The 16 Worst Cars in History
Drive through the auto industry’s horrifying history and meet the most miserable cars ever made. See classic commercials in the video player below, or click any thumbnail to view a slideshow of this Sour Bunch of Lemons.
1911 Overland OctoAuto
1920 Briggs & Stratton Flyer
1933 Fuller Dymaxion
1949 Crosley Hotshot
1957 Edsel
1958 Zunndapp Janus
1961 Amphicar
1966 Peel Trident
1970 Chevy Vega
1975 AMC Pacer
1981 De Lorean DMC-12
1982 Cadillac Cimarron
1984 Pontiac Fiero
1985 Yugo GV
1998 Fiat Multipla
2001 Pontiac Aztek
What’s wrong with the Zundapp Janus, the Amphicar, and the Peel Trident. They are great cars.
I think the fiat multipla looks funny. and i cant believe that some people still drive the pontiac aztek. Ugliest car ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the fiat multipla looks funny. and i cant believe that some people still drive the pontiac aztek. Ugliest car ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are no Fords? Come on there must be a dozen Fords that could be on this page!
The Edsel is a Ford!
fords are awesome
You’ll never see the 1959 Chevy on this page!
wheres the toyota prius and chevy chevette
mom asked if the ford festiva is on here
what about a ford fiesta
hey your missing the 1990 geo tracker
Is that A bad car?
Well the 1981 De Lorean is not that bad
Thanks! As a DeLirean owner, I heartily agree!
yeah it was in a freakin movie
i love the little peel trident it so cute 1966
i agree
Sorry, but I think it looks ugly.
This article is pure garbage. I doubt that the author, Brad Riddell, has ever owned, driven or worked on most of the cars on his list. The Crosley Hotshot, Amphicar, Peel Trident and Zundapp Janus are all rare and highly desirable micro-minicars.
Shame on the editors of Boy’s Life magazine for printing this obvious piece of tired old literary fluff and presenting it as though it was based on fact.
um…….ok
They are basing their figures on the lack of sales and constant problems. If you feel they are good cars, fine. But history shows them as failures. You can’t argue with that. They are so desirable now because there are very few of them left which makes them valuable and desirable. They’re still garbage. Point proven.
You are right! This article is more than garbage, its about garbage! My dad says that all the cars on this list that he remembers were junk.
Just because a car is “desirable”, doesn’t mean that it’s good!
i think de lorean is a good car
Yeah, these cars are kinda bad I realize that now because I read the articles in the magazine. But the De Lorean DMC-12 is cool.
the delorean is awsome
Where’s the Gremelin?
whiy are they bad
Still cool the classic cars never really get out of style coz they can easily be upgraded.
what no gremlin that was a big flop as a car
What about The Gremlin?
the worst steam car ever was made by A Catholic priest named Father Ferdinand Verbiest made a steam engined car, but it spat coal, burning passerbys and constantly needed more water and coal, and was seriously slow, you would have to make the engine bigger with more coal and water to get it going 3 Mph. .the worst gas powered one was the Mercedez Benz Karl in 1885.
Where’s the Reliant Robin???
what the heck is a relant robin
the Reliant Robin is a three wheeled car
No Pinto? Hasn’t anyone heard of Unsafe at Any Speed? And no Chevy Nova? The worst marketing blunder ever? (Chevy Nova bombed in Latin America due to the name — No Va = it doesn’t go).
I agree, because if you collide into anything with a ford pinto, it will be set on fire. What an unsafe car.
1920 car is the worst car ever
I feel that a Delorian is a pretty cool car when it comes to looks.
it has gull wing doors! Also it was used in Back To The Future. the only problem is the safty, it did noy do well on the crash tests. i saw a video of one crash test.(it went BOOM!)
My mom had a pinto…..she didnt like it.
they used the zundapp janus in cars 2.
There is a Pacer in it too.
A lot of these are some of my favorites.
The Ford Pinto isn’t on here?!?! The engine was so close to the back if you rear-ended that thing it would blow! :O
you mean the gas tank
Same difference, I guess.
THEY DONT HAVE THE PINTO!?!? ITS A CAR THAT BLOWS UP UF YOU REAR-END IT!
tdelorean is bad only because it was a sales flop
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I actually think the delorian is not that bad because its in movie
don’t judge it by it being in a movie,gears.
Had a Fiat Multipla , very comfortable , roomy and stable car. Design was changed in 2008 I lost interest in the new look.
i want a delorian when i grow up!!!
then you want a car that failed lots of crash tests and breaks down everey month and doors that fail to open wahoo!
The Amphicar was really cool.
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i’ve been in an Edsel and the seats aren’t that good.
EWW…
Pretty cool i have to admit . Still it amazes me that the ford pinto isnt on here.
your right it should