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Gremlins weren't bad. They were inexpensive. We need inexpensive cars. How can a poor person afford the repairs on today's computerized, hybrid or electric cars?
On the DeLorean: “The V6 engine produced just 130hp, about 1/3 of the amount necessary to deliver any kind of performance that could be considered serious.” This statement is beyond inaccurate. The average sports car in 1981 had between 120-170hp, mostly due to emission regulations and fuel economy. Very few production cars in this era had 390hp as you claim is needed to be “considered serious”. 😂
Also the non catalytic version actually had the intended 170 hp. Some car magazines actually tested this version in Nothern Ireland and was quite impressed, as it lived up to all it’s rivals performance wise.
I love how inaccurate all of this is on the DeLorean. What's funny is that a Chevrolet Corvette in 1981 was a 190 horsepower and only went 1.4 seconds faster 0-60. I daily drive a 1982 DeLorean Spec-1
Most of these videos when they claim that a car is “underpowered” is asinine to say the least, obviously they are not old enough to remember what most cars were like in the old days. I can remember V-8 cars that were only 145 hp, a lot of cars had 0-60 times in the 15-20 second range. People were buying cars because of MPG back in the 1970s during the energy crisis out of necessity and besides that the speed limit was only 55 MPH anyway.
The Gremlin was much liked when it came out. AMC sold every one they could make. A poor idea to judge the Gremlin by today's standards. Car was well-built and reliable.
Definitely a better option than Vega or Pinto…. AMC was definitely the underdog, sadly. They had great cars that were both contemporary (for the time) and reliable. You don’t hear much about their quality issues compared to the other Big 3.
I worked at a rental car company in 75. We received over a 100 Gremlins, Pacers and Matadors. They were really poorly built and were really junk compared to the big 3 cars we had. Some of these cars came to us with ,5 miles on the odometer (lowest I have ever seen) and customers would asked “are they really new?”
One of the funniest shows ever, one of the most boring cars ever. You knew Cadillac had a lemon on its hands when they needed to resort to making the Allante a star on a hit tv show. And did they really think anyone would even notice their car when it was positioned next to Kelly in skimpy attire?
In ‘88 I bought my first brand new car. An ‘88 VW Fox 4 door. The first time it ever saw a mechanic was when I hit 475,000 miles when it got the timing belt changed out. All I ever did was regular maintenance and oil changes and it rain flawlessly. Better shocks/struts helped the handling, which wasn’t even bad to begin with. That car now has over 1,000,000 miles on it on the original engine. Still runs good and looks good. One of my grandsons drives it every day.
You didn't really say why the Gremlin was bad. Had a base 232 i6 then a 258 i6 which is also used in Jeep products from Amc . They were durable engines then the 5.0 304 V8 optional in a Gremlin X was not only fast but the X version looked great too. Top of the heap 401 V8 Randle Gremlin X would destroy most modern day cars easily. So not sure what makes it bad.
I absolutely loved my Gremlin. If I had to fault something it would be inadequate front suspension, it would bottom out pretty easily. The best thing I accidently discovered about the car was it's acoustics. With speakers mounted in the metal boxes in the rear floor on either side of the spare tire hatch, the acoustics were absolutely perfect. No car I have owned since has come close to equaling it.
I had a gremlin. what a fantastic car that was. with an ultra reliable inline 6 engine it literally ran forever. the car saved me so much money that I bought three houses because I didn't have a car payment. Now, many years later I'm wealthy and I attribute much of my wealth to the gremlin
Sorry, but I drove a Gremlin...yes, it was odd looking, and yes, it handled like a tank, I loved it, because it was solid as a tank. You could run that bugger into a wall, it would bounce off, and ask"Okay...what's next?"
My base Gremlin was uncomfortable, hot because the back windows didn't open, and always had hardware issues because of the long doors. But you are right about the weight and feeling solid. The 6 cylinder was also a workhorse, very reliable and easy to fix.
@@stephanielaurenbounds4958 OK, thanks for the clarification. Both were produced/sold in roughly the same period, the mid-latter 70s 'disco era', which I lived. They had somewhat similar basic appearances. I kind of liked the Pacer for its evident good rear visibility feature. Least that is how it appeared. But then, I owned a Chevy Vega at the time. Bright orange, to boot.
@@HRHolm-bi6zu I remember ALL three of those cars AND the disco era buddy!!! GREAT TIMES!! For me seeing cars from the early 60’s up to 1997 having antique tags makes me feel old as I remember seeing SO MANY of those cars on the road in my younger days.
The gremlin was actually okay, although just fair on fuel with that heavy engine. Even with three-speed column shift, they crept along -- not much more.
Not sure about 1970, but my Mom had a '74 Gremlin she drove to hell and back. Only options were an Auto transmission and Levi interior. Had the base 232 6. Car had 135K on it in 1982 when she and my dad were in a head on with a '77 Olds 88... They were hurt, but got out of the car and waited for EMS... the girl (drunk) who was driving the Olds had to be cut out of her car. As for the worst car I've ever owned? That title belongs to an '87 Olds Cutlass Ciera Wagon. Not even 40K miles and it had 3 computers and a transmission replaced. Then the engine went. Horrible POS.
This video is amazing inaccurate and very unfair to the AMC gremlin this video did not record the fact that the number one worst cars were both the Chevrolet Vega and Ford pinto both cars were much more horrendous than either of the other examples shown. Gremlins may have had outdated devices like vacuum pumps for their windshield wipers but they did not go up in flames like the Vega and the Pintos did.
I drove an 86 Laser base model in senior year of high school. The 2.5 with 3 speed auto was slower than molasses in January, but I still thought the car was cool. That is until I was smoked by a 4cyl Ford Tempo.
My worst cars are 1)1974 Chevrolet Nova because of bad brakes, 2) 1977 Ford LTD Station Wagon because of bad electrical work. These are my 2 worst vehicles that I have driven myself.
When I was 15 - my dad got me a 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo- 5 speed - it was a year old and had 7,000 miles on it - was a great car that I drove for almost 3 years !
When trashing the Chrysler PT Cruiser you could also add that it had an innovative rear suspension that added to the versatility of it's cabin. You could mention that it was so unique that it sold for a premium above suggested retail when it was introduced. It was so unliked that it sold 1.3 million vehicles worldwide. You really couldn't come up with anything solid to abuse the vehicle after all.
I am a car collector (nut). I have Camaro convertibles, Firebird convertibles, MGs, Triumphs, Packards, Mazda Miata, etc. but my favorite and daily driver is a 2005 PT Cruiser convertible with the turbo G motor with factory High-output cam. It is a great car! Ask someone who owns one.
