this video is sponsored by belairdirect
providing complete car and home
insurance solutions you know what better
to just walk welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 worst cars of all time
are you telling me you built a time
machine kind of a DeLorean for this list
we’ll be looking at depressing
unreliable or just plain bad rides from
all decades to qualify for this list the
cars must have been made with some
notion of the mass market even if that
means only a handful actually made it to
customers and must have moved beyond the
prototype stage I averaged over
twenty-two miles per gallon sometimes I
got as much a city but haven’t tested it
very very high please know that while
some of these cars may have sold or even
sold well they all have one thing in
common they had their downsides oh I
found another feature air-conditioning
number 10 the Eagle premier unter bow
charged Eagle talons even if they lacked
go where at least nice to look at the
Eagle premiere however was as dull
outside as it was in and suffered from a
major identity crisis originally
designed by AMC in partnership with
Renault the Eagle brand became a
Chrysler property when they bought AMC
but many premieres were littered with
AMC and even Renault logos additionally
Chrysler was forced to drop the somewhat
fuel-efficient 2.5 liter inline
4-cylinder in favor of a thirsty renault
built PRV 3.0 liter v6 for contractual
reasons while the premiere did improve
as the model went on its general
boringness poor mileage iffy electronics
and dash mounted gear shift won it very
few fans number 9 the maserati Biturbo
first-generation the bike turbos
intended quicker off the long marketed
as a grand touring sedan and arriving at
a time when maserati didn’t have the
deepest of pockets the buy turbo was
seen as underwhelming although it did
come with a twin turbocharged engine
with an f1 racing pedigree and an
innovative 3 valve per cylinder design
it lacked sizzle it also lacked build
quality with much of the bodywork and
even final assembly being out sourced by
1984 sales had dropped off perhaps
resulting in the introduction of a new
four-door option and a slight do-over on
the dash this is no ordinary buy turbo
it’s mine I’ve just bought it and this
is what I think of it but due to the by
turbos general unreliability it was
named the worst car of 1984 by Time
magazine the Biturbo got what it
deserved because it was an affront to
one of the best badges in the business
number 8 the Lexus SC 430 given the
title of the worst car in the history of
the world by James May and Jeremy
Clarkson in the Top Gear special of the
same name it is
the Lexus SC 430 was meant to compete
with German rivals like the Mercedes SL
but lost horribly priced its $61,000 it
was hard to see what you got for your
money sure you had a choice of burl
walnut or bird’s-eye maple interior trim
and a novel convertible roof the first
convertible offering from the brand in
fact but beyond that you were left with
high maintenance costs a limp 4.3 liter
v8 and a body modeled in part on a yacht
worse still it had a terrible ride and
handling with little more than a shelf
for a backseat this then is what we
think is the worst car all things
considered of all time
the Lexus SC 430 number seven the
Chevrolet Vega this is the standard
sedan it comes with bucket seats front
disc brakes and a highly responsive 140
cubic inch overhead cam engine built
during multiple worker strikes the
vega’s entire development was
essentially one big rush job under the
direction of GM’s Edie Cole Cole wanted
Chevy’s new little car on the market
within two years but the accelerated
design phase meant the Vega never quite
got the shakedown it needed now you see
them now you know customers themselves
were left to find minor and major flaws
with the car the biggest of which was
its untested aluminum block engine which
Cole himself was involved in creating
the engine was prone to rattling
overheating warping and losing oil in a
big way while over 500,000 vega’s were
recalled in 1972 for axle work and bad
throttles but then Vega would have been
just another little car
who wants just another little guy number
six the Hummer h2 jagged out fellows
arriving on the streets of America just
as the nation went to war the h2 and its
military inspired looks were as out of
touch with the world around it as a car
could be getting an obscenely poor 9
miles per US gallon or 26 liters per 100
km to some sources the h2 drew the ire
of anyone who was a fan of trees or
clean air the Eco impact was especially
notable as GM Hummers parent company was
at the same time repossessing and
destroying their electric car the ev1
optioned wise the h2 was fairly basic
for its 53 thousand dollar price tag air
crews heated and powered leather seats
and a bose stereo and unsurprisingly it
was also hard to park on the street the
lot or even in your own garage number
five the DeLorean dmc-12
