mikebrzostowski8183
      @mikebrzostowski8183 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree!

    • @PhilipTomlinson-e4y
      @PhilipTomlinson-e4y 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ME TOO!!!

    • @jerrycallo
      @jerrycallo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Did people back then say that, I think not. A lot of the ones shown here were considered absolutely un-sellable back when they came out, but now yes.

  • @dr.albertolgarcia1139
    @dr.albertolgarcia1139 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The Studebaker was an awesome car. My father in law owned one for many years.

  • @edb5956
    @edb5956 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    .....not the Studebaker, awesome in every way and years ahead of many of the larger manufacturers

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@edb5956 awww! Sir, we highly respect your sentiments for this beauty. We will cover the best ones from the same era and you can certainly compare both videos 😇😇😇

    • @aceroadholder2185
      @aceroadholder2185 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yep, the Studebaker Starlight Coup was so bad that you can still buy full fiberglass bodies and race chassis for them. The Studebakers dominate road racing events like La Carrera Panamericana .

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@aceroadholder2185 Thank You for the feedback 😇

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@aceroadholder2185 One wag stated that he was thinking leasing a car, something that was done mainly by commercial users, not ordinary folks, and he saw lots of Renaults in the Return lot, but only one Studebaker. He asked which kind of car he should lease, and was told "the Stude".

    • @boblozaintherealworld3577
      @boblozaintherealworld3577 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ok, here's my Stude' tale: when I was a kid we had a neighbor up the street known just as Mr. Bradley. He was a geezer for sure, but he owned three 'Hawks', a couple '55's and one '56 Super Hawk. That thing had a big V8 and a Hurst 4-speed! When he used to drive by - at 30 mph! - we could hear him coming half a block away. It was beautiful.

  • @T-41
    @T-41 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Hate and worst are inappropriate in describing these cars. Some weren’t as successful as some others in the market, but none were hated and none were bad. This sounds like AI.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No No, it’s not AI. It’s a human voice over. And, we really appreciate your remarks and feedback. 😇😇😇

    • @T-41
      @T-41 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS The narrator sounds real. The narrative is so amateurish , it sounds like AI.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@T-41 Oh I get your point now. Thank You for the feedback. We will definitely improve it.
      Stay connected 😇😇

    • @michaelbenardo5695
      @michaelbenardo5695 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or a rice lover.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelbenardo5695 🤔

  • @alanblanes2876
    @alanblanes2876 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    The ad hominem approach you are taking, suggesting people 'hated' these cars is an absurdity. They are absolute highlights in the history of cars.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@alanblanes2876 We respect your sentiments and opinion about these cars. But Sir these were really amongst the disliked ones.
      We are also doing a documentary over the most loved ones of the same era. You will find them soon 😇
      Stay connected till then.

    • @alanblanes2876
      @alanblanes2876 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      No one thinks the 1957 Rebel is anything less that a sterling, top notch car. It was a limited production model, so its 1500 units had nothing to do with customer acceptance. It was the fastest sedan in 1957.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alanblanes2876 Much much respect to you & to your feedback. You are a genuine audience to us.

    • @Vehicle1942
      @Vehicle1942 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A girl I went to school with had a Rambler Rebel, that car was fast, really fast.

  • @somemovingpictures
    @somemovingpictures 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Every one of theses cars has more character than present day cars.

  • @ramblergarage
    @ramblergarage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Totally uninformed video.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ramblergarage That’s really not helpful at all. Please make it informed 😇

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank You

  • @mikkibaker6907
    @mikkibaker6907 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    The Golden Hawk was FAST!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@mikkibaker6907 Thank You 🙏

    • @davidrich9896
      @davidrich9896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Love the Hawk!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@davidrich9896 Thank You Sir.

    • @LairdKenneth
      @LairdKenneth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Studebaker Golen Hawk was my favorite as a kid. My aunt had one and I thought it was the coolest car on the planet.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ yes exactly 👍

  • @aceroadholder2185
    @aceroadholder2185 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This video is baloney. In the 1950's these "worst" cars were everywhere. Yep, the Aero Willys "only had 91 hp." It could only do 100mph. The Aero interior shown is not stock. The car had seating for 6, not 5. The Aero continued to be built in Brazil into the 1960s.
    The Rambler Rebel was quicker than a Corvette in the 1/4 mile.
    What did hurt the cars from the smaller manufacturers was the unavailability of automatic transmissions because of the GM Hydamatic transmission factory fire.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@aceroadholder2185 Excellent feedback Sir.
      Much appreciated. Highly respect your input.
      Talking about 50s, we are preparing a video on the best of 50s as well. You will certainly enjoy that one too.
      In that we will discuss the ones that were loved more than these ones and continued in production much longer than these ones.

