A guy walks up to the auto parts counter, the parts guy asks "Can I help you?" The guy replies, "Yes, I would like a windshield wiper for my Yugo please." The parts guy thinks for a few seconds, then states "Okay, sounds like a fair trade." :-) L8R G8R
The Le Car [Renault 5] was a massive success in Europe but I can't understand why they tried to sell it in America for which it was completely unsuited!
The Renault "Le Car" was called the "5" in Europe, and they sold 5.5 MILLION of them. They rallied them with some success, and did a mental Turbo version that drove like a Scalectrix car! Utterly not one of the worst cars of the 80s.
My dad in the 90s bought a used Citation for only $100 but the speedometer didn't work and we later found out the carbon monoxide exhaust fumes were coming up into the car as well. A complete pile of shit car! He didn't even try to sell it. He put it in neutral and we pushed it into the woods and left it there!
1980’s were a dismal time for US automakers characterized by poor performance and hideous styling. The only gem to come out of that era was the Buick Grand National.
I agree about performance but the styling was *NOT* hideous and it was, in fact, great. Also, there were a few other gems from the '80s, not just the Grand National ('80 Plymouth Volaré Roadrunner/Dodge Aspen R/T, Dodge Omni GLH, Dodge Daytona (possibly), Toyota Celica, VW Rabbit GTI, etc.).
Why is it every time people talk about the poor performance of American cars in the 1980s, they completely disregard everything after 1985 except the GN/GNX? 1987 Ford Mustang GT (5L) 0-60 in 6.1 seconds 1989 Turbo Trans Am 0-60 in 4.6 seconds (0.8 seconds faster than the GNX) 1990 IROC-Z (released in 1989) 0- 60mph in 5.7 seconds 1986 Omni GLHS 0-60 in 6.5 seconds 1989 Corvette ZR-1 0-60 in 4.9 seconds 1989 Taurus SHO 0-60 in 6.7 seconds (Compare that to the 2024 Malibu that does 0-60 in 7.8 seconds, or the 2024 Altima that does 0-60 in 8.4 seconds.) 1989 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe 0-60 in 6.9 seconds (only 0.3 seconds slower than the 2022 Subaru BRZ/Toyota GR86 automatics.)
A neighbor of mine had a Pontiac Phoenix and I remember getting into it and noting the sheer godawfulness of it. I'd been watching American cars decline in quality and performance all through the 1970s, but when I got into this and took a look at the dash and the interior I thought they had just given up trying all together. And the cheap ornamental chrome was just icing on the cake. If cars were homework assignments, this would be a book report you hand it in the morning it was due after staying up all night reading the book and then writing the report just before you fell asleep at 5:00 a.m.
The Renault 5 was a brilliant wee car. Never had any of the failures mentioned in this video. And none of the people I knew who drove them ever complained about them. A nifty little car but I guess not what Americans look for in a car. Fuel economy and sensible sized… 😊
This was a good piece. The Cadillac Cimmaron nearly dismantled the Cadillac brand and became a laughingstock as they tried to promote it as competition to BMW. Yikes! And #1, we can all agree was the Yugo.
I remember seeing Cimmaron in the local library parking lot and couldn't help but laugh. Because just 3 parking spots was my Chevy Cavalier. What is even more wild is how many these we have owned. 😂
Yugos became so hard to sell at one point that at least one Cadillac dealership in the US Northeast offered a free Yugo with the purchase of a new Cadillac as a marketing gimmick.
I have a DeLorean, 1982, and let me tell you… it’s junk mechanically. A friend and I added extra supports to the doors, because even the few times I drive it or open the doors, they will break the supports. The car handles >terribly< and I mean BAD. I often joke with people that Back to the Future used the DeLorean because Doc was always fixing it anyway. It’s fun as a collector’s piece and to give rides to people who love the movie, but as an automobile for any kind of usual use, no way. It’s cramped, handles poorly, and the seats must’ve been designed for short women because my head hits the roof over any bump as a 6’2 guy.
