13 WORST Cars From The 1980s, Nobody Wants Back!

[@alanmaier]

Clearly the author was not alive back in the 1980's. The Escort shown wasn't even sold in the US market.. and that was the beginning of the errors.

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

1981 U.S. ford escort was fwd

[@cobra-mn745]

the only real problem with early Escorts was the timing belt, if it jumped one tooth it took the valves out, 50,000 miles was the limit unless you wanted new valves

[@rachelbrowning865]

Escort sucked no matter what

[@AllenSymonds]

This was composed by a robot

[@DTD110865]

At one point, they didn't even show a Ford. They showed an MG. I wonder if anybody ever thought of taking a 1970's British Ford Escort to the US.

[@jimmywait74]

I had an 86 Cavalier and it wasn't going to win any races, but it never left me stranded. It was a great running car even with high mileage.

[@GeeEm1313]

Nobody wants them back tho.

[@jimmywait74]

@@GeeEm1313 Speak for yourself. I'm sure many people would like a solid, reliable long lasting car for cheap.

[@bikingD]

​@@GeeEm1313I do. I had an 86 Z24. Loved it. Have had WS6 Trans am's , WRX Impreza. Have a Daytona Charger, Bronco and Hybrid RAV4 and would easily take a mint 86 Z24 over any of those. Most fun car I ever had. Loved the looks just loved the car.

[@mrbig7718]

​@@bikingDdamn right.

[@Prisoner13]

Chev Cavalier for US is not even close to vauxal cavalier and chev monza or opel ascona.

[@Rangerman9404]

You missed the most glaring examples of 80's failures, those being the Yugo, and the first Hyundais

[@billyoung8118]

I concur. I bought a 1986 Yugo right after I got out of high school. Thought I was a bad-ass because I was able to get a brand new car. Importer went bankrupt so all warranties (including the extended warranty I bought with the car) were void. Had to replace the clutch at 32k miles (I did not "ride the clutch"). Wouldn't pass emissions soon after that and I couldn't afford to fix it. The bank allowed me to park it in a garage and drop the insurance. They said "nobody is going to steal a Yugo, so just keep making your payments and we're ok with you garaging it with no insurance". Sold it to a mechanic for a about $400 after the loan was paid off.

[@JohnnyLawrence-p7b]

Yugos 1,tank of gas ⛽ and it will never run again

[@matthewstorm5188]

Depends on how you want to look at the first Hyundais (ie Hyundai Excel). The first Hyundais were failures in terms of being high quality or desirable cars. BUT, they were CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP. As a result, they sold well and made lots of money. They essentially paved the way for Hyundai to enter the US market. And in this way, the Hyundai Excel was a success.

[@jerseyforhawks]

You are correct.

[@stevenchan7592]

YOU ARE RACIST! STOP ASIAN HATE!

[@chuckwidmer4832]

You keep using the wrong videos of wrong vehicles

[@kelvinwesterman7725]

seen an MGB in the Ford escort section

[@philipbrazill2155]

Yeah I really noticed that too. Beyond annoying 😅

[@dozerm.4108]

You do realize that the Cavalier, Cimarron, Firenza and Sunbird are all the same car on GMs J platform, not a good way to stretch your list. Also some of the Sunbird pictures you provide are late 70s models built on a completely different RWD platform.

[@JamezzJamess]

Any car can be a good car if it maintenance property

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Why is he featuring the European Ford Escorts which were never marketed in the USA.

[@SPEEDTER601]

Not to mention that he shows seventies Escorts that are legendary for quality and reliability in Europe. And that is only the beginning of the mistakes stacking up. Al the cars he mentions are American cars, why am I not surprised.🤣

[@mrbig7718]

​@@SPEEDTER601ford escorts in America were never known for reliability. Just like your modern range Rovers. Renault aren't known for dependability also. Or even Jaguars. Citroën had major problems in the past also. Isn't Fiat short for fix it again Tony?

[@SPEEDTER601]

@@mrbig7718Range Rovers and Jaguars are not known for reliability over here too, except in the UK. Renaults however are, and the Escorts you know are a totally different American build car. Which explains a lot.

[@davidharbin7956]

Cause he's a robot.

[@ButchNackley]

I've got 4 second gen V6 Cavaliers. 88 Wagon, 88 Z24 coupe, 92 Z24 convertible, 94 Z24 coupe (project car). They're extremely reliable, fun to drive, good gas mileage, comfortable. I'll keep them the rest of my life.