    • @TomSpeaks-vw1zp
      @TomSpeaks-vw1zp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Cars for everyone’s preference & pocketbook back then in the boom years after WWII

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TomSpeaks-vw1zp highly appreciate that Sir.

    • @TomSpeaks-vw1zp
      @TomSpeaks-vw1zp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Maybe if the Rambler had an open front wheel well it would have looked better.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TomSpeaks-vw1zp Maybe. But we never know Sir, what it had missed in that configuration 😇
      Stay connected. Your feedback is always appreciated

  • @kendrahernandez9973
    @kendrahernandez9973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My 6th grade teacher had a golden hawk and it was beautiful

  • @cindys1819
    @cindys1819 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The Hudson Jet could cruse at 85 MPH and was Ultra durable. People kept them till finally in the early 60's they just got Tired of them.
    Superior Hudson engineering and duribility.

  • @timshelby2324
    @timshelby2324 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The Golden Hawk looks cool .

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@timshelby2324 Thank You

    • @rongendron8705
      @rongendron8705 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      All Studebakers were years ahead of other car companies, in design! That might
      have been the reason for that company's downfall!

  • @cindynimeskern7994
    @cindynimeskern7994 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    They were not ugly cars. They were so cool.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cindynimeskern7994 Yes these are my heart beats seriously. But in 50s & 60s, there were better cars.
      We are doing a video on that as well. Stay tuned 😇

  • @MichaelKrick-tu8jk
    @MichaelKrick-tu8jk หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The 10 worst looking cars from the 50's are better looking than the awful looking cars they make now. The 40's were even better looking.

    • @jerrycallo
      @jerrycallo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They were all works of art. All people want today is some black on black on black with the rest blacked out.

  • @jessebaldwin2661
    @jessebaldwin2661 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    In the early fifties, my family had the Nash Air Flyte, or the 'Bathtub' Nash. The inside was very spacious and comfortable. I used to think of it as a 'cartoon car' because of the styling.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jessebaldwin2661 Love it Sir. Made our day. We always feel accomplished when we bring back some good old memories. 😇😇😇

  • @curbozerboomer1773
    @curbozerboomer1773 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Those early 1950s Nash ramblers, were given a slight facelift by AMC, and resurrected in the later 1950s!...I owned a used one, back in the late 1970s...it was a one-owner car, very nice shape...But after hitting around 100 thousand miles, the car began to fall apart...stick-shift transmission had issues, tie rods went bad, and parts on my then 20+ year old car were getting scarce. But getting 22-28mpg was nice...I sold that car for what I had paid for it, four years earlier--$900 bucks! I miss my 1959 Rambler American!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@curbozerboomer1773 Much respect to you Sir. Really appreciate your feedback. And feeling honoured to have such viewership. You are our true audience Sir 😇😇😇

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Too bad you didn't go completely through it. Sounds like it was only casually maintained.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesbosworth4191 time restrictions sir.

    • @jimzeller3747
      @jimzeller3747 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When we were kids we freaked out when we came up behind a Rambler because we would NEVER get to our destination. It was more because of the geezer behind the wheel!

  • @cliffnelson1174
    @cliffnelson1174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    No way is the Skyliner ugly.

  • @leonausherman8076
    @leonausherman8076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Willy's Aero was a 6 passenger car. In 1965 our family went from Glendale, CA to Kansas and back. There were 8 in our family, of course the two young ones were babies at that time.

  • @robertstine2182
    @robertstine2182 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Total bullshit and blather. This is some of what we can expect from AI.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robertstine2182 you saw some mirror dude.
      It’s not AI.

  • @stevenpollard5171
    @stevenpollard5171 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I liked all of these. They were not popular and did not sell well, and some were ugly or just poor cars. But hated? No.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stevenpollard5171 Thank You Sir.

  • @RCSTILE
    @RCSTILE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Try buying a 57 ford sky liner now for less than $80K.