My grandfather had Yugo 1982 ,my father Yugo Florida 1.4 1989 ,off course Yugos were everywhere in Yugoslavia back then but i cant remember anyone broken on the road ,parts were dirty cheap here (like 10-15 deutch marks anything) and you could all replace by your self. I still see many old people still driving it.
You showed the LeBaron sedan vs the TC by Maserati. You should’ve shown the LeBaron Convertible. That’s the one that is far too similar. And it would seem to me that you would’ve used the then-current models to compare with the Phoenix rather than earlier ‘70s models of the Omega, Skylark, etc.
owning a lancia back then was definetly not a boring experience beacause you never know if you'll get at destination alive, also many italian 80's cars had electrical problem such as alfa sud or the first fiat panda
Thank Goodness for Japan 🇯🇵. North American cars were getting progressively worse as each year passed. The Japanese came along and showed everyone how cars should be made.
At 4:18 You show a video clip of a full-size Ford Bronco, not a Bronco II. That undermines your credibility unless you had mentioned something like unlike the full size Ford Bronco...
I owned a 1981 Pontiac Phoenix I got it for $900 and had 67,000 miles. Parts were dirt cheap rebuilt the whole front end everything else it was always a reliable car. I had it for 3 1/2 years and then all of a sudden, something went goofy in the carburetor and it caught fire, but I never got stuck in the winter continuously got 30 miles per gallon with the iron Duke and I never had a problem with acceleration
The delorean has to be the worst car of all time. It used the same engine as the Renault Alpine, but the Renault did 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, whereas the Delorean was 10.8- almost twice the time. Only a company owned by an American could manage this feat of backwards progress.
As a DeLorean owner, I can confirm. When I give people rides in it, they will sometimes ask me to drop the hammer with it. I have to explain the car literally CAN’T. It’s slow, the suspension is bad, and by God, does it handle absolutely terribly. It looks cool, sure. But if it wasn’t used in the movie, it would have been forgotten about long ago.
The Yugo was built by a small car company in eastern block Europe with very little money for design and upgrades while all the rest were built by multi million car companies with giant engineering capabilities here in the USA. I still have my Yugo and it's never left me stranded with very little repairs needed while my high tech Toyota needed a new transmission and burns oil like crazy.
Sounds like yours was actually maintained. The Yugo's biggest problem was American Laziness. The timing chain was supposed to be replaced every 60,000 miles, something that nobody ever bothered to do. As the Yugo was an interference engine, if that chain broke, the valves would slam into the piston, and cause the engine to lock up, not unlike an early 2000's Ford Focus. Meanwhile, you could easily find Zastava Corals (Yugo) as late as 2015 running the streets of Belgrade, Serbia. Ironically, the American Yugo was considered to be more well put together than the Zastava, as the company put more focus on building the export versions than they did for the domestic market. In some cases, zastavas would even be shipped out of the factory with mismatched door panels! Zastava was still building them in the eastern Bloc as late as 2008!
8:26 Now THAT'S a Buick Skylark I'd love to have in my garage. The 70 GS 455 was near the height of GM muscle car performance in the 1964-1972 era. Not exactly the 1980s Skylark that should be shown here. The Omega is also a 70s model.
As a guy who always had real Cadillacs,Devills,Sevilles,Eldorados,the Cim moran was to compact and that 1.8was a noisy gutlass wonder,if GM would have used the Celebrity/6000 platform instead of the J body it would have been a more appealing, better riding, and still a decent size for younger buyers,the other vehicle that every one thinks so poorly of the one of a kind Delorian,which to me is an icon of the eighties I remember looking at them at Reno Chrysler Plymouth back in 1981 with my family and seeing a work of art, I have driven a couple in the past and they are comfortable and an absolute pleasure to drive and wish I could afford one,a lot of people expected Lamborghini performance from this car because of the gullwing doors but it wasn't made or marketed as a supercar,the Delorian is a sporty touring car and still I think its 135 MPH top speed from a little Renault 3.0litre V6 back in 1981 is very impressive since very few cars made back then reached that speed.