[@dancook8114]

I agree with you completely. The ass clown who makes these videos doesn't know his dipstick from a hole in his butt !

[@yooperlooper]

When I met my husband, he had an Omni and I had a Horizon. They were GREAT little cars (at least ours were) - and you could pack tons of stuff in them. HAH! I had an EXP also and it was a great little car although once when I was walking into a store a man came out and commented that it was the ugliest car he'd ever seen. I thought it was cute and I loved it. I wonder who ''rated'' these cars as being the worst because reading comments below many of them were popular and well loved.

[@althunder4269]

Ford restyled the front end to get rid of the frog eye headlights and it looked much better after that.

[@mrjsanchez1]

We had 2 Horizon’s in our family, they were very reliable, and much better than our GM Buick Skylark which was a fancy Version of the Chevy Citation, it was always breaking down!

[@yooperlooper]

@@mrjsanchez1 💯 👍

[@menoroberts3482]

I don't know about other Chevy Citation owners, but I had an 81' and I put 300,000+ miles on it (with average work done on it, i.e. alternator, plugs, and a steering pump, brake pads) and it was still running well when I sold it in 95'.

[@DTD110865]

If it weren't for all the defects, the Chevy Citation could've been a decent compact car. Don't get me wrong, the X-11 package is far from the high-performance machine it tried to pass itself off as, but that doesn't mean that in time, it could've gained some respectable muscle under the hood.

[@johnnymason2460]

Most people who bought Citations had problems with them. There were exceptions, of course.

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Luck of the draw.

[@althunder4269]

They didn't mention a serious problem with the Citation; it's rear wheel brake locking which would cause a loss of control under hard braking.

[@johnnymason2460]

@@althunder4269 I agree. The Citation and the other X-body cars are the absolute worst GM cars in history.

[@uni-byte]

George Constanza is NOT Cosmo Kramer!!! Derp.

[@hertzair1186]

Also: in high school George drove a LeCar…er a LeGeorge….

[@althunder4269]

George bought John Voight's 1989 LeBaron convertible. Not a Chrysler TC. Plus that wasn't in the episode cited. It was in the Seinfeld episode "The Mom & Pop Store".

[@eddieschwab864]

​@althunder4269 just remember it was not Jon Voight the actor it was John Voight the dentist... Kramer got a Beatdown from Jon Voight the actor...

[@sherryswisher8911]

The Fiero was fine with the V6. The suspension was not that bad just needed a sway bar in the rear you can add. It did not hurt normal driving. The 4K was the only issue most 1984.

[@gamewizard1760]

I don't know what GM was thinking with the Cimarron, by introducing it with a 4 cylinder, and manual transmission. It should have only been equipped with the V6 and automatic. Cadillac buyers wouldn't have wanted a 4 cylinder, and definitely wouldn't have been used to shifting gears manually.

[@KevKong1975]

How about the LaCar?

[@philipbrazill2155]

It was the Le Car. By Renault and yeah that should of made the list too

[@danialk8387]

I totally agree,all these cars were super unreliable. That's why they all died prematurely.

[@LordStevie]

The Maserati TC only had the LeBaron engine if you got the auto transmission. If you ordered it with a stick, you also got a Maserati engine.

[@bl4558]

I had a Citation with the 2.8 V6. It was a winter beater that I bought to drive while storing my RX7. I have to say it was a great car for $75. Always ran and never let me down during two Wisconsin Winters. Drove it all over the state.

[@jrie983]

you could not find footage of the shitty American ford escorts? The european ones were not nearly as bad as the American ones

[@KevKong1975]

AMC Eagle was a cool car and I want it back.

[@georgeOswald-j6o]

i love my chevy citation overall great mpg 25 we had the hatchback 1981 grove it for 17 yrs

[@devonbrooks246]

My first car I bought was a 1986 Chevy Cavalier. It was already 10 years old and only had 50K miles on it. It was a rust wagon but that was a very reliable car for me. I bought a 1990 cavalier after that. I liked these cars.

[@jaymorrison2419]

Its a pity, the Eagle was a cool car.

[@GeeEm1313]

Who wouldn't want the Eagle back? It was the first crossover.

[@matthewstorm5188]

Um, nobody wanted it. That’s why AMC ceased to exist and got bought out by Chrysler.

[@davidharbin7956]

I wouldn't take the video too seriously.

[@davidburton3447]

it was ahead of it's time. if it would have been made now, it would be similar to that volkswagon suv that can change it's ride height for different terrain.