undeniably stylish and firmly etched
into pop culture the reality is
everyone’s favorite going dord Time
Machine has its share of flaws come here
I’ll show you how it works
there are minor problems like the choice
to use a windshield embedded antenna
that rarely picked up radio signals too
it’s $25,000 sticker price which was
more than twice the $12,000 the company
planned for quality was hidden myths
given DeLoreans fairly green workforce
while the company faced funding problems
and its owner John Z DeLorean faced drug
trafficking charges
meanwhile the DMC’s wait combined with
its wimpy PR vv6 had at best an eight
point eight seconds zero to 60 miles per
hour time or zero to 96 km/h time
meaning that while Marty McFly might hit
88 miles per hour he would spend all day
doing shifty bastards can do 90 number
for the Amphicar well now this is
awkward built in West Germany and rooted
in German World War 2 vehicle
schwimmwagen the Amphicar was both a
lame car and a terrible boat although
some say it handled relatively well it
was powered by a tiny 1147 cc
four-cylinder engine with a sad sad sad
38.3 horsepower 770 stands for 7 knots
in the water and 70 miles per hour on
land while that translated into slow
road speeds it was actually worse on
water where it topped out at 7 knots
barely faster than swimming additionally
the Amphicar was not really all that
waterproof as it relied on a pump to
control leakage and bizarrely used its
front wheels to steer even in water the
motoring oddity did have at least one
high-profile owner as US President
Lyndon Johnson owned one number three
the Reliant Robin mk1 you think you can
push me back on my wheels yes certainly
thanks very much while not the first
three wheeler the Reliant Robin is the
best-known
probably for the wrong reasons popular
in northern England because it was
cheaper to own and operate the original
Robin topped out at 85 miles per hour or
137 km/h did zero to 60 miles per hour
or zero to 96 km/h in 16.1 seconds and
had 32 brake horsepower although this
lack of speed and power may not have
been a bad thing
given its worrisome single front wheel
and reputation for rolling this
reputation however was exacerbated by
Jeremy Clarkson who in 2016 admitted to
modifying a Robin for easy rollovers
during an infamous Top Gear segment
coming up to the first corner now a cat
sneezy fine and so easily
w chompin sons which produces Clarkson’s
the Grand Tour actually owns for
Robbins’s company cars however although
they come from different generations
each has issues from bad idling and
fumes faulty gauges broken shifters and
failing heaters
number two the you go hey who do you
want that you go whether you call it the
Zastava Corral you go forty-five or you
go GV you know it as simply terrible
based on the 1971 Fiat 127 the you goes
main appeal was its price about four
thousand dollars but with just 45
horsepower it was gutless and it’s 85
mile per hour or 137 km/h top speed made
it the slowest car in America before it
withdrew from the market for political
reasons the Yugo also lacked ingenuity
using carburetors rather than fuel
injection as late as 1995 at wiring and
in some models an engine that would
self-destruct if and when the timing
belt snapped post 1991 quality dropped
sharply with interior pieces fitting
improperly
and not even matching in color while
customers in metric countries received
miles per hour only speedometers how the
brake
you
before we unveil our pick for most
hopeless heap here are some honorable
mentions
one between the road and you
the smaller dream 1984 Cimarron by
Cadillac smaller size sporty handling
introducing the Saturn Ion specifically
designed and engineered for whatever’s
next interesting tip anything else
that’s it
zero balance like I said number one the
Ford Pinto windows different where it
counts
once around the block will show you
rumored to mean small penis in brazilian
slang the pintos name was the least of
its shortcomings even the pintos
tragically ugly looks complete lack of
horsepower
bad suspension drum brakes and the fact
that faux wood paneling was an option
could all be forgiven with the gas tank
wedged between the back bumper and rear
axle the car was prone to exploding into
flames after being rear-ended Ford faced
numerous lawsuits and in one case was
even charged with reckless homicide
meanwhile when an internal memo that
favored victim payouts over costly
safety recalls was made public the
company was left with a major PR
disaster and the pintos reputation would
live on in infamy it’s all different
word counts another better idea from
Ford
do you agree with our list what’s your
least favorite car the Corvair proved
its ruggedness and special crash tests
for more quick rusting and oil burning
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com everybody
needs you all the time
this video is sponsored by belairdirect
providing complete car and home
insurance solutions