  • @jeffchandler3390
    @jeffchandler3390 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    It's not pronounced "Willees,". It's pronounced "Willis". It was a family's last name

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@jeffchandler3390 Thank you Sir 😇
      We highly appreciate your feedback

    • @ericsneary5430
      @ericsneary5430 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I've only ever heard it pronounced Willies

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ericsneary5430 Thank You 🙏

    • @jeffchandler3390
      @jeffchandler3390 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ericsneary5430 i know, but it's wrong.

    • @sd31263
      @sd31263 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@AMERICAN-AUTOS Thanking him for what? The mispronunciation? The name of the founder of Willys-Overland Motors was John North Willys. As Jeff stated above, it is pronounced "Willis." The "y" stood in for an "i". You don't seem to know much of anything about cars or their history, especially if you think the Studebaker Golden Hawk and the '57 Ford were ever considered ugly cars. The '57 Ford outsold the '57 Chevy. I actually think the Ford is a better-looking car.

  • @stevenleek1254
    @stevenleek1254 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    91 hp in 1950 was not at all unusual. This is another gar*age video.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stevenleek1254 Good night Sir.
      Have some peace ☮️

    • @jsat5609
      @jsat5609 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let's call it what it is: B. S. This video is full of misinformation, and does not inspire "peace."

  • @jamesbosworth4191
    @jamesbosworth4191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    You don't know s--t from Shinola. These were great cars. The only problem with them was the fact that people didn't want small cars back then, and the Hudson Jet's clumsy side trim. The Rambler was doing a great job selling to the few who did, leaving no room for the other compacts. Also hurting them was the shortage of HydraMatic transmissions from GM. The plant burned down, and by about 1951, you simply had to offer an automatic transmission. Rambler weathered that problem OK because many Nash buyers wanted stick/OD, even on their full-size cars.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesbosworth4191 go make your own video. Watch that and clap for yourself

    • @michaelbenardo5695
      @michaelbenardo5695 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😊​@@AMERICAN-AUTOSJealous?

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelbenardo5695 hahaha 🤣

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS Dude, if you want to make videos, first make sure you know what you are talking about.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesbosworth4191 Thank You

  • @HotRodReverend
    @HotRodReverend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Undoubtedly one of the 10 worst TH-cam video uploads on 50s automobiles... I do not even know where to start!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HotRodReverend Get some fresh air dude. Or bring if possible your own list and make a video on that one.
      You are right that you don’t even know. You actually know just to bark at things just to release your mental illness.
      Looser!

    • @Conrad.99
      @Conrad.99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's better if you mute the idiotic voice-over.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Conrad.99 never mind

  • @license2kilttheplaidlad640
    @license2kilttheplaidlad640 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This is jam packed with bullshit

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@license2kilttheplaidlad640 The only bullshit here is you Mr. Lad 640

    • @jsat5609
      @jsat5609 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS No, he's right.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jsat5609 another one joins here 🤣🤣🤣

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis6193 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Poor, redundant writing.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@garyfrancis6193 Thank You 🙏

  • @raymondclark1785
    @raymondclark1785 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My wife when she was a preteen did a cross country family trip in a Nash Ambassador.
    My 1st car was going to be a used Golden Hawk but my father didn't think a 300 hp car would be a good 1st car for a 16 yo 😢
    And the Rambler had a cool song about it, beep beep, how do I get this out of 2nd gear 😅

  • @boblozaintherealworld3577
    @boblozaintherealworld3577 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The '56 Hawk? My dreams are smashed! Still, the reasons given weren't very convincing.

  • @briarcunningham7284
    @briarcunningham7284 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These cars are beautiful ,and are now lovely classics. So much more enduring than cars of today.

  • @davidlockley2635
    @davidlockley2635 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Who can’t love a hawk

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidlockley2635 We love it today 😇. The video is representative of the people who lived and used these cars.

  • @Perpetualnerd63
    @Perpetualnerd63 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I like all 10 of these!

  • @freegw1
    @freegw1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The new ugly car has to be the Tesla cars.

    • @rongendron8705
      @rongendron8705 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Will Tesla ever change its design?

  • @DennisPanek-j9b
    @DennisPanek-j9b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These cars had style in their day. Unlike some of the new UGLS such as Kia and Hyundia

  • @Genoveze-66
    @Genoveze-66 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Edsel that you talk about was made from 1958-60. The 1957 Rambler was never consider a "muscle car because they didn't exist until 1964

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Genoveze-66 Thank You for your feedback. Highly appreciated 😇

  • @thesilentgeneration
    @thesilentgeneration 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Rambler Rebel was our first family car and we loved it. So far you have shown nearly every affordable car made in the 50s so just what did you like?