The Pontiac and the Oldsmobile versions were equally as bad, regardless of the nameplate. It was amazing how many women did not know the crossover connections.
@@pamelacass9642 The "Beetle" was a deathtrap!!!!! Years ago, I knew someone who was in an accident in one. To make a long story short, she was hospitalized for 6 months!!!!
Technically, the Gremlin continued to about 1983, renamed the Spirit. Had two versions, the notchback that looked like the Gremlin but with a bigger window behind the front doors and a hatchback model that looked much better. The second also had a "sporty" model, the AMX package that could get a V8 and four wheel drive (when it was rebadged again as an Eagle).
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Whew! My 76 Chevette dodged another "bad car list" video I've seen today. Truth is, my sky blue 76 Chevette was fairly reliable. I bought it for $700 in 1983 against the owner of the car lot's recommendation. After I got it home I found that the floor boards had rusted through so my dad and I had to rivet in some sheet metal for a floor. Other than a couple burned out clutches over the first year or so it ran really well. I could get it up to 60 mph in about an hour and 80 mph if I had a couple fat chicks in it going downhill.
The VW Fox was misnamed. In 1985 I participated in a survey on this car to help choose the name. I chose something other than the name Fox as that name was already used for an Audi which a high school friend had. My uncle was given this VW FOX by a friend. It impressed my dad that someone would just give you a car. He'll. I gave my PT CRUISER to a coworker who was in need 9f a car. As I had just purchased a new Honda CR V
It’s sad but true that The big 3 American car companies have produced so many lemons in their histories. Even today they still produce mediocre, at best, cars. Instead of learning from their mistakes they keep trying to reinvent the wheel instead of trying to perfect it
I can't remember the year it was made, but my worst car was a Plymouth Volare'. It was a rust bucket. You could throw a spare tire in the trunk and it would probably fall out of the side of the fenders that were rusted so bad.
I have a Renault Fuego, non turbo which I am glad of, sunroof that slides back, and I love how it looks. There are some quality issues with Fuego but it's pretty neat. I don't understand why the Lazier is on this list. It looked nice and had good features and you only spoke good about it. So why is it on the list?? Please let me know. Thank you.
How could you forget the mid-80s Chrysler/Renault Alliance and Encore? Another Motor Trend car of the year which in the end Chrysler couldn’t give them away except maybe as a source of spare parts for pre-existing owners.
the reason the Le Mans was discontinued was because the Kadett was replaced/renamed the Astra (which was Vauxhall's name for the FWD Kadett's) in 1991 it was actually relaunched as the Deawoo Nexia in Europee in 97 only as a 3 door which GM probaly knew would flop which it did
Early investors in the DeLorean Motor Company included Johnny Carson, who chipped in $500,000, and Sammy Davis, Jr., who went in the bag for $150,000. Johnny probably considered it money well spent even if it was only just a future tax write off. However, Sammy who was already in financial ruins by this time was probably biting at the bit.
The Chrysler imperial was an innovation. How many cars were available with an electronic fuel injection or electronic dash then vs now. Someone had to start somewhere and Chrysler started a lot of new things. There was nothing wrong with the Lazer either compared to other cars of the time period.
I agree. I always liked this Imperial. My mom bought a new Chrysler Cordoba and it was a great car. She put a couple hundred thousand miles on it. The Lazer was also cool in its day. I can think of a lot of worse cars.
I had the Chevy Citation, used, 77000 miles. Took it back to the chevy dealership i bought it from. Trick was, start it up, shut it off, start it up, shut it off start it up the 3rd time shut it off it wouldn't start up a 4th time. The service guys had to push it into the maintenence shop. They hadn't believed me before, but they fixed the MF that time. Gave it to my uncle when I bought a brand new Buick Century as payback for the crap Ford Grenada his mom/my grandmother insisted he sell to me. Family, gotta love/hate them.
How about a video now covering the *best-built* /top-quality/most reliable vehicles available in the U.S. from roughly 1980 thru 2020 or thereabouts? Or would selecting the vehicles be too subjective, i.e. more a matter of opinion? (Although I imagine vehicles like the Toyota Camry & Corolla and Honda Accord & Civic would certainly be among the first included. Can't really say off the top of my head which U.S. manufacturers' models would be.)
You kept saying Renault wrong! A lot of Americans pronounced Renault wrong when they were sold in the US. You kept saying “Reynalt .” The T is silent. Watch some of the US commercials from the late 70’s and the 80’s and they clearly pronounce the brand correctly trying to help Americans pronounce the name correctly. I like the channel but some of the information about the cars is sometimes not accurate.
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You're right about the commonly-made pronunciation error. I've noticed that some people in the U.S. pronounce the name "reh-NO"; in Europe, however, they'll tell you that we're putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable...it's actually "REH-no".
Yes, it was based on the Dodge Mirada and Chrysler Cordova platform. I'm going to step on your parade though, the M-body Diplomat, Grand Fury, 5th Ave, LeBaron and J-body Mirada, Cordova and Imperial were all nothing more than gussied up F-bodies or Aspen and Volare's. The problem with the Aspen, Volare was they were rushed into production by Lee Iococca before they were ready. First couple of years were junk. By 1978 they were decent cars for the Era but the damage was done. The M and J body cars were better, except for the poorly executed and overpriced Imperial. But, they tried, I'll give them credit for that. Oh, and Plymouth Gold Dusters didn't have a V6. A slant 6, yes and a couple of different V8 engines. The slant 6 was ruined by the attempt to clean up emissions. Too many add on devices, Carburetors leaned out too fat and compression rates lowered too far. Another victim of the times and Chryslers poor financial situation. It took the much maligned K-Car to reverse Chrysler's misfortunes. Another platform that spawned a whole plethora of different vehicles.
Oh, by the way, my worst car was a 1962 Renault Dauphine. It was very cute but a rust bucket that was a total piece of junk that broke down every chance it got.
Dodge Aspen & Plymouth Volare were also had many recalls. Not having the obvious Chevy Vega/Pontiac Astre & Ford Pinto/Mercury Bobcat surprised me. Why was the Chrysler Laser on your list again?
How is the PT cruiser a bust? Chrysler sold 1.3 million in the US alone, it was on the market for a decade, only to be done in by the financial crisis that killed many other models as well. I'm not gonna say it's some amazing car and shouldn't be on a worst car list, but a bust it wasn't.
My Father had an AMC dealership. My older Sister bought a brand new 1977 Gremlin Sundowner..inline 6/manual transmission. It was amazingly quick and durable. Actually saying it was durable is an understatement. It was a tank! She ran her Gremlin hard and it kept on running.