The Fiat mirifiori also known as the 131 was infamous for fires .Fiat later admitted after paying out compensation that it had design flaws that were overlooked .They figured it was cheaper to pay our rather than redesign the car.
gotta stop ya on the bronco 2. i bought one for 100 bucks, tried to kill it, roll it, even tried hitting deer with it. it was super dependable, and reliable. required little maintenence, and it sold for 2k.
What do you mean the first-gen Pontiac Fiero was bad? I loved those things! A few of the rich kids in town got them. One even had the 1988 GT. I had a 1983 Rx7 Gsl at the time. It wasn’t even close. I think I made at least $2000 that summer.😂
I had an 84 Fiero that I learned to drive a stick shift in, it was a fun car. The whole "catching on fire" thing was WAAAAAYYYY overblown, with only 0.7% of Fieros sold having that issue. (And it was very easily remedied.)
So the yugo only produced 55 bhp from 1100cc Per litre that makes it more powerful than almost every other standard American production car of the decade including the V8s
Yugos were a joke to begin with but on the other hand they weren't marketed as some great car (Like a DeLorean, for example). It was marketed more towards young people who couldn't afford other cars on the market.
Not quite sure who this is aimed at , The Lancia 70s design for a start Renault 5, huge success story Turgid US models all underpowered due to the emissions regulations and saloon/ sedan design were so dull, European designs of the 80s had an amazing decade with powerful hot hatches and designs with streamlined bodies in standard models like the Ford Sierra and Aidi 100
Interesting new channel, I just watched all your videos, like them a lot. But I beg you do not use the same background music with the harmonica for almost every video, it feels like it loops after 10 seconds and the harmonica is so annoying it pushes through your admittedly great announcer voice. The music already triggers me, but maybe it's only me. Otherwise great videos, looking for more!
Thank you for the feedback. I'll play around with some different background music. Was the volume on the music too loud? I tried it with no music and the video seems flat. Thank you for sharing and for watching!
@@DecadesOfHistory20 The volume and normalisation sounds fine. I even think the song with the harmonica isn't bad, the fact that when you get discovered and people binge your videos. It gets old pretty fast. Otherwise keep the music in, I agree it would sound flat and boring without it. Additionally, original sound of the old ads sound also well normalised. Nothing to complain there. Keep it up. Thanks for the acknowledgement.
I live through this era.. It was horrible... After having had the wonderful muscle car era, we were scared into these sheeit boxes with Gas shortages, fuel cost increases and the dreaded 5 mph bumper.....
Honorable mention: 1982 Pontiac Trans Am It was a huge step down from the performance owners of the previous generation Trans Am were used to. Gone were the powerful 455 big block engines replaced with a weak 5.0 V8 known as the Crossfire. This engine utilized twin throttle bodies and was fuel injected. It produced a mere 165 horsepower which for Trans Am, a car with a rich history of high performance was an embarrassment. Not only was it a performance disappointment the crossfire engine was notorious for having mechanical problems. The lack of aftermarket parts meant that there was nothing that could be bolted on to increase its power output. The car was initially planned to receive a Pontiac turbo engine which would have produced more power however that plan was scrapped before the car went into production. The turbo hood scoop made it into production and served as a reminder of what could have been. The 1982 Trans Am interior was bland in comparison to the previous generation model. The bowling ball hubcaps that attached to the turbo fin wheels using plastic clamps often fell off due to road vibration. This was a very annoying problem which led to the wheels and hubcaps being discontinued after 1983. The overall design of the 1982 Trans Am was pleasing to look at however, the car was all show and no go. The TV series Knight Rider which debuted in September of 1982 featured a black 1982 Trans Am as KITT, a super car that could talk, drive itself and do other amazing things. It starred opposite actor David Hasselhoff until the show was cancelled in 1986 after 4 seasons. Knight Rider is credited with saving the 1982 Trans Am from being remembered as a complete flop. The TV series preserved the original factory look of the car and gave it icon status.
The funky doors and stainless steel panels on DeLorean have been copied by Tesla. Model X gullwing doors are problematic, and the "stainless steel" cyber truck has rust issues.
@@SteveMacSticky You would have to ask his friend Al Cowlings who was the one driving. I have a full size Bronco and you can drive well above the speed limit without fear of rolling it.
