Inside line's 100 worst cars

Rooster89 · 12-23-2011, 01:06 AM

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90. 2000 Saleen S7: With 550 hp onboard, theoretically it was awesome. But actually it was fragile and just smelled like a kit car. Twin-turbo version came in 2005 at 750 hp with a $585,296 sticker.
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74. 1979 Datsun 280ZX: The fatter, clumsier, overwrought successor to the original Z-car. It sold well through the disco era, but sucked and is universally unloved today.
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45. 1969 Porsche 914: Originally designed as a VW, this midengine, four-cylinder breadbox was never a "real Porsche" to the hard-core. OK, even the medium-core didn't think it was a real Porsche.

Sometimes I wonder if Insideline is the only non corrupt car mag, or just a bunch of trolls.

So read through, and enjoy. PS Flame away at insideline if you want, but the majority of the cars on that list belong there.

m4a1mustang · 12-23-2011, 01:14 AM

Meh... like everything else it's just filler designed to get some attention. 100 cars... that is A LOT. Of course there are going to be some on the list that don't make much sense.

They got the Pontiac Aztek right, though.

Red__Zed · 12-23-2011, 01:14 AM

lolwat at some of that list.

Srt4 and ariel atom on the list, and the mustang ii is the only mustang.

m4a1mustang · 12-23-2011, 01:18 AM

The fact that they complain about the lack of practicality of an Ariel Atom is proof enough that they don't "get it."

Red__Zed · 12-23-2011, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

The fact that they complain about the lack of practicality of an Ariel Atom is proof enough that they don't "get it."

But it has no roof! And where do I put my groceries?

shadoquad · 12-23-2011, 01:41 AM

Love it. The Darwin awards of automotive engineering, hackneyed design, and overly ambitious marketing.

FL 4Motion · 12-23-2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

But it has no roof! And where do I put my groceries?

that's exactly why when wife and i were looking for a new sporty car, we didn't go with the atom.

shadoquad · 12-23-2011, 01:44 AM

I definitely agree, though, that the Atom doesn't belong on that list, or else you have to put every other track toy on there.

FL 4Motion · 12-23-2011, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

I definitely agree, though, that the Atom doesn't belong on that list, or else you have to put every other track toy on there.

they should add the shado mobile to their list, cause once a car's been shadofied, it's ruined for all others.

shadoquad · 12-23-2011, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

they should add the shado mobile to their list, cause once a car's been shadofied, it's ruined for all others.

That's why the celebrities I nail fall off the Maxim 100

FL 4Motion · 12-23-2011, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

That's why the celebrities I nail fall off the Maxim 100

Rooster89 · 12-23-2011, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

They got the Pontiac Aztek right, though.

I just don't get why I SEE SO MANY OF THEM! I liken the exterior to the prius's down syndrome cousin.

m4a1mustang · 12-23-2011, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Rooster89

I just don't get why I SEE SO MANY OF THEM! I liken the exterior to the prius's down syndrome cousin.

Apparently they sold like 30k a year for the first three years. A lot of them were rentals.

To put that number in perspective, they needed to sell 75k per year just to break even.

FL 4Motion · 12-23-2011, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Apparently they sold like 30k a year for the first three years. A lot of them were rentals.

To put that number in perspective, they needed to sell 75k per year just to break even.

m4a1mustang · 12-23-2011, 02:08 AM

Yeah it was an epic failure.

12-23-2011, 01:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Meh... like everything else it's just filler designed to get some attention. 100 cars... that is A LOT. Of course there are going to be some on the list that don't make much sense. They got the Pontiac Aztek right, though. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	The fact that they complain about the lack of practicality of an Ariel Atom is proof enough that they don't "get it." __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3886	I definitely agree, though, that the Atom doesn't belong on that list, or else you have to put every other track toy on there.