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I would substitute the Chevy Vega for the AMC Gremlin. The Gremlin styling was quirky , but the cars sold well and did what they were supposed to do rather well. Gremlin does not belong on this list at all. On the other hand the Vega looked and drove sporty, , but it was at best a half baked cake. If you bought one, you signed up for a race between severe body rust out and early engine failure.
Compared to the going up in flames Vega(later Pontiac Astra) and the Gas tank exploding rolling buzz bomb the infamous Pinto ( And twin stablemate the Mercury bobcat) Poor little AMC with it's Gremlin was actually a"Good" little car despite it's dated parts and other failings it was a better car than either one of its big deep pocket rivals. At least the gremlin didn't blow up in a ball of fire. 😜😜😋😋
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@@ThisOldCarChannel Considering the engine & rust problems on the Vega, and the Pinto fires, the Gremlin would be the better longer term vehicle. (until AMC died…)
These were all the shittiest cars ever made. The pacer was so shitty it went to the junkyards with out any rust. I got a nice engine, clutch and transmission out of a pacer for a few hundred dollars and stuck it in a gremlin..
Want to lose 6k in 30 days..here's how: I bought a brand new 86 Chrysler laser for 12k cash. It was a 5 speed ,black on black. Unfortunately it constantly made front end noise everytime I stopped. It sounded like an Owl in heat.." Whoot". I brought it back over and over again to the dealer and was finally told " its the front end and the parts and labor are not covered under the warranty". I sold it back to them for 6k. Yeah I took a beating and never bought a Chrysler product again!
Why is the LeMans a German piece of crap? When they were built in Europe as Opel/Vauxhall Astra's they sold by the hundreds of thousands and provided reliable service. Tooling was sent to Daewoo and they built the Pontiac LeMans so the sub par workmanship is Daewoo's fault ...
GM did not support Opel-designed and -engineered products at all in North America. I owned 5 made between 1966 and 1974. The cars were robust and nicely finished. The customer experience was dreadful. The only Opel design that ever came anywhere near its potential in the market? The Chevette, built in Atlanta, with it's attendant Isuzu G161 engine from Brazil, was about as refined as an anvil, but it was also as durable as an anvil.
@Dennis The LeMans was a obsolete Opel design. The tooling was shipped to Daewoo in Korea and the car was totally manufactured in Korea using Korean produced components. The Pontiac LeMans sold in the United States is this about as German as kimchi and K-pop.
@@wanderinggentile Opel was imported into the United States between 1958 and 1975. During that time the marque was often the #2 import only being outsold by VW. The Chevette was not he only successful Opel design sold in the United States. Opel was responsible for a majority of the design and engineering of the J-car platform and those vehicles sold in the millions under all five of GM's US passenger vehicle nameplates. More recently several models either designed and engineered by or completely manufactured by Opel have been sold under Saturn Cadillac Buick Pontiac and Chevrolet badges.
@@williamegler8771Believe me, you didn't own Opels in North America without a fairly sophisticated interchange manual in your head of what would work from other GM products. I refer to GM's shabby treatment of Opel, Opel badged vehicles, and their customers, which included my father and myself. I genuinely loved the cars and did not particularly enjoy GM products made without Opel technology.
@@wanderinggentile My father and grandfather were both engineers at Opel for their entire careers. My father was involved with the group of engineers that developed and refined the fuel injection systems in some of the final models sold in the United States.
idk about the Gremlin being on this list. They were ugly as a mud fence, but were pretty good cars. I went to school with a guy that had a v8 Gremlin. As I recall, it's big problem was understeer.
My mom bought a new 1978 Chrysler Cordoba with the 360 ci engine when I was a kid. Ours was great. My mom drove for a living and put over 200 thousand miles on it with minimal issues.
If you list the Cadillac Allante as a failure, then you must also include the equally awful Chrysler TC by Maserati. The Chrysler TC by Maserati was a vanity project of Lee Iacocca that lost Chrysler Corp hundreds of millions of dollars in the early 1990s. Many early 1980s Imperials were converted from fuel injection to more reliable carburetion. The luxury buying public in the early 1980s was more interested in smaller luxury 4-Door sedans than big coupes as in the 1970s. The Chrysler Laser/Dodge Daytona was a good looking car inspired by the Porsche 928. The 1990 to 1993 Imperial was another turkey of an American car as was the 1988 to 1992 Eagle Premier
You are correct the The 1981-83 Imperial coupes had potential and. Good looks but were expensive and terrible cars The fuel injection and the electronics were bad quality ,the 318 V8 was woefully underpowered, and luxury inefficient and the Interior exterior quality was sadly inadequate for it's pricey intent. The 1990-92 Imperial sedan models were crappy FWD - extended wheelbase throw away K-car derived fluffy versions of the Dodge Dynasty, CHRYSLER NEW YORKER , Plymouth Caravile models . They all had essentially 3.3 OHV l V6 minivan engines, Fake wood, vinyl tops, fake Wood Grain and lots of crutch velvet fluff including many of the mechanical problems that minivans with that engine and era had All for the" affordable" price of $35k back in the early 90's ; cheaper than a Cadillac Fleetwood or Lincoln Town Car BUT EXPENSIVE for a dolled up K-Car that cast $70 K ( New... In today's money) ..
@@rodferguson3515 Yes, the styling of the Imperial coupes was great...especially the front end and the interior seating. But the fuel injection was problematic though by the late 1980s fuel injection was the norm in the auto industry. I still have the 1981, 1982, and 1983 Imperial brochures that I requested at that time. The 1990 Imperial was introduced at the same time as the legendary Lexus LS400. Mercedes-Benz cars at that time had impeccable build quality. But American luxury cars were falling way behind. Bob Lutz hated the early 1990s Imperial but he has stated publicly that Lee Iacocca who was his boss at the time absolutely loved it. The luxury cars that existed at the time Lee Iacocca was Vice President at Ford are legendary: suicide door Continentals, Mark III, IV, and V, and 1961 to 1969 Thunderbirds.
@@SpockvsMcCoy Yes I can see why Bob Lutz hated the ole "malaise stagecoach styling " of the 1990 -92 Imperial . Lee Iacocca Was a product of the post World War II era in terms of automotive styling and so were the customers of that time. Also Iacocca was vice president of Ford during that time and Henry Ford II was ran it and Ford was particularly notorious for his conservative out of step design proposals of malaise-ish styling at Ford during that time Which by the Early 1980's almost bankrupt Ford Until Ford II left .So it not hard to figure out where Lee Iacocca got his mindset from.