They're all bad, but the pseudo-Maserati is the worst because people still buy it now, not knowing what a disaster it is and discover it is beyond unfixable. Therefore, they take a total loss on whatever they paid for it. But they, Maseratis since the late 1980s have been mostly awful too.
Funnily enough. Chrysler and Maserati are owned by the same company now… the reliability hasn’t changed though! Haha… Furthermore. If Pontiac didn’t get the full GM rebadge treatment and piss poor quality, Pontiac would still be here!
The Delorean would have been a great car but for the dodgy American who scammed investors and the UK government. The Lancia Beta etc were rust buckets. Poor quality steel and poor sales (resulting in cars sitting on docksides) Lancia eventually withdrew from the UK market. The Alfa Suds suffered from the same problems. The Renault 5 was highly successful out side the US, who was the numpty who decided it was a good vehicle for the US, not a problem due to the car but due to the Marketing department failures.
@@DecadesOfHistory20to correct your stupidity it was 8.8 seconds with the manual. 10 for the automatic. It was also 1.4 seconds slower than the Vette in 1981. You wanna knkw REALLY DeLorean history? Ask someone like me who has been around them for 35 years and daily drives a 82 model! Your "facts" aint worth shit!
A guy walks up to the auto parts counter, the parts guy asks "Can I help you?" The guy replies, "Yes, I would like a windshield wiper for my Yugo please." The parts guy thinks for a few seconds, then states "Okay, sounds like a fair trade." :-) L8R G8R
Ha, that's a good one. Thanks for watching!
... just one wiper right and not a full set of two?
😅lol!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Le Car [Renault 5] was a massive success in Europe but I can't understand why they tried to sell it in America for which it was completely unsuited!
Yes, it was a tremendous little car the Renault 5. Very popular in Europe. We actually had one and it was very reliable.
The Renault "Le Car" was called the "5" in Europe, and they sold 5.5 MILLION of them. They rallied them with some success, and did a mental Turbo version that drove like a Scalectrix car! Utterly not one of the worst cars of the 80s.
Totally right. And it never can be worse than a regular American car.😄😄
Unless it's a Pickup -Truck or SUV with a V8-Engine, then it's basically a worst car for Americans.
That Maserati definitely didn't do 185....
My dad in the 90s bought a used Citation for only $100 but the speedometer didn't work and we later found out the carbon monoxide exhaust fumes were coming up into the car as well. A complete pile of shit car! He didn't even try to sell it. He put it in neutral and we pushed it into the woods and left it there!
@ 0:39 shows the Cadillac Allanté , most other video regarding the TC Chrysler Maserati is correct but that particular Cadillac is unmistakable..
good catch, and thank you for watching!
1980’s were a dismal time for US automakers characterized by poor performance and hideous styling. The only gem to come out of that era was the Buick Grand National.
Yeah, a rough time indeed. Thank you for watching
I agree about performance but the styling was *NOT* hideous and it was, in fact, great. Also, there were a few other gems from the '80s, not just the Grand National ('80 Plymouth Volaré Roadrunner/Dodge Aspen R/T, Dodge Omni GLH, Dodge Daytona (possibly), Toyota Celica, VW Rabbit GTI, etc.).
Firebirds and camaros were popular during the eighties
@@DecadesOfHistory20Years 1975-1990 were the dark days for American Cars.
Why is it every time people talk about the poor performance of American cars in the 1980s, they completely disregard everything after 1985 except the GN/GNX?
1987 Ford Mustang GT (5L) 0-60 in 6.1 seconds
1989 Turbo Trans Am 0-60 in 4.6 seconds (0.8 seconds faster than the GNX)
1990 IROC-Z (released in 1989) 0- 60mph in 5.7 seconds
1986 Omni GLHS 0-60 in 6.5 seconds
1989 Corvette ZR-1 0-60 in 4.9 seconds
1989 Taurus SHO 0-60 in 6.7 seconds (Compare that to the 2024 Malibu that does 0-60 in 7.8 seconds, or the 2024 Altima that does 0-60 in 8.4 seconds.)
1989 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe 0-60 in 6.9 seconds (only 0.3 seconds slower than the 2022 Subaru BRZ/Toyota GR86 automatics.)
