Car and Driver apologizes for some top 10 bad calls...

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Uh, no.......I was finishing up high school.
I would think the name Homeslice would be a dead giveaway, since that word pretty much faded out after the late 80's.

Damn...how old are you?

Don't tell me you have taken away my weapon of seniority to derail opinions.
If that's the case, then I'm going to have to rely on a "go fuck your self asshole" for calling the Bronco II ugly.
I hate doing that but you've backed me into a corner.

[RACER X]

83-84 GTi

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I disagree with the XR4Ti and Contour. Both were worthy at the time of release.

C&D seems to be nailing them for being slow sellers that didn't meet expectations.

They should be sticking to the merits of the cars.
XR4Ti was VERY interesting when it came out, too bad all the press kept harping on "Merkur".

It doesn't matter what the press harped on... it didn't sell because it was fucking funny-looking. I agree, though, that in an era of shitboxes, it was actually fairly decent.

I think they added the Contour just to round out 10 and stick with the theme... really, the essential list would be the Alliance, Citation, Mustang II, and Vega, when it comes to "10 Best" cars that were actually awful pieces of shit.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Miata available stateside July 1989.

As a 1990 model. Nearly all vehicles are released in July the year prior for resale value reasons.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Broncos were butt-fucking ugly compared to the Blazer. The Blazer was one of the first trucks that got people into thinking that a truck could be pimp. That and the 4.0 Cherokee Limited with gold wheels.

The Bronco II based off of the Ranger was the shit. Ugly it was not.

[pickle.of.doom]

I was much more a fan of the full size Bronco's

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

The Bronco II based off of the Ranger was the shit. Ugly it was not.

Yeah right, those were one of the most terrible looking vehicles ever made. Borrowed the rear side windows out of a space ship and made the whole thing look doppy and top heavy.

[Chris S]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

As a 1990 model. Nearly all vehicles are released in July the year prior for resale value reasons.

No shit, Sherlock! The list was created in response to someone's assertion that no good cars came out in the 80's. The Miata came out in the '80s irrespective of what MY label they slapped on it, and was/is a great car.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Chris S

No shit, Sherlock! The list was created in response to someone's assertion that no good cars came out in the 80's. The Miata came out in the '80s irrespective of what MY label they slapped on it, and was/is a great car.

It a 1990 model fucktard....not 80s.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Yeah right, those were one of the most terrible looking vehicles ever made. Borrowed the rear side windows out of a space ship and made the whole thing look doppy and top heavy.

How do figure??

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...e&rdpage=thumb

Looks boxy to me, but not ugly. Ugly is a fuckin Camry.