Pontiac Aztek tops Edmunds' list of '100 Worst Cars of All Time' - WNEM Saginaw
The 2001 Pontiac Aztek has earned the title of "Worst Car of All Time," according to Edmunds' InsideLine. InsideLine said that the Aztek topped the list because it "drove the biggest and last nails into Pontiac's heavily side-clad, plastic coffin. "If it weren't for the bad cars, how could the world appreciate the good ones. "There's a good idea at the heart of all of these cars, but it's a good idea betrayed by half-effort engineering, haphazard quality and cynical compromises. The vehicles that follow the Aztek in the top five include:. 1974 Ford Mustang II – " Built upon the spindly bones of the Pinto, this shrunken, malformed pony was instantly appalling to Mustang lovers. 1955 BMW Isetta – " Originally designed by Italy's Iso, BMW built the atrocious, single-cylinder 12-hp, one-door Isetta for 7 years. 1971 Chevrolet Vega – "An engine that couldn't hold oil, in a car built with contempt for its buyers. It's the car that invited Americans to buy Toyotas and Hondas. The vehicles included on Edmunds' InsideLine. com's list span most of the last 100 years, dating back to the 1917 Chevrolet Series D, which came in at #11. And while some of the more notoriously bad vehicles (1971 Ford Pinto, 1970 AMC Gremlin, etc) appear on the list, there are also some... Source: www.wnem.com
