Ask The Best & Brightest: Which Car Was The Biggest Turkey Of All Times?
Sitting here in China, I nearly forgot (if Ed wouldn’t have reminded me: ) It’s Turkey Day. The day to wax poetic about giving thanks to … nah, let’s do something different:
Once you have stuffed yourself with stuffing, sit back, have a little burp, and contemplate:
Which car was the biggest turkey of all times? The absolutely worst one? The biggest insult to the driving mankind? The car that should have been banned under the Rules on Land Warfare? If you want, let’s even remember the less fortunate who had to suffer through owning the thing.
Don’t hold back. Flaming rules are not in effect.
If you post a link to a picture, we’ll run it tomorrow. Something like TTAC turkey sandwich.
And Happy Thanksgiving.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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My nominations: Lexus SC430: UGLY and impractical. The unfortunate combination of a high price, rough ride, and numb steering. The only redeeming quality was the folding hardtop - and that was a novelty feature at best. Also, why did they even bother putting a back seat in? They really ruined the SC name with this car, as the original SC300/400 were, IMHO, fantastic grand tourers with a beautiful design. GM N-bodies (especially the Grand Am): Plastic cladding FTW! Screams performance - the "performance" of an Iron Duke's 90 horsepower, that is. Cadillac Seville (any from 1980 to 1991): Bizarre designs and bad engines (4100 and diesel especially.) In GM's defense, the 1992 redesign made the Seville a much more serious luxury contender.
Vote here for the Contour/Mistake twins. Highly unlovable. Cracked dash, anyone? - Also agree with any Daimler-era Chrysler product. The Pacifica? - I once worked with someone at Auto Trader who went on about how they drove a Chrysler 300, and how it was so hot, etc etc. It was a 300 M. Never trust outgoing call center reps. - Also, how about a-twizzler-is-stiffer Solara convertible? Keeping divorced middle-aged women's chiropractors in the black since 1998! - The 9-2x was definitely a little poultry-esque if not a full-blown turkey...
Ford's not-so-bright idea: the MERKUR sub-brand. Boy, did they piss money away on that one...
Mustang II. What a disgrace to Mustang badge.