@@rodferguson3515 Henry Ford II retired in 1980 and died at age 70 in 1987. He is a legend who, along with his two younger brothers, saved FoMoCo in the late 1940s. Iacocca was a marketing genius who created upscale cars from the basic platform of cheaper vehicles. The suicide door Continentals, Mark III, IV, V and 1960s Thunderbirds had bold styling but incredible build quality because Henry Ford II knew that was required to be competitive with General Motors. Ironically, the luxury cars under the complete control of Iacocca at Chrysler were turkeys...perhaps badge engineering taken to the extreme.
@@SpockvsMcCoy I am talking about Henny Ford II's LATER time period between 1960- 1980 time period when Ford was a megalomaniac refusing to change due to the rising competition of Japanese cars and other imports when it came to his decisions creating mostly stodgy malaise type of vehicles back in the seventies for ford in 1980. He was resistant to change and drove Ford towards bankruptcy by 1980 because his wouldn't downsize many of Ford models and move away from old '70's large gas guzzling designs during the two energy i embargoes in 1973 and 1979. It would later be the Ford Taurus that help bring Ford out of the brink once Ford left in 1980 . The Taurus was a marketing game changer in a success in the 1980s once and report the second was gone.
The memories of Number 9, nothing work after 4 months, nothing but my Sister kept buying one because of the color. Used to try to take me work but had to take the bus.
I owned a 1982 Citation X-11. I even had it modified by an ex-GM engineer and tuner. It had the potential of being a great car for it's time. Unfortunately, it was extremely poorly made (the starter power harness was routed under the oil pan and it's insulation melted away), the engine had to be rebuilt as well as the manual trans-axle before it hit 60Kmiles. I got rid of it in 1987 at 60Kmiles. In 1992, I got a Sentra SE-R and never looked back. At least I got to 115K miles almost problem free until the rocker panels and a suspension perch rotted out.
@@mitch4527 That's great! I think you got the luck of the draw. Some people had few if any issues with the X car line. Unfortunately, I wasn't one of them.
The Fuego was my first car bought and paid for by myself. I was a French class student in love with everything french. But this car sucked up the oil. With a case of motor oil going in every month for the year I owned it. 1984 Renault Fuego. Cool color though
The Gremlin may have been poorly executed but it was a brilliant idea and made a lot of money for fledgling little AMC. The fact that it was built on the Hornet was even better because the Hornet was a very good car for the time.
The Pontiac LeMans deserves the hate it gets. I got a lightly used one and I got a whole 2 weeks off problem free use out of it before our weekly trip to the shop for covered under warranty (thank goodness) work. Biggest lemmon I ever had the displeasure of owning.
I get why people hate the Gremlin but I like them, so while I get why they are on this list I disagree. The other one I disagree with is the laser. It was no worse than any of the other garbage out it in those days, I would argue it was at least decent. Pt cruiser makes more sense on this list sense it looks like something that ought to be cool but only ended up appealing to middle aged women.
5:26 actually it's a Voyage, this car have 4 variations but for some reason all with different names Hatch is Gol Saloon is Voyage Wagon is Parati Pickup is Saveiro
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Gremlins weren't bad. They were inexpensive. We need inexpensive cars. How can a poor person afford the repairs on today's computerized, hybrid or electric cars?
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On the DeLorean:
“The V6 engine produced just 130hp, about 1/3 of the amount necessary to deliver any kind of performance that could be considered serious.”
This statement is beyond inaccurate. The average sports car in 1981 had between 120-170hp, mostly due to emission regulations and fuel economy. Very few production cars in this era had 390hp as you claim is needed to be “considered serious”. 😂
Also the non catalytic version actually had the intended 170 hp.
Some car magazines actually tested this version in Nothern Ireland and was quite impressed, as it lived up to all it’s rivals performance wise.
I agree, that 1/3 comment was ridiculous. Very few cars in the 80s even had 260 hp.
@@jesper1501 A turbocharged version was also planned, but the company failed before it could be implemented.
I love how inaccurate all of this is on the DeLorean. What's funny is that a Chevrolet Corvette in 1981 was a 190 horsepower and only went 1.4 seconds faster 0-60. I daily drive a 1982 DeLorean Spec-1
Most of these videos when they claim that a car is “underpowered” is asinine to say the least, obviously they are not old enough to remember what most cars were like in the old days. I can remember V-8 cars that were only 145 hp, a lot of cars had 0-60 times in the 15-20 second range. People were buying cars because of MPG back in the 1970s during the energy crisis out of necessity and besides that the speed limit was only 55 MPH anyway.
The Gremlin was much liked when it came out. AMC sold every one they could make. A poor idea to judge the Gremlin by today's standards. Car was well-built and reliable.
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My good friend back then had one with the V8. Was very fast and dependable.
I had a 76 Gremlin, loved that little car.
Definitely a better option than Vega or Pinto….
AMC was definitely the underdog, sadly. They had great cars that were both contemporary (for the time) and reliable. You don’t hear much about their quality issues compared to the other Big 3.
I worked at a rental car company in 75. We received over a 100 Gremlins, Pacers and Matadors. They were really poorly built and were really junk compared to the big 3 cars we had. Some of these cars came to us with ,5 miles on the odometer (lowest I have ever seen) and customers would asked “are they really new?”
When I see the Cadillac Allante, I always recall Kelly Bundy bouncing up and down on Married With Children showing it off at a car show!! 🤪
The Bundy Bounce
@@kosmaskambanis Yeaaaaa! Bounce bounce bounce. hehehehe ....😂
@@mrpoohbearlvr The Neeeeeeew Alanté!
One of the funniest shows ever, one of the most boring cars ever. You knew Cadillac had a lemon on its hands when they needed to resort to making the Allante a star on a hit tv show. And did they really think anyone would even notice their car when it was positioned next to Kelly in skimpy attire?
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In ‘88 I bought my first brand new car. An ‘88 VW Fox 4 door. The first time it ever saw a mechanic was when I hit 475,000 miles when it got the timing belt changed out. All I ever did was regular maintenance and oil changes and it rain flawlessly. Better shocks/struts helped the handling, which wasn’t even bad to begin with.
That car now has over 1,000,000 miles on it on the original engine. Still runs good and looks good. One of my grandsons drives it every day.
You didn't really say why the Gremlin was bad. Had a base 232 i6 then a 258 i6 which is also used in Jeep products from Amc . They were durable engines then the 5.0 304 V8 optional in a Gremlin X was not only fast but the X version looked great too. Top of the heap 401 V8 Randle Gremlin X would destroy most modern day cars easily. So not sure what makes it bad.