Definitely the Yugo, it is a legend in crappiness.
A neighbor of mine had a Pontiac Phoenix and I remember getting into it and noting the sheer godawfulness of it. I'd been watching American cars decline in quality and performance all through the 1970s, but when I got into this and took a look at the dash and the interior I thought they had just given up trying all together. And the cheap ornamental chrome was just icing on the cake.
If cars were homework assignments, this would be a book report you hand it in the morning it was due after staying up all night reading the book and then writing the report just before you fell asleep at 5:00 a.m.
The Renault 5 was a brilliant wee car. Never had any of the failures mentioned in this video. And none of the people I knew who drove them ever complained about them. A nifty little car but I guess not what Americans look for in a car. Fuel economy and sensible sized… 😊
The Bronco 2 was replaced with the explorer, which had the same problems plus more power and Firestone explodo ATs to help it roll over easier.
This was a good piece. The Cadillac Cimmaron nearly dismantled the Cadillac brand and became a laughingstock as they tried to promote it as competition to BMW. Yikes! And #1, we can all agree was the Yugo.
I remember seeing Cimmaron in the local library parking lot and couldn't help but laugh. Because just 3 parking spots was my Chevy Cavalier. What is even more wild is how many these we have owned. 😂
Jay Leno once did a joke on the Yugo.
"There is 100.000 Yugos still on the road... there not going anywhere, they're just on the road."
Yugos were everywhere in Yugoslavia back then but i cant remember anyone broken on the road
I new people that owned the Citation. I heard very few complaints about them. Same goes for the Chevette.
Americans: The Renault is slow and only suited to city driving
French people: Oui
Yugos became so hard to sell at one point that at least one Cadillac dealership in the US Northeast offered a free Yugo with the purchase of a new Cadillac as a marketing gimmick.
I have a DeLorean, 1982, and let me tell you… it’s junk mechanically. A friend and I added extra supports to the doors, because even the few times I drive it or open the doors, they will break the supports. The car handles >terribly< and I mean BAD. I often joke with people that Back to the Future used the DeLorean because Doc was always fixing it anyway.
It’s fun as a collector’s piece and to give rides to people who love the movie, but as an automobile for any kind of usual use, no way. It’s cramped, handles poorly, and the seats must’ve been designed for short women because my head hits the roof over any bump as a 6’2 guy.
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡
I wish I had a drawer and had a chance to buy one bag and 84 for $16000. Now they're worth a hundred and thirty thousand dollars
My grandfather had Yugo 1982 ,my father Yugo Florida 1.4 1989 ,off course Yugos were everywhere in Yugoslavia back then but i cant remember anyone broken on the road ,parts were dirty cheap here (like 10-15 deutch marks anything) and you could all replace by your self.
I still see many old people still driving it.
I hate to admit, I LOVE the Cimeron!
It definitely had a nice look lol
A 2nd list should be done, as Nissan, Toyota and Honda made some clunkers that were not good.
I just may have to do that. Thanks for the idea, and thank you for watching!
The Bronco 2 we put heavy still rims in welded. Still plates on the bottom.
Which helped it from flipping.
You showed the LeBaron sedan vs the TC by Maserati. You should’ve shown the LeBaron Convertible. That’s the one that is far too similar. And it would seem to me that you would’ve used the then-current models to compare with the Phoenix rather than earlier ‘70s models of the Omega, Skylark, etc.
good point! Thank you for watching
How come EVERY Yugo I saw on the street was doing the accordion look with crumpled trunk or hood ????
owning a lancia back then was definetly not a boring experience beacause you never know if you'll get at destination alive, also many italian 80's cars had electrical problem such as alfa sud or the first fiat panda
Thank Goodness for Japan 🇯🇵. North American cars were getting progressively worse as each year passed. The Japanese came along and showed everyone how cars should be made.
At 4:18 You show a video clip of a full-size Ford Bronco, not a Bronco II. That undermines your credibility unless you had mentioned something like unlike the full size Ford Bronco...