  • @garyhoward2490
    @garyhoward2490 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We have a 61 Nash Metrpolitan.
    My wife thought it was cute.
    Great little car.
    Super reliable, and good on gas.
    We drive it a lot, and people love looking at it.
    Slow, but fun at a bargain price.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@garyhoward2490 Nice to know that 😇

  • @quicksilver4547
    @quicksilver4547 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Edsel was also called a "Studabaker sucking a lemon"!

  • @henryquenin6580
    @henryquenin6580 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'd take any one of these old cars over any present day modern car. They were all beautifully designed and were easy to work on.

  • @mikkibaker6907
    @mikkibaker6907 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The "boxy" look of all these cars detracted from their look. It took automobile manufacturers a long time to abandon this old design trope. For years and years, men's fashion dictated they wear hats. Cars were designed so that men wouldn't have to take off their hats getting into or out of the cars -- thus the boxy" design. I think Chrysler cars were the last to abandon "hat cars", even though men's hats started going out of style after WWII. That may have had something to do with Buick displacing Plymouth as the #3 car in sales in 1955. My Dad sold Buicks in 1955 and had his best year ever!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mikkibaker6907 This is an excellent analysis of that era. Very compact & to the point market analysis.
      You can be our script writer for 50s to 70s era. 😇

  • @jerrycallo
    @jerrycallo 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    These cars would be considered collectable now, but I get the point is how they would have been judged when they were built. Edsel for sure is one in that category

  • @alvincash3230
    @alvincash3230 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A very enjoyable video

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alvincash3230 Thank You ☺️

  • @Romiman1
    @Romiman1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Dodge La femme, as one of the "100 million dollar Chryslers" still looks gorgous.
    Also the original ('57) Edsel looks great!

    • @roberttroutman6780
      @roberttroutman6780 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      There was no ‘57 Edsel. First year was ‘58.

    • @Romiman1
      @Romiman1 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @roberttroutman6780 Yes, but as alsays, the 1957 Edsels were "model year" 1958...

  • @FJA---
    @FJA--- 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A lot of these cars ended up as drag cars or stock cars in the late 50s thru mid/late 60s. Especially the Willys and Studebaker, along with the Henry J. Not the Edsel though. A friend of my dad had an Edsel when they were new. They might have looked even worse in person than the pictures. Dad raced Studebaker's for 2 or 3 years in the late 50s & early 60s. I think I remember that he said they had good motors with a lot of low end torque. Also raced Hudsons for a year or 2 and made a rail dragster using a Hudson Straight 8 engine. Dad had a 57 Skyliner, it was a damn nice car for the time. Got his with a Continental Kit for the spare tire.

  • @jimblue39
    @jimblue39 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I liked the Nash's, I thought they looked pretty neat. 🤪Ford Skyliner ......really.....that was a neat car too. 😏 And I was one of those that actually liked the Edsel!😛

  • @mrsteveinsandiego
    @mrsteveinsandiego 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Should've kept my 57 chevy...i was 18 or 19 then.
    Love my 2015 Subaru Legacy. Pretty much middle trim line.
    C. 120k miles now. Extremely reliable.
    Dealership good to us.

  • @andrewbillingsley9377
    @andrewbillingsley9377 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There are few as stupid as those who judge the past by the current and temporal, standards of today.

  • @thom-mark6443
    @thom-mark6443 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Nash Airflite was the perfect cartoon car.

  • @DavidSmith-sb2ix
    @DavidSmith-sb2ix 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The "ugly" cars of the 50s are beautiful compared to the junk today

  • @jsat5609
    @jsat5609 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    0:22 It's "Willis" NOT "Willies."

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jsat5609 Thank You

  • @LairdKenneth
    @LairdKenneth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The promo picture said ugly cars, but most of these were very stylish. Maybe they weren't economically successful, but they were not ugly. To me (and ugly is very subjective) the ugliest car of the 50s was the 1959 Fords. Both Ford cars and pickups were some of the ugliest cars to make it onto the highways.
    My favorite of the one's shown was the Studebaker. That was like the coolest car ever.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank You for watching Sir.

  • @chipparker3950
    @chipparker3950 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Whoever decided to put the Studebaker Golden Hawk on this list of worst cars is clueless. Only reason given was that it was expensive.