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I absolutely loved my Gremlin. If I had to fault something it would be inadequate front suspension, it would bottom out pretty easily. The best thing I accidently discovered about the car was it's acoustics. With speakers mounted in the metal boxes in the rear floor on either side of the spare tire hatch, the acoustics were absolutely perfect. No car I have owned since has come close to equaling it.
I had a gremlin. what a fantastic car that was. with an ultra reliable inline 6 engine it literally ran forever. the car saved me so much money that I bought three houses because I didn't have a car payment. Now, many years later I'm wealthy and I attribute much of my wealth to the gremlin
Sorry, but I drove a Gremlin...yes, it was odd looking, and yes, it handled like a tank, I loved it, because it was solid as a tank. You could run that bugger into a wall, it would bounce off, and ask"Okay...what's next?"
My base Gremlin was uncomfortable, hot because the back windows didn't open, and always had hardware issues because of the long doors. But you are right about the weight and feeling solid. The 6 cylinder was also a workhorse, very reliable and easy to fix.
I had a 1971 Gremlin and loved it!
I see the AMC Gremlin I ALWAYS think of “Fast Times At Ridgemont High”!!! 😂😂
Me too. So funny.
Wasn't this vehicle also featured in the 'Wayne's World' film? Or was that the AMC Pacer?
@@HRHolm-bi6zu The AMC Pacer was in “Wayne’s World.” HARD to believe that it has been THIRTY YEARS since the movie was released!!!
@@stephanielaurenbounds4958 OK, thanks for the clarification. Both were produced/sold in roughly the same period, the mid-latter 70s 'disco era', which I lived. They had somewhat similar basic appearances. I kind of liked the Pacer for its evident good rear visibility feature. Least that is how it appeared. But then, I owned a Chevy Vega at the time. Bright orange, to boot.
@@HRHolm-bi6zu I remember ALL three of those cars AND the disco era buddy!!! GREAT TIMES!! For me seeing cars from the early 60’s up to 1997 having antique tags makes me feel old as I remember seeing SO MANY of those cars on the road in my younger days.
The gremlin was actually okay, although just fair on fuel with that heavy engine. Even with three-speed column shift, they crept along -- not much more.
Not sure about 1970, but my Mom had a '74 Gremlin she drove to hell and back. Only options were an Auto transmission and Levi interior. Had the base 232 6. Car had 135K on it in 1982 when she and my dad were in a head on with a '77 Olds 88... They were hurt, but got out of the car and waited for EMS... the girl (drunk) who was driving the Olds had to be cut out of her car. As for the worst car I've ever owned? That title belongs to an '87 Olds Cutlass Ciera Wagon. Not even 40K miles and it had 3 computers and a transmission replaced. Then the engine went. Horrible POS.
The whole early GM front drive after '80 offerings were junk imo.
The 1981-1983 Chrysler Imperial was not an Aspen, but a Cordoba!
In 1980, the Cordoba was also Aspen-based.
With "Rich" Corinthian leather"?
LOL.
@@afoolandhismoneychannel Errr.... thanks bruh. old eyes and 🍺 cheers
@@afoolandhismoneychannel Cordoba was on the B body platform. The Aspen was on the A body.
@@danw6014 Until 1979. From 1980-up it was on a modified F-body platform. The F-body being the Aspen, Volare, Diplomat, Gran Fury, 5TH Avenue, etc.
This video is amazing inaccurate and very unfair to the AMC gremlin this video did not record the fact that the number one worst cars were both the Chevrolet Vega and Ford pinto both cars were much more horrendous than either of the other examples shown. Gremlins may have had outdated devices like vacuum pumps for their windshield wipers but they did not go up in flames like the Vega and the Pintos did.
The original video had the Vega and Pinto... I wonder why they updated and downgraded the video...
In the 1970s i saw alot of ppl put vega bodies and pinto bodies on mustang and nova frames with some hardcore fabrication and made awsome drag cars
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I had a buddy in college in the late 80's that had a Gremlin with a V8 and I remember that car being fast as hell.
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I drove an 86 Laser base model in senior year of high school. The 2.5 with 3 speed auto was slower than molasses in January, but I still thought the car was cool. That is until I was smoked by a 4cyl Ford Tempo.
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My worst cars are 1)1974 Chevrolet Nova because of bad brakes, 2) 1977 Ford LTD Station Wagon because of bad electrical work. These are my 2 worst vehicles that I have driven myself.
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No Pontiac Aztek? No Tercel? NOT even the ugliest version of a Volvo, driven by Gus Frings?
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I once owned an '86 Laser XT turbo... t-tops. Great car.
When I was 15 - my dad got me a 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo- 5 speed - it was a year old and had 7,000 miles on it - was a great car that I drove for almost 3 years !
When trashing the Chrysler PT Cruiser you could also add that it had an innovative rear suspension that added to the versatility of it's cabin. You could mention that it was so unique that it sold for a premium above suggested retail when it was introduced. It was so unliked that it sold 1.3 million vehicles worldwide. You really couldn't come up with anything solid to abuse the vehicle after all.
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I am a car collector (nut). I have Camaro convertibles, Firebird convertibles, MGs, Triumphs, Packards, Mazda Miata, etc. but my favorite and daily driver is a 2005 PT Cruiser convertible with the turbo G motor with factory High-output cam.
It is a great car!
Ask someone who owns one.
I bought a 1981 citation new. Within 6 months, it was falling apart literally...worst purchase ever!
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The Pontiac and the Oldsmobile versions were equally as bad, regardless of the nameplate. It was amazing how many women did not know the crossover connections.
I never cease to be confused as to how the manufacturers pawned these junkboxes and deathtraps off on the public.
Lol
@@glennso47 < I agree completely!
Nobody could afford or wanted a reliable German car like the Beetle? Bad memories of the war, I suppose.
@@pamelacass9642 The "Beetle" was a deathtrap!!!!! Years ago, I knew someone who was in an accident in one. To make a long story short, she was hospitalized for 6 months!!!!
Shiny sells.
Technically, the Gremlin continued to about 1983, renamed the Spirit. Had two versions, the notchback that looked like the Gremlin but with a bigger window behind the front doors and a hatchback model that looked much better. The second also had a "sporty" model, the AMX package that could get a V8 and four wheel drive (when it was rebadged again as an Eagle).
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Whew! My 76 Chevette dodged another "bad car list" video I've seen today. Truth is, my
sky blue 76 Chevette was fairly reliable. I bought it for $700 in 1983 against the owner
of the car lot's recommendation. After I got it home I found that the floor boards had
rusted through so my dad and I had to rivet in some sheet metal for a floor. Other than
a couple burned out clutches over the first year or so it ran really well. I could get it up
to 60 mph in about an hour and 80 mph if I had a couple fat chicks in it going downhill.
