Holy hell! It looks like a striper was impaled. I wish I could un-see this.

You win. (ick)

It had the virtue of looking different and using interior space well. Sadly, people took a while to notice it's pathetic engine, lousy reliability, and borderline dangerous performance (or lack thereof). In fact, Chevy even copied it! (in an almost equally tragic car)

The worst part is that when the ovaloid Taurus was born, the manual SHO died. It was sad. :(

I had a much loved 2001 Jetta Wolfsburg edition. It spent more time with the check engine light on than off.

It was a fun car, and it never left me stranded, but it did have some pretty serious electrical gremlins.

I'll give it credit for being tragically ugly... but it hardly seems like it could be the worst car in the history of the world.

However, I think I'd rather walk than drive one of these things.

AMC and the French... what could possibly go wrong? ;)

My family bought one of these, (well, actually a Pontiac Phoenix), from a rental company in '85. I actually remember it being a very reliable little car. It was sold in good condition when we moved abroad. I'm pretty sure we didn't do any corrective maintenance in the entire time we owned it.

I worked at Ford during the Contour's run. I thought it was the best car Ford was making at the time. The V6 was butter smooth, the shifter on the available 5sp manual was Miata precise, the seats were well bolstered, supportive, and extremely comfortable. The entire interior design didn't have the typical…

For the military nerds out there: LL and the double eagle are from VP-30 in Jacksonville, FL. They're the Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for all maritime patrol. They were the first Navy squadron to start operating the P-8. I learned to fly the P-3 there in 2009. :)

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This is my personal favorite. I've always loved the lines of this car, and those nifty vents behind the doors.... and that enormous area under the rear glass.... :)

No thanks...

Surely you jest.

Ah, the TU-4. Tupolev was pissed about this one - Stalin ordered an EXACT COPY of the B-29, but never thought about little problems like the fact that Russia didn't use the same measurement standards as the US. They didn't have the tooling to make US size threads or correct thickness Al sheets or any of that stuff. …

How exactly did a story about a lemon Porsche become about the Cobalt SS?

My $.02 - All manufacturers make the occasional lemon. It is a shame if you end up buying that car, but they are pretty rare. I'm sure that Porsche will eventually settle this to the owner's satisfaction. It's just kind of sad that it ended up…

Serious bikes do sound amazing... :)