  • @007cloudsurfer
    @007cloudsurfer 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The Hudson was a class act! The Rambler American and the Nash were amazing. The Edsel was a dog...especially the push button transmissions. The Avanti was decades ahead of its time.

  • @RogerEhinger-tg1hv
    @RogerEhinger-tg1hv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember most of these vehicles, some with fondness. Yeah we made fun of the Edsel's grill, looks like it sucked on a lemon. There was also the Kaiser Henry J. , I don't remember too many of them on the streets. Some of the competition for those under powered cars were the early imports, VW, Renault, or Peugeot. None of them had much horsepower either but the dealerships had waiting lists for some. My dad bought a used '57 VW before his name came up on the waiting list for a '56 model. 36 horsepower made a Nash seem like a powerhouse.

  • @Lagassejames
    @Lagassejames 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You seem to have missed the Nash Metropolitan, small underpowered and inconvenient, you had to access the trunk through the back seat.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Lagassejames Yes that’s another one. Very true 😇

  • @tonyjones6904
    @tonyjones6904 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A 57 Ford Skyliner is not cool what is wrong with you dude do you know how sought after those cars are now you don't have a clue

  • @WillyBluefield
    @WillyBluefield 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where's the green car that was pictured on the thumbnail? It looked crazy cool!

  • @Bruno-ho5jl
    @Bruno-ho5jl หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would kill a puppy for a 1956 Golden Hawk. I was a teenager in 1956 and thought then, and still do, that the Hawk was extremely cool. It could really get up and go.

  • @ronaldminks2031
    @ronaldminks2031 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Studebakers were far ahead of their time from the longest manufacturer of all time starting with Conostoga wagons

  • @SpaceInTime1885
    @SpaceInTime1885 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8 seconds in, "these flops cannot be ignored".
    Obviously, they were.😂😂😂

  • @johnedwards3621
    @johnedwards3621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hudson Airflite was designed for travelling salesmen -- saved the cost of a motel.

  • @notme123
    @notme123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The LAPD had a fleet of Nash Aerflughts.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@notme123 wow, that’s amazing.

  • @christophergreen5344
    @christophergreen5344 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worst is a relative term; some of these were innovative, and were part of their era.

  • @johncolette6014
    @johncolette6014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The later Willys were not the best looking, and I always wondered why that particular Nash did not have normal, exposed wheel wells. 2:40

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johncolette6014 it must be a design introduction on trial that eventually failed.
      Some other cars also did that but it couldn’t stand the test of time.

  • @hobbyfarmer62
    @hobbyfarmer62 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Nash cars all seemed to be almost great but kept just missing the mark, while the Edsel suffered from bad timing, a mediocre model and a really bad name.

  • @jeeptrucklover72
    @jeeptrucklover72 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and you don’t know crap. They say things like this to get a reaction out of people, but the joke’s on them because people will say things anyways.

  • @gordon-n6s
    @gordon-n6s 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember ALL OF THEM NONE of which caught on!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gordon-n6s much respect to you Sir. 😇

  • @mikebrzostowski8183
    @mikebrzostowski8183 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As we all know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so I think ugliest was the Edsel any of the 3 years produced.

  • @jamesswain1586
    @jamesswain1586 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was born in 49 as a kid my brother and i knew all the cars. We never liked anything Rambler or AMC built. Ugly...cars. i must agree with you.

  • @larrymaxwell8565
    @larrymaxwell8565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Don't forget the Henry j😊

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@larrymaxwell8565 Ok Sir.
      Maybe next time 🙂

    • @nancyjaplon4909
      @nancyjaplon4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My Dad bought one!💙

    • @stevielease7952
      @stevielease7952 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Henry J was the Yugo of its day.

    • @larrymaxwell8565
      @larrymaxwell8565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS wow!

    • @larrymaxwell8565
      @larrymaxwell8565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nancyjaplon4909 hope he liked it

  • @danieljohnson9351
    @danieljohnson9351 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Why so ugly" is the question I would like to ask Toyota stylists. Even more so, what is this sloppy love affair American car buyers have with ugly Japanese cars?

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danieljohnson9351 very true concern. Sir, we show the American cars only. Japanese vehicle didn’t invade in the 50s though. 😇

    • @danieljohnson9351
      @danieljohnson9351 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS "Invade"is an appropriate word in this case.