I owned a 1981 Pontiac Phoenix I got it for $900 and had 67,000 miles. Parts were dirt cheap rebuilt the whole front end everything else it was always a reliable car. I had it for 3 1/2 years and then all of a sudden, something went goofy in the carburetor and it caught fire, but I never got stuck in the winter continuously got 30 miles per gallon with the iron Duke and I never had a problem with acceleration
"I figured, if you're gonna build a time machine, might as well do it with some style".
👍😎👍
The delorean has to be the worst car of all time.
It used the same engine as the Renault Alpine, but the Renault did 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, whereas the Delorean was 10.8- almost twice the time.
Only a company owned by an American could manage this feat of backwards progress.
As a DeLorean owner, I can confirm. When I give people rides in it, they will sometimes ask me to drop the hammer with it. I have to explain the car literally CAN’T. It’s slow, the suspension is bad, and by God, does it handle absolutely terribly.
It looks cool, sure. But if it wasn’t used in the movie, it would have been forgotten about long ago.
@@TheSpicyLeg I admire you for still owning it- you must have the patience of Jobe!!!
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡
The Delorean could have been much better if the money raised had been properly directed into development work.
The Yugo was built by a small car company in eastern block Europe with very little money for design and upgrades while all the rest were built by multi million car companies with giant engineering capabilities here in the USA. I still have my Yugo and it's never left me stranded with very little repairs needed while my high tech Toyota needed a new transmission and burns oil like crazy.
Sounds like yours was actually maintained. The Yugo's biggest problem was American Laziness. The timing chain was supposed to be replaced every 60,000 miles, something that nobody ever bothered to do. As the Yugo was an interference engine, if that chain broke, the valves would slam into the piston, and cause the engine to lock up, not unlike an early 2000's Ford Focus.
Meanwhile, you could easily find Zastava Corals (Yugo) as late as 2015 running the streets of Belgrade, Serbia. Ironically, the American Yugo was considered to be more well put together than the Zastava, as the company put more focus on building the export versions than they did for the domestic market. In some cases, zastavas would even be shipped out of the factory with mismatched door panels!
Zastava was still building them in the eastern Bloc as late as 2008!
My cousin had a Yugo back in the day. He put a house speaker in it and got clowned.
8:26 Now THAT'S a Buick Skylark I'd love to have in my garage. The 70 GS 455 was near the height of GM muscle car performance in the 1964-1972 era. Not exactly the 1980s Skylark that should be shown here. The Omega is also a 70s model.
My first car was the Lancia HP Executive, looks like the Beta. Never had any problems.
As a guy who always had real Cadillacs,Devills,Sevilles,Eldorados,the Cim moran was to compact and that 1.8was a noisy gutlass wonder,if GM would have used the Celebrity/6000 platform instead of the J body it would have been a more appealing, better riding, and still a decent size for younger buyers,the other vehicle that every one thinks so poorly of the one of a kind Delorian,which to me is an icon of the eighties I remember looking at them at Reno Chrysler Plymouth back in 1981 with my family and seeing a work of art, I have driven a couple in the past and they are comfortable and an absolute pleasure to drive and wish I could afford one,a lot of people expected Lamborghini performance from this car because of the gullwing doors but it wasn't made or marketed as a supercar,the Delorian is a sporty touring car and still I think its 135 MPH top speed from a little Renault 3.0litre V6 back in 1981 is very impressive since very few cars made back then reached that speed.
The Fiat mirifiori also known as the 131 was infamous for fires .Fiat later admitted after paying out compensation that it had design flaws that were overlooked .They figured it was cheaper to pay our rather than redesign the car.
gotta stop ya on the bronco 2. i bought one for 100 bucks, tried to kill it, roll it, even tried hitting deer with it. it was super dependable, and reliable. required little maintenence, and it sold for 2k.
This might be the model of Yugo that was blown off the Mackinac Bridge. I can’t remember for sure, but I know it was a Yugo.
