Comments on: 20 Biggest Car Fails of All Time

By: Todd Mcman

Todd Mcman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:47:19 +0000

This Website is pointless and dumb get a life

By: Ben Barker

Ben Barker — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:35:15 +0000

If King Midgets are clunkers how come they made them for 20 years and made 8,000 of them and sold every one of them . No the government did not close them down the plant caught on fire. p.s. thats my car take the picture off !!!!!!!!

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:39:04 +0000

NOTHING WILL EVER BE BETTER THEN EUROPEAN CARS.

By: S.Smith

S.Smith — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:53:06 +0000

I see sone failer cars there but missing one recent failure in design, the Fiat Multipla, search on it!

By: manuel

manuel — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:28:05 +0000

ALL THE CARS THAT YOU SHOW ARE BEAUTIFUL , BUT THE LAST ONE… COME ON !

By: gate valves

gate valves — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:03:21 +0000

i like the 1975 Trabant! the car in the Harry Potter movie! i cant help but smile when i read that the breaklights and the turning signals came optional.. haha :P

By: Ride Fast

Ride Fast — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:36 +0000

Would have been nicer if you researched the reasons these cars were failures. Or were they failures? They sold Pinto’s by the boat load.

The 1980 California Corvette was entirely a dog due to California regulations. The Fed had virtually nothing to do with it.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:26:21 +0000

May I just point out 1 more of this article’s failures, the Triumph Stag features a Timing Chain, not a belt.

By: One who actually reads

One who actually reads — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:35:47 +0000

This is the type of thing that gives automotive journalism a bad name. I have seen numerous half-price, half-brained coffee table books like this, written with half-formed opinions and nearly no real knowledge or research. I wonder if this nobody “compiled” this dreck from reading a similar book– assuming this ‘recently graduated communications major (!) can read. He certainly can’t spell or even capitalize. An amalgam of dreck, half-truths, and damned lies. Unfounded opinion does not count as research!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:31:38 +0000

It’s spelled Camaro, not Camero.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:29:26 +0000

The V 8-6-4 Cadillac engine cylinder deactivation is called, crazily enough, cylinder deactivation. Not “variable timing.”

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:05 +0000

That would be brake lights sir, not break lights.

By: fairlyoldguy

fairlyoldguy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:27:27 +0000

A correction: The MGA Twin Cam was not one of the first cars with a dohc engine. Such engines have been around since the early years of the 20th century. As far as mass-produced twin cam engines are concerned, well, the Jaguar XK and the Alfa Giulietta preceded the MGA Twin Cam by several years.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:11:15 +0000

The US Postal Service used Ford Pintos for mail delivery and reported that the Pinto had the best service record of any vehicle they had ever used.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:06:48 +0000

You do know that John Delorean was the wonderboy genius behind the Vega, it “made” his career in Detroit.
I spent a couple teenage years in a Vega. Definitely a rust-bucket. But after adding a quart of oil and spraying the carb with Gumout – daily – it ran fairly well. And even when well past its’ prime, it wasn’t near as ugly as most cars other teens had to cruise around in.

By: Raul Jones

Raul Jones — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:50:43 +0000

I don’t know which was more amusing…the article, or the whining comments.

By: oldfatbiker

oldfatbiker — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:15:41 +0000

While I’m not familiar with the European cars on the list,I do remember the Gremlin,Pacer,Vega,and Pinto.As a service station mechanic in the mid 70’s,I remember doing many repairs on these cars,and watching as two and three year old cars[sometimes even newer than that!]rusted and fell apart before our eyes.Truly some of the worst examples of automotive production!

By: Ungawa

Ungawa — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:39:03 +0000

Your blog article is interesting, but . . .

I must object to your portrayal of Buckminster Fuller as a cook.

The fact is, Buckminster Fuller was one of the prodigious true geniuses of the 20th century.

That particular car idea of his didn’t work out, but so what?
He was a prolific generator of new ideas, some worked, some didn’t.

Buckminster Fuller was a genius, ranks with Tesla, Einstein, others like them.

By: Mjk

Mjk — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:31:52 +0000

Not a mention of those ugly Mercedes-Benz from the 80/90s.Had the look of a hairy underarmed kraut women.

By: someone

someone — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:07:57 +0000

Yosef!
your knowledge about (these) cars is equal to zero. what inspired you to write this? next time you write an article please use google…

By: moo

moo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:28:42 +0000

Horst, you are my man!!

Trabant was the eastern block’s greatest small car.
It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years with over 3,000,000 cars made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant

By: tragic

tragic — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:26:07 +0000

Thats a crime against humanity. The biggest mistake of course about the Trabant, calling 30 yrs short life span :)

By: Harge

Harge — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:11:31 +0000

wow, some of the worst writing i have suffered through. the only reason i kept reading was to see what blatant grammatical error would pop up next.

By: aku

aku — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:28:08 +0000

I don’t know about the other cars too much but i can tell by the comments posted here and from my experience taht you are tottaly outside of the subject.I wasted my time here.Only one thing:Trabant was sold in eastearn europena countries more than other cars.It was a cheap,low gas consuption and reliable car.Study more before writing somthing down mate or else u can make o clown of yourself.Cheers.

By: Hrishi. Karmarkar

Hrishi. Karmarkar — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:37:03 +0000

Thanks God There is nothing wrong with my car mahindra Xylo. It is an MUV by an Indian Car manufacturer but the technology is quite satisfactorily international. Looks, Engine suspension, everything is a ok in the car. In fact it is a people mover capable of doing 130 Kmph even with eight people inside.

http://www.mahindraxylo.co.in