[@davidburton3447]

@@matthewstorm5188 AMC ceased to exist because they never developed their own drivetrains. they licensed from the big three. which 1 made each vehicle a little different from another, and 2 put them in a bad position to compete. As soon as they got any market share (the 60's muscle car era) they got priced out. They should have heeded the lessons from tucker and put themselves in an untouchable position. Like tesla did. I'm surprised the big three didn't jump sooner with an electric car tbh. They had each built a decent one in the 90's as well as toyota.

[@stevenchan7592]

You forgot to include Chrysler Town&Country, Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan, Plymouth Voyager to your list!

[@impalaman9707]

I can almost guarantee you that every single one of those cars has their own fans still to this day, and dare I say--a cult following with fan clubs in their honour, with people keeping those cars alive and still driving them on the road! I can name at least two--the AMC Eagle and Pontiac Fiero, but believe it or not--I'm also still seeing Chevy Citations on the road that people have managed to keep alive for decades, and a Dodge Omni, daily driven by a MECHANIC to and from work every day, probably nursing it to keep it alive, like a vet taking home a deformed dog with parvo, because he feels sorry for it!

[@WayneSpillett]

The Ford Escort models shown here were all European models, which were incredibly successful. This video shows Escorts from the 1960s and 70s as though they were 80s models, and for reasons that will never be known, images of an MGB were included.

[@tenderheartbear1]

I had a 85 horizon. I loved that car. Had it for 10 years with no trouble

[@althunder4269]

George bought John Voight's 1989 LeBaron convertible. Not a Chrysler TC. Plus that wasn't in the episode cited. It was in the Seinfeld episode "The Mom & Pop Store".

[@jonqualey2204]

I used to drive some of these cars back in the day. I don't remember them being all that bad.

[@ZebZanko]

They weren't that bad. You're right.

[@patrickspellman5397]

Yeah but you didn't see any of them in cannon ball run either 😂

[@uni-byte]

You say almost exactly the same thing about each car. This stinks of poor research and terrible writing.

[@dillupdh]

The more things I watch on this channel The more I realize no one on this channel knows what they're talking about.

[@Vlad-kl7lj]

I had a Chevy Citation a Pontiac Phoenix and a Ford Escort. And yes they sucked badly. My good one was the 1986 Buick Century, loved it.

[@vjf8733]

Looking back the majority were due to the gas crunch in the 70's and subsequent mileage mandates. I don't disagree with the list; it must have been easy to put together.

[@omarmizzi3469]

The Ford Escort MK1 was one of the best cars produced in the 70s and is still today with prices high rocketing

[@happyrainbowsloth9949]

I rarely go to the effort of blocking a channel because of how terrible their videos are. Congratulations, you've earned that distinction.

[@JodyDube]

Aww... I loved my '78 Pontiac Sunbird hatchback!

[@crawdaddct]

What a bunch of generic info. How about some details about issues. Just keeps saying the same thing over and over. I wish they would bring back the Fiero, that was a cool little car. Overheating issues not withstanding.

[@shadowgb]

The fiero has a cult following and cars in good shape can easily go for thousands of dollars.

[@gearmeister]

Did anyone notice in the Ford Escort commercial one of "The 2 Ronnies" (an 80's British comedy show) was driving & smiling? I like your videos dude, despite the negative comments

[@dougrobinson8602]

Ronnie Corbet. Also some early footage of Jeremy Clarkson.

[@richarddecicco3288]

I had a Pontiac Fiero 6M and a Z34 Chevrolet Cavlier, LOVED both (Standard Shift) cars and powerful for sure.

[@boomerbassmeme]

I owned 3 of these cars: Eagle was fun but unreliable, EXP was boring to drive but got me around, Cavalier was one of the most reliable cars I ever owned.

[@gamersgrubs2952]

The Cavalier/Fierenza/Cimmaron were the same car. Could have shared a spot. The 1st Gen Escort the US never got but ur right about the EXP. So much potential left on a accountant cut sheet.

[@juliancrooks3031]

The caviler, sunbird, cimeron, and frienze were all basically the same car and horrible, the citation was a death trap. The Omni and the AMC Eagle were okay

[@Treasureson78RPM]

I actually like the Pontiac Fiero, it's probably not the best of cars but it looks really cool. I feel that GM missed a huge opportunity, if only they would have made it correctly.