What do you mean the first-gen Pontiac Fiero was bad? I loved those things! A few of the rich kids in town got them. One even had the 1988 GT. I had a 1983 Rx7 Gsl at the time. It wasn’t even close. I think I made at least $2000 that summer.😂
I had an 84 Fiero that I learned to drive a stick shift in, it was a fun car. The whole "catching on fire" thing was WAAAAAYYYY overblown, with only 0.7% of Fieros sold having that issue. (And it was very easily remedied.)
No idea if it will be in this video cuz I haven’t watched it yet, but I still want and love Pontiac Fieros.
I wish I would have bought one too much money for me to spend
So the yugo only produced 55 bhp from 1100cc
Per litre that makes it more powerful than almost every other standard American production car of the decade including the V8s
I’m so glad you didn’t focus on the shitboxes that were either made, or imported into Australia!
That’s make an interesting video!
What, like the Holden (Isuzu) Piazza?
@@SalvoDan what do you mean?
14:18 No wonder the yugo is so dam slow, they got the spare tire in the engine bay!!😂😂
...lived at the beach in the 80's and saw Yugos in flames often; owners used sand to extinguish the flames...🤣
Definitely a Yugo
Yugos were a joke to begin with but on the other hand they weren't marketed as some great car (Like a DeLorean, for example). It was marketed more towards young people who couldn't afford other cars on the market.
Not quite sure who this is aimed at ,
The Lancia 70s design for a start
Renault 5, huge success story
Turgid US models all underpowered due to the emissions regulations and saloon/ sedan design were so dull,
European designs of the 80s had an amazing decade with powerful hot hatches and designs with streamlined bodies in standard models like the Ford Sierra and Aidi 100
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡
If you have and drive a Fiero, keep a fire extinguisher close by.
**HOW DARE YOU CALL MY BEAUTIFUL DELOREAN A CLUNKER??!! I AM PISSED OFF!!** --- MICHAEL J FOX
Interesting new channel, I just watched all your videos, like them a lot. But I beg you do not use the same background music with the harmonica for almost every video, it feels like it loops after 10 seconds and the harmonica is so annoying it pushes through your admittedly great announcer voice. The music already triggers me, but maybe it's only me. Otherwise great videos, looking for more!
Thank you for the feedback. I'll play around with some different background music. Was the volume on the music too loud? I tried it with no music and the video seems flat. Thank you for sharing and for watching!
@@DecadesOfHistory20 The volume and normalisation sounds fine. I even think the song with the harmonica isn't bad, the fact that when you get discovered and people binge your videos. It gets old pretty fast.
Otherwise keep the music in, I agree it would sound flat and boring without it.
Additionally, original sound of the old ads sound also well normalised. Nothing to complain there. Keep it up. Thanks for the acknowledgement.
I live through this era.. It was horrible... After having had the wonderful muscle car era, we were scared into these sheeit boxes with Gas shortages, fuel cost increases and the dreaded 5 mph bumper.....
The 80s were some good times but not for these cars. Thank you for watching!
At nineteen eighty three we're not fuego didn't even know where it was
This is the third "Decades" video in a row where you show the wrong car. You folks might consider paying more attention to your editor
When yugos were stolen the cops just laughed.
The Yugo - a car made by Communists. Enough said.
Aside from that, its no surprise that Japanese automakers ate the lunches of the big 3.
Very true, that is all that would need to be said about the yugo.
Honorable mention:
1982 Pontiac Trans Am
It was a huge step down from the performance owners of the previous generation Trans Am were used to. Gone were the powerful 455 big block engines replaced with a weak 5.0 V8 known as the Crossfire. This engine utilized twin throttle bodies and was fuel injected. It produced a mere 165 horsepower which for Trans Am, a car with a rich history of high performance was an embarrassment. Not only was it a performance disappointment the crossfire engine was notorious for having mechanical problems. The lack of aftermarket parts meant that there was nothing that could be bolted on to increase its power output. The car was initially planned to receive a Pontiac turbo engine which would have produced more power however that plan was scrapped before the car went into production. The turbo hood scoop made it into production and served as a reminder of what could have been. The 1982 Trans Am interior was bland in comparison to the previous generation model. The bowling ball hubcaps that attached to the turbo fin wheels using plastic clamps often fell off due to road vibration. This was a very annoying problem which led to the wheels and hubcaps being discontinued after 1983.