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I always thought the Allante was a beautiful car. Too bad it was a poorly executed one.
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I worked with a guy that just loved Citations. He used to have all kinds of spare parts for the car in the back. I kid you not.
X11 would have been my fav!
Mom only bought ONE new car.
Chevy Citation.
It was recalled some 9 times in the first 1 1/2 years.
We stuck each one on the refrigerator.
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The VW Fox was misnamed. In 1985 I participated in a survey on this car to help choose the name. I chose something other than the name Fox as that name was already used for an Audi which a high school friend had. My uncle was given this VW FOX by a friend. It impressed my dad that someone would just give you a car. He'll. I gave my PT CRUISER to a coworker who was in need 9f a car. As I had just purchased a new Honda CR V
It’s sad but true that The big 3 American car companies have produced so many lemons in their histories. Even today they still produce mediocre, at best, cars. Instead of learning from their mistakes they keep trying to reinvent the wheel instead of trying to perfect it
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I can't remember the year it was made, but my worst car was a Plymouth Volare'. It was a rust bucket. You could throw a spare tire in the trunk and it would probably fall out of the side of the fenders that were rusted so bad.
Chevy Citation🤣
Never a good idea to name a car after what a traffic cop writes you for speeding.
I have a Renault Fuego, non turbo which I am glad of, sunroof that slides back, and I love how it looks. There are some quality issues with Fuego but it's pretty neat.
I don't understand why the Lazier is on this list. It looked nice and had good features and you only spoke good about it. So why is it on the list?? Please let me know. Thank you.
Yeah I agree, he didn't even say why the Lazer was on the list. I thought I was watching Watchmojo for a second lol
1981 olds cutless diesel. Awful engine. Transmission was not great. Body fit and finish was really bad.
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How could you forget the mid-80s Chrysler/Renault Alliance and Encore? Another Motor Trend car of the year which in the end Chrysler couldn’t give them away except maybe as a source of spare parts for pre-existing owners.
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What caused the cruiser to bust was it was ugly as hell. The Aztec looked better
better have the Pt Cruiser lol thank you had 2 both were CRAP
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Lost a bet and I had to buy the PT Chrysler. Had people making fun of me for 4 miserable weeks. That's bullying.
I knew a guy that bought a ‘73 gremlin and he drove that thing until 1995. It was his everyday car for the entire time and he was quite happy with it.
the reason the Le Mans was discontinued was because the Kadett was replaced/renamed the Astra (which was Vauxhall's name for the FWD Kadett's) in 1991 it was actually relaunched as the Deawoo Nexia in Europee in 97 only as a 3 door which GM probaly knew would flop which it did
You are correct sir.....What do we have for him Johnny?
'' THE Chevy Vega 20.000 miles was a lot for these
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I loved my 88 VW Fox....It was a great car and wish they would make something like it again...
It was also a huge success in Brazil.
Early investors in the DeLorean Motor Company included Johnny Carson, who chipped in $500,000, and Sammy Davis, Jr., who went in the bag for $150,000. Johnny probably considered it money well spent even if it was only just a future tax write off. However, Sammy who was already in financial ruins by this time was probably biting at the bit.
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The Chrysler imperial was an innovation. How many cars were available with an electronic fuel injection or electronic dash then vs now. Someone had to start somewhere and Chrysler started a lot of new things. There was nothing wrong with the Lazer either compared to other cars of the time period.
I agree. I always liked this Imperial. My mom bought a new Chrysler Cordoba and it was a great car. She put a couple hundred thousand miles on it. The Lazer was also cool in its day. I can think of a lot of worse cars.
I had the Chevy Citation, used, 77000 miles. Took it back to the chevy dealership i bought it from. Trick was, start it up, shut it off, start it up, shut it off start it up the 3rd time shut it off it wouldn't start up a 4th time. The service guys had to push it into the maintenence shop. They hadn't believed me before, but they fixed the MF that time. Gave it to my uncle when I bought a brand new Buick Century as payback for the crap Ford Grenada his mom/my grandmother insisted he sell to me.
Family, gotta love/hate them.
I had a 88 plymouth horizon/dodge omni...Such a hideous car. Door handles broke all the time. Engine was crap. Deserves mention on a list sometime
When I see the Delorean, I always think of the Bricklin.
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How about a video now covering the *best-built* /top-quality/most reliable vehicles available in the U.S. from roughly 1980 thru 2020 or thereabouts? Or would selecting the vehicles be too subjective, i.e. more a matter of opinion? (Although I imagine vehicles like the Toyota Camry & Corolla and Honda Accord & Civic would certainly be among the first included. Can't really say off the top of my head which U.S. manufacturers' models would be.)
You kept saying Renault wrong! A lot of Americans pronounced Renault wrong when they were sold in the US. You kept saying “Reynalt .” The T is silent. Watch some of the US commercials from the late 70’s and the 80’s and they clearly pronounce the brand correctly trying to help Americans pronounce the name correctly. I like the channel but some of the information about the cars is sometimes not accurate.
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You're right about the commonly-made pronunciation error. I've noticed that some people in the U.S. pronounce the name "reh-NO"; in Europe, however, they'll tell you that we're putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable...it's actually "REH-no".
The particular generation Imperial in your video was not based on the Aspen/Volare' platform, it was based on the Cordoba/Charger platform!
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It was built on the Chrysler Cordoba/ Dodge Mirada platform. I owned the Dodge version.
Yes, it was based on the Dodge Mirada and Chrysler Cordova platform. I'm going to step on your parade though, the M-body Diplomat, Grand Fury, 5th Ave, LeBaron and J-body Mirada, Cordova and Imperial were all nothing more than gussied up F-bodies or Aspen and Volare's. The problem with the Aspen, Volare was they were rushed into production by Lee Iococca before they were ready. First couple of years were junk. By 1978 they were decent cars for the Era but the damage was done. The M and J body cars were better, except for the poorly executed and overpriced Imperial. But, they tried, I'll give them credit for that.
Oh, and Plymouth Gold Dusters didn't have a V6. A slant 6, yes and a couple of different V8 engines. The slant 6 was ruined by the attempt to clean up emissions. Too many add on devices, Carburetors leaned out too fat and compression rates lowered too far. Another victim of the times and Chryslers poor financial situation. It took the much maligned K-Car to reverse Chrysler's misfortunes. Another platform that spawned a whole plethora of different vehicles.
Oh, by the way, my worst car was a 1962 Renault Dauphine. It was very cute but a rust bucket that was a total piece of junk that broke down every chance it got.
My Dad had one and said the same thing. It literally fell apart on him including the entire door coming off in his hand one time when he opened it.