[@MrJestyler]

Ah Ford Escort of the 80’s, drove a 1983 wagon with 5 speed manual. Was one in shop monthly and 5 speed was clunky. Only things that worked with no problems was air conditioner and brakes. Learned what Ford was a synonym for than and it was “Fix Or Repair Daily” and fully loaded understood and dealt with it on a monthly basis and sometimes more.

[@aaronsnowden6311]

Oh yes, the Pontiac Fiero, that was a rolling molotov cocktail.

[@3Storms]

The VW Cabriolet was a good car. The problem with it was the price. It was a cheap Rabbit convertible with no power that costed what a full-size car with more of everything costed.

[@GeeEm1313]

Costed?

[@williamegler8771]

C-O-S-T

[@ordinaryk]

This list is too redundant, listing several GM J-body cars separately, when the Cadillac Cimarron was the only one really deserving of being on this list. Far more deserving would be cars like the Renault Alliance/Encore, the Yugo GV, and the first-generation Hyundai Excel.

[@christophersmith1155]

THE AMC WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME. GREAT CAR.

[@alexisg311]

Ya Subaru, en esa época, hacía coches similares. Subaru, at that time, made similar cars.

[@patrickspellman5397]

However, in the car magazines the AMC customer service number was a dead line, it never worked.

[@donaldwyant3483]

Well I'm one that like the eagle, but I'm also a big fan of AMC despite the reputation of AMC they had some very good cars.. Now I also loved the Dodge colt bought one in the 80's turbo charge. I knew of a 12 mile strip of road i could test the car and took up 135mph all the way of that 12 miles and never had any problems with the car..

[@drsysop]

I had a 1885 Fiero 2M4 & 1986 2M6. The 2M6 model caught fire as the motors on them overheated & both has a poor fiberglass body. Other issue is GM in the 1980's had paint issues causing peeling & cracks as they used poor clear coat on them as my old 1985 Buick Skyhawk, 1986 Camaro IROC-Z & my 1987 Buick Grand National did.

[@eddieschwab864]

GM certainly had the same problem well into the early nineties because my mom had a 91 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera and it started losing its paint due to bad clear coat...

[@williamshepherd1531]

One of my first cars. Was a Plymouth horizon. It was basically a thorough way car. The Timing.belt was inside the engine. When that thing blew in trash the whole engine. It was a tin can after that. You just threw it away. William

[@sombra6153]

That “serious off road buyers” found the AMC Eagle lacking didn’t seem to phase the design or sales of future SUVs and crossovers. One thing I noted was the continued use of some lever mounted in the middle of the car that drivers had to be working with their right arms…

[@zeus014]

MY 13 worst 1980s cars: 1. Renault Alliance. 2. Chevy Cavalier/Pontiac Sunbird/Cadillac Cimmaron, etc. 3. Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon/TC3/024. 4. Ford Tempo/Mercury Topaz. 5. Hyundai Pony. 6. Chevy Citation 7. Chevy Spectrum. 8. Ford Escort. 9. Ford Aerostar. 10. Volkswagen Fox. 11. Fiat Strada. 12. Lada. 13. Yugo.

[@DaveB4529]

I miss my '87 Fiero SE V6 5-speed, and my '95 TransSport SE...not so much my ex-wife's '79 4-speed Horizon, which was our car when we got hitched in '85...

[@mrbob8618]

I had a bradley g t

[@Mark-yy2py]

The European ford escorts were notches above the American counterpart, especially their convertibles!

[@iamthecheese2737]

I'd rather have some of these back over the some of the junk they're over charging for now

[@cbman4767]

I thought the Chevrolet Chevette would be on this list. I owned one and loved it.

[@nonenonnenopenonenomorefor5556]

Had 2 wow not a Corvette

[@wmalden]

That car is included in the “worst cars of the 1970’s” video.

[@denisederome7019]

The chevet I had loved it great in snow better than some cars today

[@stevenchan7592]

Chevette is the shorter version of Citation....

[@nonenonnenopenonenomorefor5556]

@@cbman4767 had 2 chevettes

[@davidrenkosiak9906]

What is a 'Fire-enza'? 😁😁😁

[@wmalden]

Fear-EN-za!

[@nicholasconf0rti150]

I a horizon and omni and got 300,000 miles on them little maintenance. My son still has his first car a 79 horizon 86,000 miles on it . Its parked rn but still runs great. Being in Florida now it as alot of rust he working on.