The overall design of the 1982 Trans Am was pleasing to look at however, the car was all show and no go. The TV series Knight Rider which debuted in September of 1982 featured a black 1982 Trans Am as KITT, a super car that could talk, drive itself and do other amazing things. It starred opposite actor David Hasselhoff until the show was cancelled in 1986 after 4 seasons. Knight Rider is credited with saving the 1982 Trans Am from being remembered as a complete flop. The TV series preserved the original factory look of the car and gave it icon status.
The funky doors and stainless steel panels on DeLorean have been copied by Tesla. Model X gullwing doors are problematic, and the "stainless steel" cyber truck has rust issues.
Is that why oj Simpson was driving so slowly in the Ford bronco after murdering his wife? Scared to roll over?
He drove a full size, not a Bronco II.
@@area.man. why was he or his friend driving so slowly? Drunk? On a high from the murder?
@@SteveMacSticky You would have to ask his friend Al Cowlings who was the one driving. I have a full size Bronco and you can drive well above the speed limit without fear of rolling it.
(feeds the almighty Algorithmo of DOOOOOM!!!!!)
Are you gonna do the 90s?
It’s fair to say the 80s was pretty ordinary car wise internationally as well…😂
They're all bad, but the pseudo-Maserati is the worst because people still buy it now, not knowing what a disaster it is and discover it is beyond unfixable. Therefore, they take a total loss on whatever they paid for it. But they, Maseratis since the late 1980s have been mostly awful too.
Yeah, definitely not a good image for Maserati. Thank you for watching!
@@DecadesOfHistory20 Sure. One guy paid $1,000 for one and DISASTER!
Somewhat biased commentary. Basically if it hasn't got a V8 it is rubbish
You nailed the #1 spot for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funnily enough. Chrysler and Maserati are owned by the same company now… the reliability hasn’t changed though! Haha… Furthermore. If Pontiac didn’t get the full GM rebadge treatment and piss poor quality, Pontiac would still be here!
How did the FSO Polonez not make this list? Have Americans ever heard of it? As as bad, if not worse than tte Yugo.
I love my 88 bronco 2 but I had a 5 speed, not the horrible auto
I thought it would be the fiat marina or strada hand built by robots
The Delorean would have been a great car but for the dodgy American who scammed investors and the UK government.
The Lancia Beta etc were rust buckets. Poor quality steel and poor sales (resulting in cars sitting on docksides) Lancia eventually withdrew from the UK market. The Alfa Suds suffered from the same problems.
The Renault 5 was highly successful out side the US, who was the numpty who decided it was a good vehicle for the US, not a problem due to the car but due to the Marketing department failures.
Volvo 300 series and 400 series.
fwd a step forward????? what the hell are you talking about?????? you do not know what you are talking about.
Has GM ever produced a good car?
FSO Polenez anybody?
In Back to the future the car needed to teach 88mph,, but in reality the Deloreon's speedo only went up to 85mph😂😂😂😂
A fast 0-60 in about 10 seconds ;). Thank you for watching!
All cars in that Era sold in the US only had 85 MPH speedometers. It was thought if that was all that the speedo said people wouldn't go faster.
@@DecadesOfHistory20to correct your stupidity it was 8.8 seconds with the manual. 10 for the automatic. It was also 1.4 seconds slower than the Vette in 1981. You wanna knkw REALLY DeLorean history? Ask someone like me who has been around them for 35 years and daily drives a 82 model! Your "facts" aint worth shit!
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Hey that DeLorean is not a crappy car it was just under power. It was a good car and it didn’t rust so for once get your facts straight
It's a bundle of sh!t.
A sports car with a top speed of less than 88 miles an hour..
It was rubbish. The only reason it is popular is because it was in a cheesy film.
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡
Notice most of them are American cars. 😅
the fiero surpassing the ferrari 308? Um...no. Not in any aspects. Just no.
The 308 was a nice looking Ferrari, not a fast one.
It's a bit of a cheek Americans moaning about build quality lol
I think the click bait photo of the DeLorean would look way better if you showed it towing a Cybertruck back from the future 🤡