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Dodge Aspen & Plymouth Volare were also had many recalls. Not having the obvious Chevy Vega/Pontiac Astre & Ford Pinto/Mercury Bobcat surprised me. Why was the Chrysler Laser on your list again?
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@@ThisOldCarChannel You didn't explain what was wrong with it.
How is the PT cruiser a bust? Chrysler sold 1.3 million in the US alone, it was on the market for a decade, only to be done in by the financial crisis that killed many other models as well.
I'm not gonna say it's some amazing car and shouldn't be on a worst car list, but a bust it wasn't.
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Always wondered what happened to the PT Cruiser. I wanted one in college and they were unique looking for 2001 and purple. 💜 thanks for explaining.
I loved my ‘71 Gremlin X. It got great mileage and I lost a 350 Pontiac on the turnpike in it. Wish I had it back.
My Father had an AMC dealership. My older Sister bought a brand new 1977 Gremlin Sundowner..inline 6/manual transmission. It was amazingly quick and durable. Actually saying it was durable is an understatement. It was a tank! She ran her Gremlin hard and it kept on running.
I had a '91 Le Mans. It was economical and quick, but lousy in the corners.
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The Chrysler P/T Cruiser was not a BUST! It sold well, and most are still on the road! Where do you get this information?
Well once again you guys are off the mark and quite frankly this is the last vid I'll watch from you guys. By BY.
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Good list, though I'd throw my mother's '86 Hyundai Excel in the mix. Complete 🗑
Yeah...they weren't that good either. lol Thanks Stephen.
The Cadillac Allante was actually a very nice car, it was just too expensive.
True
kinda fond of the Chyrsler Imperial- it's a really nice looking "lemon"...
Greetings from BRASIL. About the vw fox, it was actually a us spec version of the vw voyage (this one is the sedan version of the vw gol).
I would substitute the Chevy Vega for the AMC Gremlin. The Gremlin styling was quirky , but the cars sold well and did what they were supposed to do rather well. Gremlin does not belong on this list at all. On the other hand the Vega looked and drove sporty, , but it was at best a half baked cake. If you bought one, you signed up for a race between severe body rust out and early engine failure.
Compared to the going up in flames Vega(later Pontiac Astra) and the Gas tank exploding rolling buzz bomb the infamous Pinto ( And twin stablemate the Mercury bobcat) Poor little AMC with it's Gremlin was actually a"Good" little car despite it's dated parts and other failings it was a better car than either one of its big deep pocket rivals. At least the gremlin didn't blow up in a ball of fire. 😜😜😋😋
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Vega and Chevette should have been on this list.
the vega was pretty with nice classic muscle car lines but built poorly and was a fire hazard.
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When I was a little kid, I had thought the K car was made by Kmart and sold in their stores!
In hindsight I find that assumption Hilarious 😆
They were Kmart quality lol
The Gremlin? It was introduced at the same time as the Pinto & Vega. Which one you want for a vehicle?
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@@ThisOldCarChannel Considering the engine & rust problems on the Vega, and the Pinto fires, the Gremlin would be the better longer term vehicle. (until AMC died…)
Car: exists
Motor trend: "I name you car of the year"
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No way the AMC Gremlin belongs on this list, let alone No. 1
Driven these Chevrolet citation as a military police car in the 80s. Hated it worse than the K cars we were later assigned
These were all the shittiest cars ever made. The pacer was so shitty it went to the junkyards with out any rust. I got a nice engine, clutch and transmission out of a pacer for a few hundred dollars and stuck it in a gremlin..
I have3 a Chrysler PT Cruiser. I like it. Mine is a 2005 model.
I drove a Gremlin till the transmission failed.
What ever happened to the Ford Probe?
Good stuff
How can you be critical you weren't even born !
Ha!
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I bought a brand new 86 Chrysler laser for 12k cash. It was a 5 speed ,black on black. Unfortunately it constantly made front end noise everytime I stopped. It sounded like an Owl in heat.." Whoot". I brought it back over and over again to the dealer and was finally told " its the front end and the parts and labor are not covered under the warranty". I sold it back to them for 6k. Yeah I took a beating and never bought a Chrysler product again!
The worst car I have ever seen is the Renault LeCar
One of my father's college roommate owned a gremlin once. Not his finest car once the rear glass windshield trunk lid shattered.
Why is the LeMans a German piece of crap?
When they were built in Europe as Opel/Vauxhall Astra's they sold by the hundreds of thousands and provided reliable service.
Tooling was sent to Daewoo and they built the Pontiac LeMans so the sub par workmanship is Daewoo's fault ...
GM did not support Opel-designed and -engineered products at all in North America. I owned 5 made between 1966 and 1974. The cars were robust and nicely finished. The customer experience was dreadful.
The only Opel design that ever came anywhere near its potential in the market? The Chevette, built in Atlanta, with it's attendant Isuzu G161 engine from Brazil, was about as refined as an anvil, but it was also as durable as an anvil.
@Dennis The LeMans was a obsolete Opel design. The tooling was shipped to Daewoo in Korea and the car was totally manufactured in Korea using Korean produced components.
The Pontiac LeMans sold in the United States is this about as German as kimchi and K-pop.
@@wanderinggentile Opel was imported into the United States between 1958 and 1975.
During that time the marque was often the #2 import only being outsold by VW.
The Chevette was not he only successful Opel design sold in the United States.
Opel was responsible for a majority of the design and engineering of the J-car platform and those vehicles sold in the millions under all five of GM's US passenger vehicle nameplates.
More recently several models either designed and engineered by or completely manufactured by Opel have been sold under Saturn Cadillac Buick Pontiac and Chevrolet badges.
@@williamegler8771Believe me, you didn't own Opels in North America without a fairly sophisticated interchange manual in your head of what would work from other GM products. I refer to GM's shabby treatment of Opel, Opel badged vehicles, and their customers, which included my father and myself.
I genuinely loved the cars and did not particularly enjoy GM products made without Opel technology.
@@wanderinggentile My father and grandfather were both engineers at Opel for their entire careers.
My father was involved with the group of engineers that developed and refined the fuel injection systems in some of the final models sold in the United States.
I saw citations on the road 15 years later, I occasionally still see one!
I know the Delorean DMC was well lambasted... but i think those cars are cool even today.
I was going to suggest the Chev Citation, but you beat me to it.
idk about the Gremlin being on this list. They were ugly as a mud fence, but were pretty good cars. I went to school with a guy that had a v8 Gremlin. As I recall, it's big problem was understeer.
surprised not to see the cordova in either video. i remember we had one when i was a kid and it was awful.