  • @BlisterBang
    @BlisterBang 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nutty video where the narration is about a model with a certain engine...and the engine in the video of that model is 100% completely different. What are viewers to get from this? Describing a weak straight six while showing a V8....

  • @sfeddie1
    @sfeddie1 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    “Worst” is way too strong describing these cars. Yes, some had mechanical or ascetic problems, but being called worst brings to mind they were downright terrible, which they weren’t. For instance the Le Femme. It wasn’t a terrible car, just a stupid marketing failure.

  • @J-Hajj
    @J-Hajj 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you really hate it, I'll take the Hawk off your hands.

  • @goral705
    @goral705 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cadillac 1959 on my list .

  • @mariegarvey4234
    @mariegarvey4234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not a good video. Who says what is ugly or not. To each there own..

  • @glennspreeman1634
    @glennspreeman1634 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Stop showing car show modded freaks.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@glennspreeman1634 that’s a bit bitter 🙂

  • @demicratsuck7675
    @demicratsuck7675 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Had my skyliner for years and never had any problem with it. The 3 main things that could affect how the top worked was low battery, parked on unlevel surface and cold temperatures.

  • @SaihtamEseiw
    @SaihtamEseiw 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jeder PKW ist wunderschön!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SaihtamEseiw Thank You ☺️

  • @stevenleek1254
    @stevenleek1254 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Airflyte was one of the first mass produced unibody

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stevenleek1254 very True.

  • @fomfom9779
    @fomfom9779 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    12:31 1950's Lois Lane's car.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fomfom9779 Thank You for watching 🙂

  • @jackvoss5841
    @jackvoss5841 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Crosley cars, in general, were under powered, poorly designed clunkers. It looked like it was built in a dirt floor garage, on a Saturday afternoon, from scrap parts, by a drunk. Other than that, it was just a loser.
    Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

  • @daledannefer7561
    @daledannefer7561 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    yes embarrasingly uninformed

  • @smaugl
    @smaugl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’d love to own any of them. Maybe they weren’t popular, but worst? Total BS.

  • @scottshaw5271
    @scottshaw5271 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who keeps making these videos? They're not reliable information and highly opinionated...

  • @csrrjefflloyd6496
    @csrrjefflloyd6496 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Crosby reminds me of a Triumph TR3.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@csrrjefflloyd6496 we are really glad to bring back some good old memories 😇😇😇

  • @tonyjones6904
    @tonyjones6904 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All these cars are cool every single one of them is cool this is clickbait

  • @douglasberwick1699
    @douglasberwick1699 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Edsel had 3 model years, not 2.

  • @Al-thecarhistorian
    @Al-thecarhistorian 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You know so little about the Nash Rambler. Produced for 6 years, not 4. Body styles included a station wagon.
    Where is the Henry J?

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Al-thecarhistorian Thank You 🙏
      Henry J will be coming soon

  • @Philip-t2j
    @Philip-t2j วันที่ผ่านมา

    I always thought Edsels were cool.

  • @camppvid
    @camppvid 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Right away not correct or interesting.

  • @georgeOswald-j6o
    @georgeOswald-j6o 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    redo your looking sir another beautiful car

  • @upandabove567
    @upandabove567 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    sorry thumbs down on this one

  • @joearrow1767
    @joearrow1767 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1950 Nash was a great car as was Studebaker Hawk. This list is bogus.

  • @briansmith-l1q
    @briansmith-l1q 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The edsel was a great looking car, just look at a chrystler! ewwwwwwwwwww

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@briansmith-l1q 😅😅😅

  • @rayunseitig6367
    @rayunseitig6367 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Edsel for me.

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rayunseitig6367 Thank You 🙏

  • @oldfoxbob1
    @oldfoxbob1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why are you showing some souped up customs when talking about the originals. This makes no sense to anyone.

  • @georgeOswald-j6o
    @georgeOswald-j6o 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nash Airflyte u mean Ambassador

  • @RichardBarnett-hs1qy
    @RichardBarnett-hs1qy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So where's the thumbnail? CLICKBAIT!

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RichardBarnett-hs1qy Thank You

  • @epice6463
    @epice6463 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:58 say that again

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@epice6463 Thank You 🙏

    • @epice6463
      @epice6463 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS golden what?

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@epice6463 ??

    • @epice6463
      @epice6463 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AMERICAN-AUTOS it sounds like you’re saying Hawk tuah

    • @AMERICAN-AUTOS
      @AMERICAN-AUTOS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@epice6463 hahahaha