Showing posts with label Clunkers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clunkers. Show all posts

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Clunker: Chevrolet Vega

I do not know how Motor Trend picks its car of the year awards. I have questioned several of its picks. I do not think that the Chevrolet Volt deserved the 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award. Yet, this is not the worst car to be named Motor Trend Car of the Year. In 1971, Motor Trend named the Chevorlet Vega its Car of the Year. Motor Trend also awarded the Vega the 1973 Car of the Year in

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Clunker: Reliant Robin

Three wheel cars, or tricars, have been around since the late 1800s. They came with either two wheels in the front or two wheels in the rear. Because tricars did not have a fourth wheel and were light weight, they were cheap to insure. Insurance prices for tricars were the same for motorcycles.  One tricar with two wheels in the rear is the Reliant Robin. It was produced from 1973 to 1981 and

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Clunker: Yugo

When considering what is the worst car ever made, many people will take the Ford Pinto. Others will name the Zastava Koral, also known as the Yugo. The Yugo was in production from November 28, 1980 to November 11, 2008. 794,428 Yugos were built. During its lifetime, it has gone under several names: Yugo 45, 55, 60, 60efi, 65, GV, Cabrio, Zastava Koral, Ciao, Tempo, and Innocenti Koral. Yugos were

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Worst Car Ever Made

There are many aweful cars that have been made.  Some cars had poor handling, while others had questionable styling.  Some cars were heavy and underpowered, and other cars were just unreliable and constantly broke down on the road.  Some cars were just not safe to drive. The worst car ever made was slow, ugly, unreliable, unsafe, and had a fatal flaw.The worst car ever made could not survive a