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This page brings back a ton of memory. Sure, there are a lot of losers on that list but some were fine cars and in fact sold A LOT. Maverick was a great car and still looks good. I even liked the Gremlin.
This page brings back a ton of memory. Sure, there are a lot of losers on that list but some were fine cars and in fact sold A LOT. Maverick was a great car and still looks good. I even liked the Gremlin.
Hyperbole about the Pinto, "thousands" weren't killed and it didn't explode any easier than most other small cars of the era. Especially considering that gas tanks were right in front of the bumper in a lot of models.
The downsized GM cars? Some were not bad looking. The Monte Carlo/Cutlass Supreme/Grand Prix/Regal ones pretty much replicated the lines of the larger ones they replaced.
I knew a few Pacer owners. They remind me of today's Subaru owners with their feelings about those cars.
The Maverick was a huge pile of dog doo. How bad - the car was sold until 78 I believe, and by the mid 80s it was very rare to see them on the road. If you did see one it was a rusted out hulk.
Pinto was pretty bad as a car I admit to owning one. The Pintos main attraction was that it did not fall apart quite as fast as the Chevy Vega.
The Mustang II was supposed to be a sporty car but it handled and rode worse than the Pinto. I also owned one of these. Good job almost ruining a legend, Ford.
The Gremlin gets on these lists a lot but they were in general better cars than then the American competition. My brothers 74 Gremlin bought used in 78 with 90K miles, outlived all our family vehicles of that era including a Volkswagan and a Volvo.
The Omni should not be on this list it was a good economy car, roomy, decent ride, didnt beat you up with noise. The 2 door versions were sporty and fun to drive, I owned one of each at different times.
The downsized GMs were hit and miss - my dad had an Olds just like as in the picture but in blue, it was a 78 model, by 1982 it was in poor shape with about 80K. Others had better luck and many of these were still on the road 20 years later in the late 90s.
One model car that should be on this list, is the GM X cars of 1980. Chevrolet called theirs the Citation, and the other divisions all had one too. How bad were these cars, here is a true story....In fall of 1983 I ran into a freind one evening, he said "Hey were going out to eat, I sold my car!" It was a 1980 Citation and he got $125 for it. 3 maybe 4 years old and depreciated to near junk.
Hyperbole about the Pinto, "thousands" weren't killed and it didn't explode any easier than most other small cars of the era. Especially considering that gas tanks were right in front of the bumper in a lot of models.
The downsized GM cars? Some were not bad looking. The Monte Carlo/Cutlass Supreme/Grand Prix/Regal ones pretty much replicated the lines of the larger ones they replaced.
I knew a few Pacer owners. They remind me of today's Subaru owners with their feelings about those cars.
There was a study done in the 90's that disproved the fire claims in Pinto. Turns out there were 27 total fires and more than a million units on the road. The Pinto numbers were below most other models averages. It proves the power of media. Hence, the reason posters here push a political agenda, or the paid trolls.
The Maverick was a huge pile of dog doo. How bad - the car was sold until 78 I believe, and by the mid 80s it was very rare to see them on the road. If you did see one it was a rusted out hulk.
Pinto was pretty bad as a car I admit to owning one. The Pintos main attraction was that it did not fall apart quite as fast as the Chevy Vega.
The Mustang II was supposed to be a sporty car but it handled and rode worse than the Pinto. I also owned one of these. Good job almost ruining a legend, Ford.
The Gremlin gets on these lists a lot but they were in general better cars than then the American competition. My brothers 74 Gremlin bought used in 78 with 90K miles, outlived all our family vehicles of that era including a Volkswagan and a Volvo.
The Omni should not be on this list it was a good economy car, roomy, decent ride, didnt beat you up with noise. The 2 door versions were sporty and fun to drive, I owned one of each at different times.
The downsized GMs were hit and miss - my dad had an Olds just like as in the picture but in blue, it was a 78 model, by 1982 it was in poor shape with about 80K. Others had better luck and many of these were still on the road 20 years later in the late 90s.
One model car that should be on this list, is the GM X cars of 1980. Chevrolet called theirs the Citation, and the other divisions all had one too. How bad were these cars, here is a true story....In fall of 1983 I ran into a freind one evening, he said "Hey were going out to eat, I sold my car!" It was a 1980 Citation and he got $125 for it. 3 maybe 4 years old and depreciated to near junk.
My brother drove a Maverick to 200,000 miles before selling it. Ford inline 6's were bullet proof.
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