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Automotive News & Views Worst Car of 2008 - Your nominees
110 messages, Last post on Dec 15, 2008 at 12:51 PM
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 14, 2008 8:26 am)
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Replying to: fezo (Nov 14, 2008 8:46 am) |
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| ...there are no really truly bad cars that deserve the title "Worst Car of 2008" made by any manufacurer outside of maybe the former Soviet Bloc. If anything, cars like the Sebring and Avenger are merely lost opportunities. They may be very reliable cars hampered by a bargain basement interior. If they're the worst, we have some pretty darn awesome cars available to us in 2008. | |
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 14, 2008 9:50 am) I don't know whether anyone is marketing a truly unacceptable car in the US anymore. There are indeed some that maybe I'd rather not be seen in and some whose price is nutty for what you get but the overall quality of cars is as good as it likely ever has been. |
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 14, 2008 9:50 am) Is the Ranger still available as an '08? If so, that can join my list. 20 year old platform mated to 15 year old engines (with the exception of the Mazda 2.3), and they don't still offer it with the "Vulcan" V-6 do they? They should be ashamed if so.
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 14, 2008 11:10 am) I also think that overall there is more a movement to the middle, which is to say that while there aren't many truly awful cars there also aren't many to lust for.
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Replying to: fezo (Nov 14, 2008 11:18 am) I couldn't agree more. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 14, 2008 8:26 am) I have to admit I actually liked the Journey when it first came out. I thought it was an attractive looking rig. But it just seemed to get stale really fast. And cars like the Sebring and Avenger are almost enough to make me deny that I was ever a Chrysler fan. 
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that none of the true quirky cars like an Aztec (I actually thought it was a good idea gone bad) or an X-90 are being made anymore. I would say the bad cars are the dinosaurs that refuse to change like Rangers and Trailblazers. You get bad just because the completion has moved forward. The worst new car would be the Sebring and Avenger. So little effort was put in to these that Chrysler deserves the sales numbers they are getting with them. |
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Looks like the Sebring might be the early leader. Worst might also include something that was just a less than stellar idea rather than a real clunker too. Grist for the mill |
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