10 Awful Cars We're Happy Are Dead

The guys from The Fast Lane Car have put together another top 10, this time looking at a load of deceased cars we hope are gone for good

Matt Robinson

16 Aug 2016

Personally, we reckon the Trabant has enough charm to overcome its awfulness (and the later models with the VW engines aren’t quite as bad), but otherwise, this looks like a solid list.

Any you disagree with?

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

I’m not happy they’re dead, I’m annoyed they even existed in the first place

I say we need the bad cars. Like they say, you can’t have good without evil….

They forgot to add this to their list

That’s not really a bad car. Sure, it’s ugly, but it is very spacious.

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But 2 stroke trabants are rally monster since they are lightweight , they are pretty appreciable , not our fault if you can’t make a proper oil/fuel mix . They’d probably bash rotaries for that reason

Ahhh… the good old Aztec.

What bugs me is when context is dropped to make a choice - the Trabant was a great car in context, and that context brings it that charm. Americans only go to the Trabant because they don’t know about the 70’s and 80’s Skoda… or the Austin Allegro.

The Austin Allegro. A car that if you jacked it up in the wrong place, the chassis would twist and the rear window pop out.

I agree. I LOVE my Trabi

Why does it always have to be a video
Why can’t it just be text with pictures

I think they’re getting lazy

yeah, it’s just a waste of time

Because video revenue is higher, and they don’t lose that when it gets reposted.

THANK YOU. I see 10 things… Yay! Wait its a video…. Nah.

It should be pictures, Videos are blocked in my office. :(

Come on, a Trabant is the automotive equivalent of a little puppy, that cannot even stand on it’s own legs, but you just got to love. You don’t hate a pups just because it’s kinda useless, do you?

I own a Trabant in Tennesee. It’s not useless.

expected alex’s voice

The only plus of the Tribeca is that, when the engine’s equipped with a Garrett turbo and a manual ‘box in, say, a Liberty shell, you get an absolute rocket ship.