Worst Car Design Thread!

daggeredge

disagree!
then again my father has the new megane.....(big snout as well)

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by unkel
Haha the Edsel - didn't it nearly bring the FMC to its knees?

Legend has it that only one was ever stolen - and it was recovered later.

PBC_1966

The Edsel didn't sell anything like as well as expected, and was discontinued after 3 or 4 years. It's generally looked upon in America as one of the biggest advertising flops of all time.

But the Edsel has the last laugh. They are highly sought-after collector's cars these days, especially the 1958 models (first year of production, as pictured above).

mike65

The Edsel provided the best joke in a movie too, the time travel comedy "Peggy Sue Got Married"



"You bought an Edsel?????!!"

Mike.

PBC_1966

It's also referred to in one of Bob Newhart's sketches of the early 1960s, "Ledge Pyschology."

Cop goes out on a high ledge to talk a prospective jumper out ot it and asks if he's in advertising, saying we get a lot of advertising people out here.

"There's one over on the other corner of the building right now..... No, I didn't get his name... I think he said he had the Edsel account."

gs39t

The Edsel wasnt really a BAD car; as one description i read summed it up nicely

"it was ugly and it had a stupid name"

Dont forget the FMC boys bounced back from that with the most successful, fastest selling car of all time

bop1977

the lexus sc430 is 1 pig ugly car

impr0v

the horrible z3 coupe, somewhat similar to the forthcoming 1 series in looks, i.e. expensively disgusting.