My mom bought a new 1978 Chrysler Cordoba with the 360 ci engine when I was a kid. Ours was great. My mom drove for a living and put over 200 thousand miles on it with minimal issues.
Dodge may have dropped the laser name but it was picked up a few years later by Plymouth, which their version of the "laser" was a rebranded DSM
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If you list the Cadillac Allante as a failure, then you must also include the equally awful Chrysler TC by Maserati. The Chrysler TC by Maserati was a vanity project of Lee Iacocca that lost Chrysler Corp hundreds of millions of dollars in the early 1990s. Many early 1980s Imperials were converted from fuel injection to more reliable carburetion. The luxury buying public in the early 1980s was more interested in smaller luxury 4-Door sedans than big coupes as in the 1970s. The Chrysler Laser/Dodge Daytona was a good looking car inspired by the Porsche 928. The 1990 to 1993 Imperial was another turkey of an American car as was the 1988 to 1992 Eagle Premier
You are correct the The 1981-83 Imperial coupes had potential and. Good looks but were expensive and terrible cars The fuel injection and the electronics were bad quality ,the 318 V8 was woefully underpowered, and luxury inefficient and the Interior exterior quality was sadly inadequate for it's pricey intent.
The 1990-92 Imperial sedan models were crappy FWD - extended wheelbase throw away K-car derived fluffy versions of the Dodge Dynasty, CHRYSLER NEW YORKER , Plymouth Caravile models . They all had essentially 3.3 OHV l V6 minivan engines, Fake wood, vinyl tops, fake Wood Grain and lots of crutch velvet fluff including many of the mechanical problems that minivans with that engine and era had All for the" affordable" price of $35k back in the early 90's ; cheaper than a Cadillac Fleetwood or Lincoln Town Car BUT EXPENSIVE for a dolled up K-Car that cast $70 K ( New... In today's money) ..
@@rodferguson3515 Yes, the styling of the Imperial coupes was great...especially the front end and the interior seating. But the fuel injection was problematic though by the late 1980s fuel injection was the norm in the auto industry. I still have the 1981, 1982, and 1983 Imperial brochures that I requested at that time. The 1990 Imperial was introduced at the same time as the legendary Lexus LS400. Mercedes-Benz cars at that time had impeccable build quality. But American luxury cars were falling way behind. Bob Lutz hated the early 1990s Imperial but he has stated publicly that Lee Iacocca who was his boss at the time absolutely loved it. The luxury cars that existed at the time Lee Iacocca was Vice President at Ford are legendary: suicide door Continentals, Mark III, IV, and V, and 1961 to 1969 Thunderbirds.
@@SpockvsMcCoy Yes I can see why Bob Lutz hated the ole "malaise stagecoach styling " of the 1990 -92 Imperial . Lee Iacocca Was a product of the post World War II era in terms of automotive styling and so were the customers of that time. Also Iacocca was vice president of Ford during that time and Henry Ford II was ran it and Ford was particularly notorious for his conservative out of step design proposals of malaise-ish styling at Ford during that time Which by the Early 1980's almost bankrupt Ford Until Ford II left .So it not hard to figure out where Lee Iacocca got his mindset from.
@@rodferguson3515 Henry Ford II retired in 1980 and died at age 70 in 1987. He is a legend who, along with his two younger brothers, saved FoMoCo in the late 1940s. Iacocca was a marketing genius who created upscale cars from the basic platform of cheaper vehicles. The suicide door Continentals, Mark III, IV, V and 1960s Thunderbirds had bold styling but incredible build quality because Henry Ford II knew that was required to be competitive with General Motors. Ironically, the luxury cars under the complete control of Iacocca at Chrysler were turkeys...perhaps badge engineering taken to the extreme.
@@SpockvsMcCoy I am talking about Henny Ford II's LATER time period between 1960- 1980 time period when Ford was a megalomaniac refusing to change due to the rising competition of Japanese cars and other imports when it came to his decisions creating mostly stodgy malaise type of vehicles back in the seventies for ford in 1980. He was resistant to change and drove Ford towards bankruptcy by 1980 because his wouldn't downsize many of Ford models and move away from old '70's large gas guzzling designs during the two energy i embargoes in 1973 and 1979. It would later be the Ford Taurus that help bring Ford out of the brink once Ford left in 1980 . The Taurus was a marketing game changer in a success in the 1980s once and report the second was gone.
The memories of Number 9, nothing work after 4 months, nothing but my Sister kept buying one because of the color. Used to try to take me work but had to take the bus.
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I liked the Gremlin. I really don't like all the hate it gets. It was a reliable, inexpensive automobile. The kind that's no longer produced.
I owned a 1982 Citation X-11. I even had it modified by an ex-GM engineer and tuner. It had the potential of being a great car for it's time. Unfortunately, it was extremely poorly made (the starter power harness was routed under the oil pan and it's insulation melted away), the engine had to be rebuilt as well as the manual trans-axle before it hit 60Kmiles. I got rid of it in 1987 at 60Kmiles. In 1992, I got a Sentra SE-R and never looked back. At least I got to 115K miles almost problem free until the rocker panels and a suspension perch rotted out.
@@mitch4527 That's great! I think you got the luck of the draw. Some people had few if any issues with the X car line. Unfortunately, I wasn't one of them.
The Fuego was my first car bought and paid for by myself. I was a French class student in love with everything french. But this car sucked up the oil. With a case of motor oil going in every month for the year I owned it. 1984 Renault Fuego. Cool color though
The Gremlin may have been poorly executed but it was a brilliant idea and made a lot of money for fledgling little AMC. The fact that it was built on the Hornet was even better because the Hornet was a very good car for the time.
Totally agree with this list!!!
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The Maliaise Era factoid: The Big 3 wasn't drug testing during this time period. 🤷
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This list is Spot On ! These 10 Cars are Toilets ! Every One of them !
The Pontiac LeMans deserves the hate it gets. I got a lightly used one and I got a whole 2 weeks off problem free use out of it before our weekly trip to the shop for covered under warranty (thank goodness) work. Biggest lemmon I ever had the displeasure of owning.
I get why people hate the Gremlin but I like them, so while I get why they are on this list I disagree.
The other one I disagree with is the laser. It was no worse than any of the other garbage out it in those days, I would argue it was at least decent.
Pt cruiser makes more sense on this list sense it looks like something that ought to be cool but only ended up appealing to middle aged women.
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I always thought citations were big windup toys
5:26 actually it's a Voyage, this car have 4 variations but for some reason all with different names
Hatch is Gol
Saloon is Voyage
Wagon is Parati
Pickup is Saveiro
Boca Brothers Classic Cars
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Every one of these cars is better than ANY "EV" garbage.