[@Rangerman9404]

My family had a Dodge Omni, it was initially my mother's car, which ended up with my sister for a while. The car overheated on me once and the only warning that it was running hot was big red "engine" light, which could mean anything from "check oil", to overheating, or any other malfunction. I pulled it over, let it cool down and got it home. When my sister had it, the overheating problems continued and my father tried to fix them, but I think he missed the obvious culprit: the radiator, which I believe was partially blocked and not providing sufficient cooling. My sister would run the heater to try to keep the engine cool, but ultimately pushed her luck once too often and cracked the block. I drove passed the car sitting on 495 with no signs of my sister. I called home from a payphone to see if the family had any news, and it turned out my sister was at the business next door to, also calling for help, so I got her where she needed to be and made arrangements to get the car towed somewhere to be looked at.

[@patrickspellman5397]

In high-school I rode in a burgundy dodge omni my friend owned. This one had a bad cylinder and was only bangin on 2, we tried, desperately to smoke this 1995 Mitsubishi eclipse. * sighs * there was disappointment at each green light.

[@Jacqueline_R]

My first car was an Escort. Pretty good car really:)

[@aaronwilliams6989]

@@ricardofierro7041 DAAAAAMN! Probably for dope money 💰.

[@althunder4269]

@@ricardofierro7041 That's more work than it's worth.

[@danielkeene1623]

I can affirm the Crappiness of the EXP. I had a red one just like the video. Broke the Timing belt around fifty K. Just toasted the entire valve assembly. Then had to fight the Dealership to get the damn thing fixed. Ended up having to threaten to take them to court before they did it.

[@mr.slim6188]

I use have a Plymouth Horizon. It didn't have power....well anything but it was damn near unkillable. It had a little Mitsubishi 4 banger. Had over 250xxx miles on it when i sold it, saw the guy i sold it to a couple years later and he still had it with over 325xxx miles on it and was still going.

[@matthewstorm5188]

Plymouth Horizon never came with a Mitsubishi engine.

[@mr.slim6188]

@@matthewstorm5188 my mistake it was vw engine

[@wyrunuts]

Anybody remember the Dodge Rampage ? The mini Elcamino/Ranchero.😄 .

[@marcelgaud]

I do, drove one hours at a time while on Flight Line Guard Duty, on MCAS Yuma. Never had any problems with them, and they got GREAT gas mileage. They were also quick and powerful.

[@sombra6153]

I remember them. Despite all the “design flaws” and “mechanical failures” plaguing all of the vehicles featured, they sure sold enough of those particular platforms - except maybe the Cadillac Cimmeron…

[@claylyons6447]

Yes but haven't seen one in probably 25 years.

[@matthewstorm5188]

@sombra6153 Many of these vehicles sold well for no other reason than the fact that they were cheap.

[@davidjohnson9240]

That was a young Jeremy Clarkson taking a seat behind the wheel of that blue overseas version of the Ford Escort.

[@beatglauser9444]

The AMC Eagle was a pioneer in it's role as a four by four SUV. In Switzerland some people living in mountainous areas loved that car. There were only three options, a rough Jeep style offroader, a Subaru or the Eagle. I have friends who claim that the Eagle was very good in steep terrain and gravel roads. Compared to the terrible not existing capability on snow or ice of the average US car it was really a mountain climber. When Chrysler swallowed American Motors the Eagle was axed. But I bet the Chryser build quality of the Eighties was worse than the one of the AMC Eagle.

[@zythr9999]

Cimmaron would have probably worked if the V6 was the standard engine from the start.

[@frogworth1622]

My Grandfather was a loyal Chrysler man. He had a Valiant, Scamp, Coronet, and finally an Omni. Man did he ever curse at that Omni!💩

[@devonbrooks246]

The Fiero was the cheap man's Ferrari. Rich kids had Nike's and the poor kids had Winners Choice.

[@morganm9040]

The Hyundai Excel. The dashboard would fall off. Nuff said. I had a 1985 Nissan 200sx and it started falling apart within 1 year. And also a 1988 Ford Mustang where the hood wouldn’t latch and Ford said it wasn’t an issue.

[@jefferypease3920]

You’re showing the European models they don’t even have those over here come on let’s get it right

[@GeeEm1313]

Also, once the bugs were fixed, the Omni GLH and GLHS were sleepers.

[@claylyons6447]

I didnt believe all these cars were so bad. I knew people that had Chevy Cavaliers and Ford Escorts back then and had no major problems.