providing complete car and home
insurance solutions you know what better
to just walk welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 worst cars of all time
are you telling me you built a time
machine kind of a DeLorean for this list
we’ll be looking at depressing
unreliable or just plain bad rides from
all decades to qualify for this list the
cars must have been made with some
notion of the mass market even if that
means only a handful actually made it to
customers and must have moved beyond the
prototype stage I averaged over
twenty-two miles per gallon sometimes I
got as much a city but haven’t tested it
very very high please know that while
some of these cars may have sold or even
sold well they all have one thing in
common they had their downsides oh I
found another feature air-conditioning
number 10 the Eagle premier unter bow
charged Eagle talons even if they lacked
go where at least nice to look at the
Eagle premiere however was as dull
outside as it was in and suffered from a
major identity crisis originally
designed by AMC in partnership with
Renault the Eagle brand became a
Chrysler property when they bought AMC
but many premieres were littered with
AMC and even Renault logos additionally
Chrysler was forced to drop the somewhat
fuel-efficient 2.5 liter inline
4-cylinder in favor of a thirsty renault
built PRV 3.0 liter v6 for contractual
reasons while the premiere did improve
as the model went on its general
boringness poor mileage iffy electronics
and dash mounted gear shift won it very
few fans number 9 the maserati Biturbo
first-generation the bike turbos
intended quicker off the long marketed
as a grand touring sedan and arriving at
a time when maserati didn’t have the
deepest of pockets the buy turbo was
seen as underwhelming although it did
come with a twin turbocharged engine
with an f1 racing pedigree and an
innovative 3 valve per cylinder design
it lacked sizzle it also lacked build
quality with much of the bodywork and
even final assembly being out sourced by
1984 sales had dropped off perhaps
resulting in the introduction of a new
four-door option and a slight do-over on
the dash this is no ordinary buy turbo
it’s mine I’ve just bought it and this
is what I think of it but due to the by
turbos general unreliability it was
named the worst car of 1984 by Time
magazine the Biturbo got what it
deserved because it was an affront to
one of the best badges in the business
number 8 the Lexus SC 430 given the
title of the worst car in the history of
the world by James May and Jeremy
Clarkson in the Top Gear special of the
same name it is
the Lexus SC 430 was meant to compete
with German rivals like the Mercedes SL
but lost horribly priced its $61,000 it
was hard to see what you got for your
money sure you had a choice of burl
walnut or bird’s-eye maple interior trim
and a novel convertible roof the first
convertible offering from the brand in
fact but beyond that you were left with
high maintenance costs a limp 4.3 liter
v8 and a body modeled in part on a yacht
worse still it had a terrible ride and
handling with little more than a shelf
for a backseat this then is what we
think is the worst car all things
considered of all time
the Lexus SC 430 number seven the
Chevrolet Vega this is the standard
sedan it comes with bucket seats front
disc brakes and a highly responsive 140
cubic inch overhead cam engine built
during multiple worker strikes the
vega’s entire development was
essentially one big rush job under the
direction of GM’s Edie Cole Cole wanted
Chevy’s new little car on the market
within two years but the accelerated
design phase meant the Vega never quite
got the shakedown it needed now you see
them now you know customers themselves
were left to find minor and major flaws
with the car the biggest of which was
its untested aluminum block engine which
Cole himself was involved in creating
the engine was prone to rattling
overheating warping and losing oil in a
big way while over 500,000 vega’s were
recalled in 1972 for axle work and bad
throttles but then Vega would have been
just another little car
who wants just another little guy number
six the Hummer h2 jagged out fellows
arriving on the streets of America just
as the nation went to war the h2 and its
military inspired looks were as out of
touch with the world around it as a car
could be getting an obscenely poor 9
miles per US gallon or 26 liters per 100
km to some sources the h2 drew the ire
of anyone who was a fan of trees or
clean air the Eco impact was especially
notable as GM Hummers parent company was
at the same time repossessing and
destroying their electric car the ev1
optioned wise the h2 was fairly basic
for its 53 thousand dollar price tag air
crews heated and powered leather seats
and a bose stereo and unsurprisingly it
was also hard to park on the street the
lot or even in your own garage number
five the DeLorean dmc-12
undeniably stylish and firmly etched
