The Worst Cars Of All Time

28 January 2004 - 5:00am

In our car-oriented culture, it's hard to find a truly awful car anymore. Forbes produces its list of the worst cars of all time.

"The current lucky generation of automotive customers has no real understanding of how truly awful a car can be. Even entry-level vehicles and subcompacts these days are surprisingly well made, thanks to a revolution started mainly by Japanese automakers like Toyota and Honda Motor... The days of seeing late-model cars on the side of the freeway in the summertime, smoke billowing from their hoods due to overheating, are over."

Source: Forbes, January 26, 2004
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