[@claylyons6447]

I cant imagine anyone purchasing a Cadillac Cimarron, Cavalier was basically the same car and a lot cheaper.

[@frankhoward7645]

Sorry, but it was Jerry's friend George Costanza, not Kramer who bought a car and it wasn't a Chrysler TC. It was a Chrysler LaBaron. Completely different car.

[@Nitro101-be7rb]

The LeBaron was a great car. It lasted almost 20 years.

[@STEPHENRODD-c9k]

Why are you showing footage of the British Ford Escort MK1 which were first made in the late 1960's

[@zzkeokizz]

The Horizon was “trash” My dad was in the dealer every month…. And then he bought a Subaru. My parents switched to Japanese cars.

[@kenfrievalt7826]

AMC eagle has a cult following to this day

[@kristenmurdola165]

Don't agree with Horizon. I drove multiple K cars in the 1980s while I was in college. They were not bad cars, they were cheap and they were throwaway cars, but i do not believe they belong on this list.

[@stevedickson5853]

The ford escort, seriously ? The mk1 alone sold over 2 million on its own never mind the later models, escorts are much desired today as a classic especially the sporty ones

[@Saullavado44]

Oh yes! I remember. We were reminded on a daily basis on how awful our cars were. By implication, we should just give up and go buy a Japanese or German car. It seemed hopeless, almost as if we were being played...

[@aaronwilliams6989]

My 1987 Cavalier was actually one of my better cars.

[@unitedcity_mc4421]

My god, what a garbage list. The Citation, the GM J cars, the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon, the Pontiac Fiero, the Chrysler LeBaron, the AMC Eagle, the Ford Escort and the Ford EXP are all the cars I want back.

[@crsrdash-840b5]

The Video keeps saying the issues, but won't tell what issues they are. Makes this video flat on specifics about the reliability, handling, etc it keeps mentioning.

[@PaulMyers-q1m]

AMC Eagle now Subaru Outback Wilderness today😮 with better reliability an build quality

[@curtsaville5116]

My Aspen was good. My Horizon was good. I had 4 Dodge 600 and they were real good.

[@briannichols4807]

Why did they show a picture of the early '70's Chevy Monte Carlo when this video is covering '80's cars ?

[@steelspark115]

Because whoever was in charge of this video clearly neglected to do any research whatsoever

[@MrJoeltrain]

My 83 cavalier wasn't too bad. It leaked transmission fluid pretty badly,and was a dog. It never broke down on me 4 years I owned it

[@nomadcowatbk]

mostly American cars, thank you Roger Smith

[@lesjones5684]

87 escort

[@coreybailey4173]

I have to say this video is not always right there is a lot of cavaliers and a lot of Ford escorts still on the road today

[@sludge8506]

Wrong, champ. Enough said. Your post is factually untrue. Why would you post such rubbish?

[@mrbob8618]

Shut your diarrhea mouth punk

[@Wsmith247]

Strange vid as some of the cars talked about sold very well and were loved. Half the time the cars shown are the car being talked about.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Our Citation was good. They should have made it an automatic rather than a stick shift. But I didn’t hate it. They are talking about the cars of the 80’s but one car we had that ran like a bullet was a 1975 Gremlin (AMC). We bought it in Germany and that thing drove on the autobahn like nobody’s business! So many cars built so cheap and so poorly. Before the 80’s you could buy a car and it was like a tank. And the number of cars on the road from the 50-60’s is legendary. The cars had looks and performance along with reliability. And how many guys learned to fix cars handing tools to their dad under the hood of a car or pick up? Yes we have a lot of improvements since then but there is so much they should have left alone. One of them was dad and son (maybe daughters) fixing the family car.

[@stevehartz4615]

My ford escort was a tough dependable car!!

[@craigfresch575]

i had a 1st year firenza, what a piece of junk, computer issues as well as many engine issues

[@skipcampbell4226]

A lot of these cars even with minimal maintenance. Would take you well past 100k! People were not about maintenance at the time. The big 3 built cars knowing that.

[@BriyPatterson]

The TC was a 4 cylinder with Maserati head not a V6

[@georgeOswald-j6o]

early ford escorts that's the english version right hand drive looks like a opel

[@MrJoeltrain]

GM has CONSISTENTLY let their customers do their testing for them. Only pure luck and our tax dollars have kept them alive.

[@nicholasconf0rti150]

I loved my citation i bought it in the 80s. No issues untill the wife and i divorced and its wasnt maintained and the frong wheel bearings locked up.