into pop culture the reality is
everyone’s favorite going dord Time
Machine has its share of flaws come here
I’ll show you how it works
there are minor problems like the choice
to use a windshield embedded antenna
that rarely picked up radio signals too
it’s $25,000 sticker price which was
more than twice the $12,000 the company
planned for quality was hidden myths
given DeLoreans fairly green workforce
while the company faced funding problems
and its owner John Z DeLorean faced drug
trafficking charges
meanwhile the DMC’s wait combined with
its wimpy PR vv6 had at best an eight
point eight seconds zero to 60 miles per
hour time or zero to 96 km/h time
meaning that while Marty McFly might hit
88 miles per hour he would spend all day
doing shifty bastards can do 90 number
for the Amphicar well now this is
awkward built in West Germany and rooted
in German World War 2 vehicle
schwimmwagen the Amphicar was both a
lame car and a terrible boat although
some say it handled relatively well it
was powered by a tiny 1147 cc
four-cylinder engine with a sad sad sad
38.3 horsepower 770 stands for 7 knots
in the water and 70 miles per hour on
land while that translated into slow
road speeds it was actually worse on
water where it topped out at 7 knots
barely faster than swimming additionally
the Amphicar was not really all that
waterproof as it relied on a pump to
control leakage and bizarrely used its
front wheels to steer even in water the
motoring oddity did have at least one
high-profile owner as US President
Lyndon Johnson owned one number three
the Reliant Robin mk1 you think you can
push me back on my wheels yes certainly
thanks very much while not the first
three wheeler the Reliant Robin is the
best-known
probably for the wrong reasons popular
in northern England because it was
cheaper to own and operate the original
Robin topped out at 85 miles per hour or
137 km/h did zero to 60 miles per hour
or zero to 96 km/h in 16.1 seconds and
had 32 brake horsepower although this
lack of speed and power may not have
been a bad thing
given its worrisome single front wheel
and reputation for rolling this
reputation however was exacerbated by
Jeremy Clarkson who in 2016 admitted to
modifying a Robin for easy rollovers
during an infamous Top Gear segment
coming up to the first corner now a cat
sneezy fine and so easily
w chompin sons which produces Clarkson’s
the Grand Tour actually owns for
Robbins’s company cars however although
they come from different generations
each has issues from bad idling and
fumes faulty gauges broken shifters and
failing heaters
number two the you go hey who do you
want that you go whether you call it the
Zastava Corral you go forty-five or you
go GV you know it as simply terrible
based on the 1971 Fiat 127 the you goes
main appeal was its price about four
thousand dollars but with just 45
horsepower it was gutless and it’s 85
mile per hour or 137 km/h top speed made
it the slowest car in America before it
withdrew from the market for political
reasons the Yugo also lacked ingenuity
using carburetors rather than fuel
injection as late as 1995 at wiring and
in some models an engine that would
self-destruct if and when the timing
belt snapped post 1991 quality dropped
sharply with interior pieces fitting
improperly
and not even matching in color while
customers in metric countries received
miles per hour only speedometers how the
brake
you
before we unveil our pick for most
hopeless heap here are some honorable
mentions
one between the road and you
the smaller dream 1984 Cimarron by
Cadillac smaller size sporty handling
introducing the Saturn Ion specifically
designed and engineered for whatever’s
next interesting tip anything else
that’s it
zero balance like I said number one the
Ford Pinto windows different where it
counts
once around the block will show you
rumored to mean small penis in brazilian
slang the pintos name was the least of
its shortcomings even the pintos
tragically ugly looks complete lack of
horsepower
bad suspension drum brakes and the fact
that faux wood paneling was an option
could all be forgiven with the gas tank
wedged between the back bumper and rear
axle the car was prone to exploding into
flames after being rear-ended Ford faced
numerous lawsuits and in one case was
even charged with reckless homicide
meanwhile when an internal memo that
favored victim payouts over costly
safety recalls was made public the
company was left with a major PR
disaster and the pintos reputation would
live on in infamy it’s all different
word counts another better idea from
Ford
do you agree with our list what’s your
least favorite car the Corvair proved
its ruggedness and special crash tests
for more quick rusting and oil burning
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com everybody
needs you all the time
this video is sponsored by belairdirect
providing complete car and home
insurance solutions
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